DestiMap

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more

Neighborhood Attractions In Charnay

x

Village de Charnay

Tour panoramique nord de charnay

Walibi Rhone-Alpes

Palais Ideal du Facteur Cheval

Touroparc Zoo

Cite medievale de Perouges

Monastere Royal de Brou

Cite du Chocolat Valrhona

Claude-Joseph Désiré Charnay was a French traveller and archaeologist notable both for his explorations of Mexico and Central America, and for the pioneering use of photography to document his discoveries. He was born in Fleurie, and studied at the Lycée Charlemagne. In 1850, he became a teacher in New Orleans, Louisiana, a partly French-speaking community, and there became acquainted with John Lloyd Stephens's books of travel in Yucatan. He travelled in Mexico, by commission from the French ministry of education, during 1857–1861; in Madagascar during 1863; back to Mexico in 1864, with the French troops of Emperor Maximilian, in South America, pa...
Continue reading...
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Neighborhood Attractions In Charnay

1. Cite medievale de Perouges Perouges

Charnay Videos

France Travel Guide - Visit Collioure Village (South France)

Take a tour of Collioure Village in France -- part of the World's Greatest Attractions travel video series by GeoBeats.

In the southern territory of France, is Collioure, a commune in one of the departments of the French nation.

Lying in the vicinity of the Mediterranean, this seaside village is also a fishing port.

This spectacular historical town is flanked with lovely architecture and colorful buildings.

This beautiful town is also known by the name of ''The Pearl of the Côte Vermeille''

One can see a strong Spanish influence in the town since it has been ruled by Spain and also because of the proximity it has to the country.

Its architecture, culinary art and the festivals, all have a Catalan imprint on them.

Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Square du Vert Galant

Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Square du Vert Galant

The Square du Vert-Galant is a square of the 1 st district of Paris. It is located at the western tip of the Ile de la Cité , in the Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois district of the 1 st district . The level of the square is seven meters lower than the current level of the other parts of the island, which corresponds to the level it once had. The weak overhang of the square with respect to the Seine explains that it is flooded , or even totally submerged during the most important floods of the river. This site is served by the Pont Neuf metro station .

The square owes its name to Henry IV , nicknamed Vert-Galant because of his many mistresses despite his advanced age. It was created by the meeting of several small islands including the island of the Jews , where the last Templars were burned , and the island of Patriarch. A commemorative plaque also recalls that this is where theMarch 18, 1314, executions at the stake of the two highest dignitaries of the order of the Temple , Jacques de Molay and Geoffroy de Charnay .

The square is dominated by an equestrian statue of Henri IV resting on the Pont-Neuf (which separates the square from the rest of the island). Before welcoming a square, the 2,665 m 2 were devoted to the baths around 1765 , then to a coffee concert in 1865 . It was destroyed by a flood in 1879.

On the occasion of the inauguration of the Montreal World's Fair in April 1967, a friendly ceremony organized by the city of Paris was held with Canadian Ambassador Jules Léger and his counterpart from the General Delegation. from Quebec to Paris, Jean Chapdelaine. The mayor of Montreal, Jean Drapeau could not come and he was represented by Léon Lortie and Jean Vinant, advertising the exhibition in France. A stone from Île Sainte - Hélène (Montreal) was deposited in the Vert - Galant square. According to the author Yves Jasmin of The Little Story of Expo 67 , there were more than 30 000 spectators who attended this event,arrived on the quay where the stone was transported in the company of the prefect of Paris

( Paris - France ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Paris . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Paris - France

Join us for more :

Avignon

Avignon under the rain.

Shares

x

x

x

Near By Places

Menu