The Pompeian baths, built by Charles Adda in 1923, have an architecture made of concrete and mosaics characteristic of the 1920’s. Two hundred and fifty huts, fifty of which were luxury huts, provide ” all hygiene, comfort and refinement conditions asked for by swimmers” according to 1938’s tourist Guide. [ Read more ]
Welcome to Normandy, A land of myth and magic, nature and culture, beach and countryside, sweet and savoury… If this region is full of treasures, there is one that is certainly worth the trip : the Mont-Saint-Michel bay is without any doubt one of the most unique landscape of the local heritage.
Located east of the mouth of river Couesnon, Mont Saint-Michel is a granite rocky island on which was built, from 709, a sanctuary dedicated to archangel Saint Michel. « Wonder of the ocean », the Mont-Saint-Michel stands at the heart of a wide bay, which is the scene of the greatest tidal ranges in Europe. The Mont-Saint-Michel is surrounded and turns into an island again only at high tide. [ Read more ]
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