tancred - Photo Albums

Etang de Berre

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Snow in Rognac

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7 January 2009, the south of France was covered with nice white blanket of snow. Here are some photos taken in Rognac , 26 kms from Marseille
Flamingo

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a colony of flamingoes in the Etang de Berre ( south of France)
Wignacourt Tower

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This tower is sited in St. Paul’s Bay, Malta
Malta 2007

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Cavalcade in Berre l'Etang

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Spring

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Some pics taken lately in the south of France
Creche Blanche

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La Creche Blanche dans l'église de Rognac (France) pour fêter la présentation de Jésus au Temple
Hedgehog

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a young hedgehog came strolling in my garden
Les Mées

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The village of Les Mées, in the French Alps, owes its notoriety to the narrow rocks rising up more than 100 metres high behind the town.
Ventabren

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Ventabren is a very pretty village, perched at the top of a hill and dominated by the ruins of the Château of Queen Jeanne. Ideally situated in the middle of the Marseilles-Aix-Salon-de-Provence triangle, Ventabren boasts a picturesque Provençal backdrop and countryside, while being less than 30 minutes away from a major urban centre.
Ventabren has developed considerably over the last few years and has graduated from being a small Provençal village to become a vast residential municipality, with new houses mushrooming and extending below the village on to the plains which surround it.
Barbegal Aqueduct

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The ancient Romans constructed numerous aqueducts (Latin aquaeductūs, sing. aquaeductus) to supply water to cities and industrial sites. These aqueducts were among the greatest engineering feats of the ancient world, and set a standard not equaled for over a thousand years after the fall of Rome.

Some photos and paintings of the Barbegal Aqueduct , in the vicinity of the city of Arles, France
Moulin .... Windmill

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In 1866, Alphonse Daudet's "Lettres de mon moulin", written in Clamart, near Paris, and alluding to a windmill in Fontvieille, Provence, won the attention of many readers.
The mill is now restored and one could visit a museum dedicated to this french novelist Alphonse Daudet ( 1840 - 1897)
Fontvieille

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Fontvieille is a village and commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, in southern France.
Montmajour

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Montmajour Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre Dame de Montmajour) is located near Arles in the Bouches-du-Rhône département, Provence, in the south of France.

The Benedictine abbey is situated on a hill and has endured a colourful history of building and destruction from the 10th to the 18th century.

The 10th century Saint-Pierre hermitage, the Saint-Croix crypt and a 12th century Saint-Croix chapel are very important parts of the abbey.
Scenery

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ITALIA CAMPIONI 2006

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Italy won the World Cup 2006 final on penalties after a dramatic final destined to be remembered for the sensational sending off for French captain Zinedine Zidane in his farewell match.

For only the second time in the history of the tournament, the sport's greatest prize was settled by spot-kicks after both teams had finished extra-time deadlocked at 1-1.

France captain Zinedine Zidane has won the Golden Ball award for the World Cup's best player, despite his red card in Sunday's defeat to Italy in the final. Zidane polled 2012 points in the vote by journalists covering the tournament, ahead of Italian Fabio Cannavaro (1977 points) and Andrea Pirlo (715 points).
FRANCE 1 BRAZIL 0

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Visit to the ZOO

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Malta Dungeons

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In the old city of Imdina, Malta one could visit these dungeons to dscover Horror, Drama and mysteries from the dark past. Ancient histroy of torture in the Maltese Islands.