Which are the largest cities in Russia ? 1. Moscow 2. Saint-Peterburg 3. Novosibirsk 4. Yekateringburg 5. Nizhny Novgorod 6. Kazan 7. Chelyabinsk 8. Omsk 9. Samara 10.Rostov The ten largest cities in Russia Russia is the largest country in the world, a country that has lived an extraordinary history. From the Middle Ages to the experience of communism during three-quarters of the 20th century. Zoom on the ten largest…
The list of the largest European ports The history of Europe’s ports is a bit like the history of the world. From 1962 Rotterdam will become the largest port in the world, but in the early 2000s, it will give way to the Asian ports of Singapore and Shanghai. Zoom on the largest ports in Europe. 1. Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the largest port in Europe. Almost 400 million tons…
Somewhere in the department of Morbihan, there is a tiny island which answers to the sweet name of Saint-Cado. An island which is not in the Gulf of Morbihan but in the Ria d’Etel. This inhabited island is the smallest inhabitable island in the world and is located in France. Do you know the islet of Saint-Cado? the smallest inhabited island in the world Somewhere in the north of the…
Genoa, the largest port in Italy The city of Genoa is an unknown city. And yet this city, which was for a long time a rival of Rome, would have been well seen playing the role of capital. With its twenty-two kilometers long and 70 million tons of goods in transit, Genoa is undoubtedly the largest port in Italy. An unusual place that can be visited from afar, an ideal…
A control tower in an airport is a bit like the centrepiece of a chess game. At Orly, the control tower is the place where we make sure that the planes take off and land in the safest possible conditions. Here the right to make mistakes is set just below zero. This means that every manoeuvre, every move, every arrival or departure must be 100% successful. And that the communication…
The site of the Folies Siffait remains an enigma for a large part of the visitors. This old site, was the former castle “Château-Guy”, was developed during the 19th century by a father and then by his son. Let’s visit a forgotten site in the north-east of the Loire Atlantique between the city of Nantes and Ancenis. The Folies Siffait This unusual place located on the north bank of the…
Just a stone’s throw from the great metropolis of Nantes is an atypical and unusual place. A place that questions but is too beautiful to be true. As you will have understood, the House in the Loire is an artistic installation that dates back to 2007. The unusual “Maison” in the Loire In 2007, the Estuary Biennial took place. This Biennal is an art exhibition in which some of the…
After many, many years of photographing with Fujifilm’s X-Pro 1 camera, it was time to move on to the next camera body. When the X-Pro 2 was released, the idea was to skip the X-Pro 2, as the X-Pro 1 did the trick. However, as time went on, it became quite important to have a second box for a variety of reasons. Most of all, it was essential to have…
The many questions posed by the Maoist statues on Easter Island The statues of Easter Island are still an enigma to our modern civilizations. Indeed, this island lost in the middle of the largest ocean in the world is home to stone statues that may have come from a strange civilization. When one evokes the alignments of Carnac where the dolmens of the most septic surroundings evoke the possibility that…