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A Passion for Paris: Beautiful Bagatelles, Charles X, Debauchery and Romance

A Passion for Paris: Romance at Bagatelle David Downie, March 2015     Were Romance and Romanticism in Paris born at the Bagatelle, possibly the…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 14: A Bang-Up Meal at the Lion d’Or and we’re off… to Saint Pere sous Vezelay!

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 14: A Bang-Up Meal at the Lion d'Or and we're off…   These blog posts…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 13: The View from Vezelay or Religion vs Secularism in France

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 13: The View from Vezelay or Religion vs Secularism in France   These blog posts…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 12: Asquins, Homely Sister of Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 12: Asquins, Homely Sister of Vezelay   These blog posts are taken directly from my…

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notesbooks, Part 11, Finitude, Crusaders at the Chapel of La Cordelle in Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 11: Finitude, Crusaders at the Chapel of La Cordelle in Vezelay These blog posts are…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene in Vezelay

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 9: Meditations on the Fabled Porch (Narthex) and Nave of the Basilica of Mary Magdalene…

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Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 7: Vézelay, relics, and the pilgrimage-tourist trade

  Paris to the Pyrenees, From a Traveler’s Notebooks, Part 7: Vézelay, relics, and the pilgrimage-tourist trade   These blog posts are taken directly from…

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Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques

 Paris to the Pyrenees: From a Traveler’s Notebooks, post 6, Vézelay with Scallops à la Saint Jacques These blog posts are taken directly from my…

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Vezelay, Mary Magdalene, Hedonism and Pilgrimage

  If you've been following this blog you know that when Alison Harris and I set out to cross France we started in Vezelay (well,…

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Classicist, Art Historian Andrew Riggsby Endorses Paris to the Pyrenees

  Andrew Riggsby, Professor of Classics and Art History at The University of Texas, Austin is an expert on Rome and Roman history (among the…

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