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HIGHLIGHT PHOTOS FROM 7 WEEKS ON THE MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGE ROUTES OF FRANCE

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THE ROUTE AND MAPS

THE PICCOLO SAN BERNARDO PASS

BASILIQUE DE ST-JULIEN, BRIOUDE

SOME OF THE PHOTOS TAKEN WHILST BASED AT ENTRAYGUES SUR TRUYÈRE (LOT) (NEAR CONQUES)

The Hôtel la Rivière at Entraygues sur Truyère had a previous life as a tollhouse and hotel at the right hand end of the bridge in the top centre of the photo

VIEW FROM THE TERRACE OF ROOM 5, AND MONDAY DINNER AT HÔTEL LA RIVIÈRE (ENTRAYGUES SUR TRUYÈRE) - SALMON SMOKED IN THE HOTEL KITCHEN SMOKER (ABOUT AS MOORISH AS IT GETS - PHOTO) AND MAGRET DE CANARD (BELOW - LIKE IT NEVER IS IN YOUR AVERAGE FRENCH RESTAURANT ANY MORE) - TEAM PARADOX IN FINAL PRACTICE RUN FOR THEIR NEXT APPEARANCE AT THE ALBA (PIEMONTE) TRUFFLE FESTIVAL LATER IN OCTOBER, AND CHIANTI (TUSCANY) IN  NOVEMBER.

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CONQUES - ALONG WITH VEZELAY, THE SPECIAL PLACE OF THIS JOURNEY SO FAR - THE SUN SETS ON THE CATHEDRAL OF STE-FOY (= SANTA FE) ON THE VIA PODIENSIS (AND YES IT'S OUR PHOTO, NOT A POSTCARD).

ONE OF THE ICONIC IMAGES OF ROMANESQUE ART - THE PROPHET JEREMIAH AT THE ABBEYE ST-PIERRE, MOISSAC

1200s FRESCO PAINTINGS OF PILGRIMS IN THE PRIORY CHURCH OF VILLENEUVE D'AVEYRON

BEASTS PLAYING ABOVE THE SOUTH DOOR OF THE CHURCH OF ST-PIERRE, AULNAY

THE ABBEY OF ST-SAVIN

JESUS IS BORN AND GETS HIS FIRST WASH - FROM THE ROMANESQUE FACADE OF NOTRE DAME LA GRANDE, POITIERS

SOME OF FRANCE'S MOST SPECTACULAR  FLYING BUTTRESSES CAST THEIR SHADOWS ON THE LIFE OF ST-JAMES THE GREATER IN ST-GATIEN'S CATHEDRAL, TOURS

TWO PAINTED PILGRIMAGE CHURCHES IN THE LOIR VALLEY

ELEANOR OF AQUITAINE (DIED 1204) LIES IN STATE IN THE ROYAL ABBEY OF FONTEVRAUD IN THE LOIRE VALLEY

LE MANS CATHEDRAL REVEALS AN ANGEL CHOIR

A FUN EVENING WITH OUR HUGE RESERVOIR OF PHOTOS OF CHARTRES STAINED GLASS

ALL THE ZODIAC SIGNS AND MONTHLY ACTIVITIES IN STAINED GLASS IN THE 1217 ZODIAC WINDOW IN CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

INDIVIDUAL FRAMES FROM THE ZODIAC WINDOW

THE NORTH ROSE AND LANCET WINDOWS IN CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

This frame is at the bottom of the Saint James' window in Chartres Cathedral, and is a promotional message from the window's donors - the furriers and drapers guild.

CHRISTMAS DINNER - A FRAME FROM THE ZODIAC WINDOW IN CHARTRES CATHEDRAL

WHAT WE MISSED AT AUTUN LAST NOVEMBER (INCLUDING LUNCH) - THE MAGI HAND OVER THEIR NATIVITY GIFTS

GISLEBERTIS' 2 METER WIDE "EVE" - RESCUED FROM THE DESTRUCTIVE VIOLENCE OF THE REVOLUTION.

PHOTOS FROM TWO VISITS TO THAT MOST BEAUTIFUL OF SPACES - VÉZELAY'S ABBEY CHURCH, THE BASILIQUE STE-MADELEINE

SUNDAY LUNCH AT "LE MARRONIER" IN BUFFON (BURGUNDY)

NORTH TRANSEPT ROSE - REIMS CATHEDRAL - CORONATION PLACE FOR GENERATIONS OF FRENCH KINGS

PARIS

One of two reliquary boxes for Saint Thomas (Becket) in Cluny Museum

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Adrian Fletcher (aka Dom Paradox D.O.C.G. of Paradoxplace)

in Britain, France and Italy - Summer and Autumn 2007

Photo © James Fletcher

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