Monday, August 10, 2015

Fougeres 1

After viewing the castle, we walked up hill to the old city, looked around, saw the big church, then walked back down to the Medieval village via the city garden.
Up in the town now, admiring pretty buildings




















Clock towers




















Statues of famous generals who are buried in Russia now
















Interesting signs




















Carefully watched by a 5 year-old boy with
binoculars





















Our next stop was the St. Leonard's parish
church; 14th mostly





















Flamboyant on the south side
















Less on the north
















Thus inside
















But with this astonishing detail: a remnant of the 12th century
windows from St. Denis' abbatiale church in Paris, the first Gothic
structure, saved from the Revolution

















We were now on the city walk, which is graced by the literary
notes of great authors about the town; as are so many French
city walks


















Thus, and many more
















The walk led through the city garden, down the slope to the
Medieval village

















Panoramic view










Down concrete stairs, from the 19th century, as
we saw in Paris





















A Breton shoe shows the way




















Nice garden (more in a subsequent post)
















Now in the so-called Medieval village














1 comment:

Tawana said...

I thought Breton shoes were wooden clogs like the little Dutch boy wore.
The stained glass window in the church is spectacular.