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Cordoba is the second most attractive city in Andalusia after Seville. Over the centuries, it has blended Moorish, Jewish and Christian heritage. The narrow streets and squares resonate with the echoes of a tormented and glorious history. Europe's largest city in the 10th century,...
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It's at sunrise, through the plane's windows, that we discover Uzbekistan, in particular the Khorezm region, a vast area of oases on the lower course of the Amu Darya, the Oxus of the Greeks. Thirty-five kilometres separate Ourguench airport from Khiva, our...
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At the heart of Central Asia and at the crossroads of the caravan routes known as the "Silk Roads" that lead us to an imagined enchanting Orient, Uzbekistan brings together the treasures of the civilisations that have crossed, collided and succeeded one another. Fragments...
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In the old town of Beauce, the cathedral is celebrating the 1,000th anniversary of its crypt and the reopening to the public of the Saint-Piat chapel, where the "treasure" is on display. According to Mgr Philippe Christory, Bishop of Chartres, this is not a...
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At the crossroads of Touraine, Anjou and Poitou, the town of Richelieu is a unique example of 17th-century town planning in France. Situated in the department of Indre-et-Loire, the town, or rather the market town (1,700 inhabitants), surrounded by ramparts...
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