Tuesday 19 August 2014

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Charleville Mezieres was a convenient stop on our way towards the Alsace region.  This is the river Meuse in the foreground

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Amongst other things the town is famous for being the birth place of the French Poet Arthur Rimbaud (born in the building which was a mill house in the centre of the photo (now the Arthur Rimbaud museum)

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The Place Ducale designed by Louis XII architects to emulate the Place des Vosges in Paris

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One of the ‘Giants' in the Institut International de la Marionnettes which the Town is also famous for hosting a massive puppet based festival bi-annually.  

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