Hidden France

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Perched on an inaccessible mountainside, hidden among folds of green hiUs or clustered around a medieval church or castle, the villages of France represent a way of life which many fear is in danger of being lost forever. But the success of the Association des Plus Beaux Villages de France, formed in 1982 to celebrate and promote villages in all their great variety throughout the country, illustrates the richness and continuing appeal of France's rural inheritance.
Hidden France features over fifty Plus Beaux Villages, together with many of the author's and photographer's own personal favourites, taking the reader on a journey, region by region, through breathtaking countryside to visit some of the world's most beautiful, unspoilt communities. In his unforgettable selection of images, photographer Richard Turpin has captured the essence of French village Ufe: quaint corners of tiny fortified hamlets; enticing vistas from fairy-tale villages perchés, colourfiil scenes as... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Perched on an inaccessible mountainside, hidden among folds of green hiUs or clustered around a medieval church or castle, the villages of France represent a way of life which many fear is in danger of being lost forever. But the success of the Association des Plus Beaux Villages de France, formed in 1982 to celebrate and promote villages in all their great variety throughout the country, illustrates the richness and continuing appeal of France's rural inheritance.
Hidden France features over fifty Plus Beaux Villages, together with many of the author's and photographer's own personal favourites, taking the reader on a journey, region by region, through breathtaking countryside to visit some of the world's most beautiful, unspoilt communities. In his unforgettable selection of images, photographer Richard Turpin has captured the essence of French village Ufe: quaint corners of tiny fortified hamlets; enticing vistas from fairy-tale villages perchés, colourfiil scenes as villagers meet to exchange goods and gossip at the weekly market. Each region is so very different from the other; aU are entrancing. Brigitte Tilleray's lively, evocative and informative text explains the historical and cultural traditions that are kept alive in villages from Alsace to the Pyrenees, extending a compelling invitation to explore.
Hidden France celebrates all that rural France has to offer. It is the perfect companion for the armchair traveller and a souvenir to treasure for every visitor to France. Vissza