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Caption: Rouen, France CATHÉDRALE
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Caption: In 1892-3, Claude Monet painted the facade of Rouen Cathedral in Normandy over thirty times. His cathedral was all shimmering light and color.
But my Rouen Cathedral was a cold, dark, wintry edifice, standing in a chilling January rain, facade hidden by the dregs of the holiday market.
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Caption: Rollo the Viking (9th c.) The first ruler of Normandy and the great-great-great grandfather of William the Conqueror, Rollo is an ancestor of all the monarchs of Europe.
I suspect the pageboy haircut is less than accurate for this Viking warrior...
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Caption: The Booksellers' Staircase
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Caption: It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique temples, Roman basilicas, and even the cathedrals of the Middle Ages are not the works of single personalities but the creation of entire epochs.
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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