The castle of Les Escaules (cat. El castell de les Escaules, o el baluard del castell de Llers), or the bastion of Llers castle, is a monument of the town of Escaules, in the municipality of Boadella and Les Escaules (Alt Empordà), declared a cultural asset of national interest.
It rises above a rocky peak at …
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MoreFor thousands of people, the Thirty Years’ War became the wet nurse, in the spirit of the famous Russian proverb “For some people war is war, for others – dear mother”. The war gave the livelihoods to tens of thousands of Landsknechte, as well as small parasites similar to immortal Mother Courage by Bertholt Brecht.
However, …
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MoreThe French Léon Bollée Type G1 Double Tourist Sedan from 1911.
Bollée’s family were well known bellfounders and his father, Amédée Bollée (1844–1917), was the major pioneer in the automobile industry who produced several steam cars. Both Léon Bollée and his older brother Amédée-Ernest-Marie (1867–1926) became automobile manufacturers. Bollée founded the company Léon Bollée Automobiles in …
MoreThe Green Cottereau from 1899 with two V cylinders, 5 HP, 40 km/h
This firm, founded in Dijon at the end of the 19th century, made its fame in France, where its vehicles were considered top-of-the-range automobiles.
Its first car, the Voiturine, was built in 1898, it was a small automobile with four seats, with a V-twin. …
MoreHugot Petit Duc (two places) from 1897, motor 3 HP, 500 cc.
C. Hugot was a manufacturer of automobiles from France. The designer Charles-Ferdinand Hugot founded the company in Paris in 1897 and began building automobiles. The brand names were Hugot in Germany and Paris in England. Production ended in 1899 or 1901. In 1905 a …
MoreThe medieval market “Canonges de La Seu d’Urgell“, Spain, Catalonia. June 9-10, 2018.
photo: Alex Monroe
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Charles Milde electric car from 1900, one electric motor, 15 km/h (50 km autonomy) – unique copy in the world.
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