dee4di's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

dee4di

Dee loves to travel and to visit incredible, original places. She is an early bird and like taking photos of absolutely everything. She believes a world is amazing place. She is a big Francophile and knows a lot about French culture, places and food. She loves to discover small villages and towns around the world, but especially in England and France.

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Places visited in Rennes-le-Château, France

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Places visited in Maidstone, England

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Places edited in Maidstone, England

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Places edited in Kent, England

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Cosswiller, France

Heliodome

One man's stunning attempt at eco-friendly living.

serflac

Added by serflac

Aix-en-Provence, France

Phallic Balconies of Place d'Albertas

Balconies that have a most unusual accent.

emilyjarata

Added by emilyjarata

Saint-Étienne, France

Maison sans Escalier (The House Without Stairs)

An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.

The Gravestone Courtyard

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Le Louxor Palais du Cinema

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Aix-en-Provence, France

Bibliotheque Mejanes

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Added by duncanchappell

Collioure, France

Notre-Dame-des-Anges

Immortalized by artists, this church incorporates a medieval lighthouse into its shoreside structure.

Allison

Added by Allison

Pont-en-Royans, France

Suspended Houses of Pont-en-Royans

These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.

Added by tracydane

Marseille, France

Unite d'Habitation and the Radiant City

What if all public housing projects had been designed by "the Pygmalion of modern architecture," not only their prototype?

dusanmil89

Added by dusanmil89

Marseille, France

Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations

This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.

marieg

Added by marieg

Théoule-sur-Mer, France

Maison Bernard

One architect's organic, human-centric design has been fully realized in this alien art house.

Blake

Toulouse, France

Church of the Jacobins' Little Crushed Man

There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.

DisForDefeat

Added by DisForDefeat

Notre Dame du Travail Church

The industrial architecture honors the laborers who brought the Exposition Universelle of 1900 to life.

Added by steenbergenm

Firminy, France

Saint-Pierre of Firminy

This church looks more like a spaceship than a house of worship.

Added by Leanne Louie

Équihen-Plage, France

Inverted Boat Houses

These rustic holiday homes are made from discarded fishing boat hulls.

Added by Enzo RhodeHagen

Gue(ho)st House

This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Mervans, France

Église Saint-Maurice de Mervans

Was the twisted roof on this church's belltower an intentional design or a happy accident?

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Le Comptoir Général

This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

The Flower Tree

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

KatieBush

Added by KatieBush

Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France

Saint-Paul de Mausole

The mental institution where Van Gogh created some of his most famous work now allows guests to walk in the artist's footsteps.

easydistance

Added by easydistance

Cornimont, France

Museum of a Million and One Roots

This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Musée Marmottan Monet

Former hunting lodge of a duke who was an avid collector of impressionist works.

Added by K Brown

Bartholdi Museum

The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.

dtheodora

Added by dtheodora

Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson