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 edited in Maidstone, England

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Bordeaux, France

Falling Car of Bordeaux

This Bordeaux parking garage has 712 indoor spaces, and one outdoor.

etiennebara

Added by etiennebara

Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Auberge Ravoux

The room where Vincent van Gogh died.

Christine Williamson

Added by Christine Williamson

Crécy-la-Chapelle, France

Le Moulin Jaune

This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.

Cactam

Added by Cactam

The Isenheim Altarpiece

This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.

dtheodora

Added by dtheodora

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France

James Baldwin's House in France

The writer took refuge in this home in Southern France for the last 17 years of his life.

AaronNetsky

Added by AaronNetsky

Jean Cocteau's Stained Glass Windows

A neighborhood church's unusual abstract stained glass was the final project of avant-garde artist Jean Cocteau.

Added by georgiefhj

Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France

La Villa Santo-Sospir

Nearly every wall in this French villa has been "tattooed" by artist Jean Cocteau and other famous painters.

Speckles10

Added by Speckles10

Beware of Words

A French artist's vague warning hangs over Belleville.

Added by rouseville

Couëron, France

House in the Loire

The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.

hrnick

Added by hrnick

Saint-Denis, France

Art Workshop of the Réunion des Musées Nationaux

This hidden workshop is filled with molds of France's most iconic sculptures.

Evan Nicole Brown

Added by Evan Nicole Brown

Fête du Citron

Every year, the town of Menton, France, turns lemons and oranges into giant sculptures depicting windmills, dragons, and more.

Anne Ewbank

Added by Anne Ewbank

Amanlis, France

La Maison Sculptée

An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.

Added by louvelvet

La Maison d'Adam (Adam's House)

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Added by Enzo RhodeHagen

L'Atelier des Lumières (Workshop of Light)

An immersive projection art installation uses sound, scale, and light to take visitors inside classic works of art.

Added by daryleconners

Bouziès, France

Daniel Monnier’s Le Lot

The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.

Added by samharrisonba

Musee du Compagnonnage

This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.

ThereAndBack

Added by ThereAndBack

'The Minotaur'

This monumental mural crafted nearly 40 years ago is still in perfect condition.

LaTortueNoire

Added by LaTortueNoire

'Bouquet of Tulips'

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

Fred Cherrygarden

Added by Fred Cherrygarden

Saint-Bonnet-le-Château, France

Collégiale de Saint-Bonnet-Le-Château

Natural mummies hidden in the crypt of a medieval French church.

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France

Grotto of Saint Genevieve

18th century underground pilgrimage site, dedicated to a Saint that did something...

Akazem

Added by Akazem

The Sausage Stained Glass of the Eglise Saint Eustache

With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

The Grand Lodge of France

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier

Castellane, France

Mandarom

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

Allison

Added by Allison

Albi Cathedral

A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.

SamM