Richard Cavendish remembers how the daredevil Jean-François Gravelet stunned the world on 30 June 1859
Joie de Vivre | FOREST PARK STATUES & MONUMENTS
Born Chaim Jacob Lipchitz in 1891 in Lithuania, the sculptor of Joie de Vivre changed his name to Jacques Lipchitz when he moved to Paris to study art in 1909
My Jesus Christ Is Bigger Than Yours | Huffpost
This "tourist envy" battle began in the late 1920s with this famous Art Deco Jesus
Uncle Louis The Biography Of Louis Campau, Founder Of Saginaw And Grand Rapids (Christopher Mabie 2009)
Louis Campau played an important role in the settlement of Michigan by expanding the fur trade and founding two of the state's major cities
Fantastic Four’ find new campus home (Wayne State University)
the 10-foot figures represent the four French pioneers who helped open up the territory of Michigan and establish Detroit
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac – Detroit, Michigan | waymarking
The sculpture was a gift from the French-American Chamber of Commerce in honor of the Detroit 300 Tricentennial celebration
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac | National Parks Service
Fort Pontchartrain, the precursor to Detroit, was established by Cadillac.
Westminster Abbey church, London, United Kingdom | Encyclopeadia Britannica
The design and plan were strongly influenced by contemporary French cathedral architecture.
HISTORY OF RIEVAULX ABBEY | English Heritage
The foundation at Rievaulx was carefully planned by Bernard of Clairvaux to spearhead the monastic colonisation of northern Britain.
Fountains Abbey : History (Cistercians in Yorkshire Project)
La fondation de Fountains n'était pas prévue. Ce fut la conséquence d'une série d'événements imprévus au début des années 1130 qui a forcé un groupe de moines réformateurs de l'abbaye bénédictine de St Mary's, York, à fuir leur maison à la recherche d'une forme plus pure de vie monastique
The White Monks The Cistercians in Britain 1128–1540 (G Coppack, 1998)
Within 30 years monks were sent to Britain - to Waverley in Surrey - and by 1160 there were 67 monasteries and 40 nunneries in England, Wales and Scotland.
William Of Sens French architect | Encyclopeadia Britannica
French master-mason who built the first structure in the Early Gothic style in England
The Lex Mercatoria (Old and New) and the TransLex-Principles
The Rôles d'Oléron ("Jugements de la mer", also known as "Loix de Layron", "La Ley Olyroun" or "coutumes de la mer") are the oldest and best-known sea-laws in north western Europe
Apotheosis of St. Louis | FOREST PARK STATUES & MONUMENTS
This statue served as a symbol of St. Louis until the completion of the Gateway Arch in 1965
Westminster Abbey architecture and history | Westminster Abbey
The present building dates mainly from the reign of King Henry III
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