Travel

Prestige issue 257-258 Dec 20104, Jan. 2015
By advocating austerity, humility, manual work and evangelization, St. Francis of Assisi inspired the current Pope Francis to take his name and preach the same beliefs as those of the Saint.

Prestige issue 268, November 2015
Idyllic beaches, enchanting landscapes, idyllic sea ... the Hawaiian Islands incite to daydreaming, travel, relaxation, but also the most exciting and memorable adventures. In this place on the other side of the world, in the heart of the Pacific Ocean, the wind with exotic scents blows on a small corner of paradise.

Prestige issue 113, October 2002
Its basalt stones fit together in a vivid testimony of the history of several civilizations. Quoted on the tablets of Tell Amarna, correspondence between the pharaoh and the Phoenician kings. Second capital of the Nabateans after Petra, seat of the Roman governor of the time of Trajan, deeply Arab...

Prestige issue 127-128, Dec-Jan. 2003-2004
At 32 kms from Aleppo. A mountain. A place of pilgrimage. Qal’at Simaan, the citadel of Simeon. The saint lived there 42 years on a pillar. He was called the Stylite. His asceticism fascinated. His faith was mobilizing crowds. When he died, people wanted to make the richest tribute to the man who had made a vow of poverty. Around this pillar was built a large church.

Prestige issue 257-258, Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015
Play the Sissi in Vienna, like the late legendary star Romy Schneider who played on the big screen the life of Empress Elisabeth. She liked to take her morning coffee and walk to the Gazebo, part of the Schönbrunn Palace and monumental construction enthroned at the top of the hill. But Vienna is also the cathedral of Saint-Etienne,

Prestige issue 261, April 2015
50 km away from Paris, in the Yvelines department, are the Thoiry Castle dating from the XVIth and XVIIth centuries and its Zoo. Built in 1559 at the request of Raoul Moreau, treasurer of King Henry II, the castle is an architectural work that had the ambition to serve the lifestyle of a noble family, but also to satisfy the passions of his esoteric owner. The residence was designed by architect Philibert de l'Orme and his master mason Olivier Ymbert.

Prestige issue 23, April 1995
Cardinal Richelieu founded the French Academy in 1635. Transported, on March 20th, 1805, at the College of Four Nations on decree of Bonaparte, it becomes the Dome and the illustrious institute will jealously keep the secret of its longevity.

Prestige issue 240-241, July-August 2013
Funny is when asked if I like New York, I always smile and say: «This is where I will be living in my next life». It is indeed a very fascinating city in this busy world of today. You meet all nationalities and cultures under one big roof. According to Wikipedia, it is the most densely inhabited urban agglomerations in the world.