This is Saint Michel de Montaigne !!!

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The town of Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne is in the Dordogne dept 24 of the region of Nouvelle Aquitaine, It is about 40 km from Bergerac, and 75 km from Périgueux, I again, found me and older paper picture, and others from my cd rom vault, that I need to have in my blog, This was our hangout area for many years and this is a great sight, especially for the culture and history of it, Therefore, here is my take on this is Saint Michel de Montaigne !!! Hope you enjoy it as I. The Château de Montaigne dates from the 16-17C . It was Pierre Magne, a lawyer originally from Périgueux and then Minister of Finance under Napoleon III, who acquired the estate in 1860 ; destroyed largely by a fire in 1885, but rebuilt a year later by the daughter of the minister, Marie Magne.The castle itself renovated is a 19C, inspired by Viollet-Le-Duc with its mixture of neo-Gothic and neo-Renaissance. Included in the body of buildings adjoining the castle and making it in a way, the tower called Tour de Montaigne, the only true vestige of the 16C, ; it houses the bookstore under the old beams, that is to say the Library of the philosopher writer, a piece where he liked to withdraw to read and write, sometimes engraving illustrious sentences or quotes. The essays ortests were thus written in this place. They have fueled the thinking of the greatest authors in France and Europe, from Shakespeare to Pascal and Descartes, from Nietzsche and Proust to Heidegger. Visits are only accessible by guided tours. mont-saint-michel-de-montaigne-castle The library of the castle of Michel de Montaigne then had two thousand volumes, stored on five circular shelves. Tourists from the 1880s could admire the Greek and Latin sentences, engraved on the walls and wooden beams, as well as the woodwork. Doctor Jean-François Payen, scholar bibliophile of the tests, had scrupulously noted them in 1836 and published in collections, with other documents and objects concerning Michel de Montaigne, the disappeared friend of the Boétie and her spiritual daughter Marie de Gournay ,were published between 1847 and 1856, even until 1870, Michel Eyquem de Montaigne, lord of Montaigne, better known under the simple name of Montaigne, born February 28, 1533 and died September 13, 1592 in his room in the tower of his gravel (old name for kidney stones) in the Château de Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, He was a philosopher, humanist, scholarly ,and moralist of the Renaissance. Other things to see with more time are the Saint-Michel Church built in the 12C, partially destroyed by a fire during the wars of religion and restored at the beginning of the 17C by funds given by the wife of Montaigne. The vineyards are nice here and even a bottle of wine, made at the castle, bears the name of this world-famous men.The main activity is the vineyard and wine resources. Its wine, Le Montravel (AOC), is relatively unknown, but deserves to be found on the big tables! The first written mention known to the place dates back to the 14C, In 1793, the towns of Bonnefare and Saint Michel de Montaigne merged under the name of Saint-Michel-et-Bonnefare, which, in 1936, changed its name and used only Saint-Michel-de-Montaigne, The area agglo Castillon Pujols on the town of Saint Michel de Montaigne : https://www.castillonpujols.fr/la-cdc/les-31-communes/saint-michel-de-montaigne The local Pays de Bergerac on the Château de Saint Michel de Montaigne :https://www.pays-bergerac-tourisme.com/en/diffusio/saint-michel-de-montaigne/chateau-michel-de-montaigne_TFODEGAQU024V508D27 There you go folks ,another jewel in my wonderful Dordogne. The sights here are few but huge of culture and history, worth the detour, me think, Again, hope you enjoy the post on this is Saint Michel de Montaigne as I. And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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