St-Paul de Vence in the south of France
St-Paul de Vence in the South of France is one of the best preserved and prettiest medieval villages in all of Europe. We're going to take you on a walk straight through the middle of St-Paul on the main pedestrian lane from one end of town to the other and later working to show you all the little side streets. Located on the Cote d'Azur along the French Riviera in Provence, this village is one of the prettiest in Europe. The cobblestone lanes here are among the finest that you will ever see.
When you reach the far end of the main lane you exit through another gateway arch and then there's a staircase that leads your right up onto the wall with a lovely viewing platform where you can see across the distant landscape.
The walks round the walls are in part wider, and the small gardens of the houses sloping down to them, with the dark foliage and golden fruit of their orange groves, form a beautiful foreground to the lovely views that are visible off in the distance in every direction.
Saint-Paul de Vence's town wall dates from the 16th century as we see it today and it hugs the contours of the rocky spur on which the village stands, forming a 1 km perimeter that has undergone only slight modifications since the 16th century.
We have created many more movies about this area, the Côte d'Azur, the French Riviera that you can find on our channel, so have a look. You'll see programs about Cannes and Monaco, Monte Carlo, St-Paul, Vence, Villefrance, all around through the region including Antibes, and we really enjoy using Nice as our home base to explore this entire region.
St Paul de Vence at night
St Paul de Vence in the South of France is one of the best-preserved and prettiest medieval villages in all of Europe.
In this episode we will take you on a walk through the village in the late afternoon and early evening when the lighting is at its most beguiling with the soft glow of twilight, and it's very quiet. The shops are closed and there's just a few people walking about,
there is one main Lane in the village of Morgan a walk you along its entire length from one fun into the other, and then back again.
We have another episode where we've taken you through St Paul during the daytime and charges in many art galleries in the shops and cafés. In the evening the village takes on a different character altogether. It's more tranquil, with hardly any visitors, especially now in the off-season, and you really get a chance to take in the physical beauty of St Paul de Vence.
There's no graffiti. There is no trash. Nothing is broken here. Everything is sparkling. Even the paving on the lanes is precise and beautiful. Even the dogs have to be careful where they go. They keep the place spic and span, so if you want to see an old medieval village, go visit St Paul de Vence.
As we walk around this beautiful village we're going to share with you some information that was provided on the tourist information office website. They have a very helpful tourist information office in the village, and of course you can look online at their website as well and learned a lot more.
The Place de la Grand Fontaine stands in the very center of town. Redesigned in the 17th and again in the 19th century, this square has always been the busiest spot in the village. One of the features of the tourist information office is walking tour: there are 10 different guided walks that you can take with a local guide. One of them, them is called history and heritage. They say that they that every block of stone in St Paul de Vence has a story to tell.
The walls, the ramparts, houses and the towers have plenty to say about the villages rich past. Numerous narrow lanes branch off from they one little Main Street and descend by steps and arcades down to the road which runs around the walls.
St Paul de Vence is quite small, just 400 m long and about 100 m wide, and yet, within this small space you're going to find that practically every square inch is worth looking at carefully. It is just beautifully put together. The population lives within the walls is only 300 people, and yet each year it gets 2 1/2 million visitors, so it can get quite crowded, especially during the busy season, say from April through September. If you can it's better to come here in the off-season: November, December, January are really quite lovely. And you'll find the shops and galleries are open throughout the year.
The town is quiet in clean, spotless, scrubbed, so clean, no hint of graffiti. It's full of picturesque lanes of quaint corners and odd passages.
The main Street, and all the side alleys are of the continuations of the original mule paths of the old days, interrupted here and there with steps in way too narrow to admit a car of any kind.
Certainly you could spend just an hour or two or three hours visiting St Paul de Vence, walk around and enjoy its charms, but you might find that you'd like to spend a night or two here and use it as a base for exploring some of the surrounding countryside. And if you'd like to do that, you have some overnight accommodations. Outside the walls of the town, there are seven hotels located nearby and inside the walls are actually two lovely hotels.
In the 20th century, some Paul was discovered by actors and poets and writers the 1950s and 60s were the villages Golden age, when St Paul became an amazing film set hosting French and foreign movie stars drawn to the French Riviera by the Victorine film studios in Nice and by the Cannes Film Festival.
First cobbles were laid on village streets in the 1950s. Today you'll notice the streets are immaculately paved in what looks like first-class work of mosaic art. Cobblestone lanes here are among the finest that you'll ever see.
St Paul appears so unlike our modern workaday world of hotels, houses and shops that one can hardly believe that this place is real and we're not seeing them in some happy dream. It is very real, however -- it has its modern life of births, deaths and marriages and ancient history, dating as far back as the ninth century.
Before leaving St Paul however, you should consider visiting the nearby contemporary art museum, the Maeght Foundation. It's an easy walk from St Paul, just takes about 20 minutes or less, and into the garden courtyard where you'll be seeing enjoying sculptures in the yard by Giocometti, Miro, Leger and many others, including Calder, Chagall and Braque.
Saint Paul de Vence and Beignet d'Acacia
Today we stay local and visit Saint Paul de Vence, where modern art and medieval history join to create a harmonious architecture.
For mother's day, I show you how to make Beignet d'Acacia flowers.
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La Colomb d'Or
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Chapelle Notre Dame des Gardettes
Dolce Italia
Folon chapel
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Acacia fritters recipe is perfect for celebrating mother's day, the edible acacia flowers blossom right at the beginning of May. Just in time for the celebration.
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Villages of Paris - Lecture 3 - The Marais
The charm of the Marais lies in the juxtaposition of beautifully restored 17th century mansions with narrow winding streets leading into small gardens. The culture of the Marais began when aristocrats escaped the stifling etiquette of Versailles for the theatres and salons of Paris where the art of conversation was born.
In the 19th century their courtyards were divided into ateliers to employ the Jews fleeing the pogroms. Today the Marais maintains its mix of sophistication with its museums, cutting edge boutiques and Sephardic Jewish culture.
This lecture was recorded on 24 March 2017.
Uzès, France
Uzès, in Languedoc, France, is just to the west of Provence, typical of the region and a very charming town. The main street has got some little craft booths set up almost every day, the Old Town is a pedestrian zone, as usual you'll find in these beautiful villages in the south of France.
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There are some up-slopes and down-slopes, but it's a fairly level, small Old Town. The road around it follows the route of the original medieval fortified wall, so this is one of those limestone towns that is really well-preserved and the arcades around the main square create a wonderful ambience, a place to shop a place to eat and drink and just hang out.
This main square, Place aux Herbes, has been the center of Uzès ever since before the Roman days, back when it was a Gallic village. It's right in the heart of the Old Town, a fairly large space with these plane trees all around that were planted to provide shade. Sometimes in the summertime it’ll get hot but we're here in the fall and the weather is perfect. You can see it's shirtsleeve weather for some, the families are out but it's not a very crowded day. We’re here in the middle of the week. If you come on a Saturday there is a large outdoor market that takes place in the town, but on a weekday it's really pretty quiet, especially where you’re here in November.
And this main square is surrounded by the arcades, these kind of loggia with the cafés, with the shops. Originally in the seventeenth century it was wooden structures around the main square.
Limestone is a great building material in the area so it makes it convenient to construct these classic and immortal buildings. Nice fountain in the middle of the square. Just a place to relax. You want to just drop anchor here for a while and hang out, get a drink. There are nice restaurants around the square as well. And then of course there are the little streets that come into the square that are ideal for shopping and meandering.
The Old Village, Abyaneh
Abyaneh is an old village in Iran. It is famous for its traditional style of living, reddish color of the architecture, floral motif scarfs the local women wear, and the ancient civilization adapted to the nature.
Among the tortuous and steep lanes are the old houses which walnut wood is used instead of iron, and decorated with carved wooden windows and doors. The old faces of the architecture and historical remains keep the atmosphere of the red-mud village in a time capsule.
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Arles, Provence in the south of France
We are taking you to the beautiful city of Arles, in Provence in the south of France. Arles is most famous for its Roman amphitheater, still intact, and its connections with Van Gogh, who spent one of his final years here painting 200 canvases. Its real appeal, however, is found in the lovely pedestrian promenades, the historic landmarks, museums and tranquil plazas, all of which make Arles one of the most charming places in Europe.
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There's a lot of these narrow streets in Arles, there is a small pedestrian zone, there's the various squares and the cafés around it, of course, and historic sites. And we will be showing you those highlights coming up right now as we take a walk through Arles.
The old town of Arles is comfortably small. It's about a square mile. So it's very easy to see the whole thing on foot. You might consider spending a couple of days here.
Or you could visit as a daytrip for example from Avignon which is just 20 miles away and only takes 20 minutes by train to get here. In this program we will show you how you can do everything in one day but certainly if you want to spend more time you decide for yourself. To help you plan your visit we will also present more detailed suggestions about how you could spend a night or two here and still find lots to do.
This is part of a series we’re presenting showing how Avignon makes a very good home base for visiting out to other destinations like Pont du Gard, and St Remy and Nimes along with Aix and Marseille, and especially Arles, the wonderful city of van Gogh and the ancient Romans, with narrow pedestrian lanes weaving throughout the center
The main attractions are the arena, the pedestrian zone and a historic museum. We will show you a good walking route on the map. Of course you can walk anywhere you want, it’s small enough, but this route will take you right through the center and then back to the train station, a route just over 2 miles, or about 3 kilometers, you can do in several hours. But you should also see the history museum while you're here, with its fine collection from the ancient Roman days, an easy detour. So let's assume you're coming in from Avignon on a day trip and you want to see everything.
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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a fine example of a charming rural French village with a special character of its own. Definitely worth visiting, the village is located about 12 miles or 20 kilometers south of Avignon in the heart of Provence.
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It’s a good destination any time, but extra special on a Wednesday morning with the outdoor food and flea market going strong, as we’ll show you coming up soon in the program.
Provence in the south of France is famous for its outdoor markets and you'll find the market at Saint-Rémy is one of the best.
But just simply walking the pedestrian lanes of this small town any day of the week is probably the most interesting thing you could do here and we are going to show you all the places to see.
The village center is small enough that you can just walk any place you like, it doesn't take long, and you won't get lost, but this map route gives you some idea of a sequence of lanes you can easily walk through the little town. That would only take you about one hour altogether to cover the entire village, but of course you’ll want to linger, do some shopping, take some pictures and look around.
Our tour was conducted by Provence Reservations.
Beaune, in the Burgundy region of France in 4 days including Nuits Saint Georges and Dijon
We stayed just outside the historic town centre which is surrounded by a moat and which wall. The Bouzaize river flows under the town, there is a wash house, Lavoir St Jacques, built 1887, on its banks. We took the tourist train for an orientation trip of the town and surrounding area then visited the famous hospice for the poor built 1443 and the Collegiale Basque Notre Dame. The next day we went to Nuits Saint Georges with the Elise St Symphorien (13th century), the museum (which was closed), bought some wine at L’Imaginarium (which had a video show of the history of their wine as well as a tasting) and finally Abbaye Notre Dame de Citeau, a Cistercian Abbey. The next day we bought a picnic and hired bikes to cycle along the very well marked “Route des Grands Crus” through the vineyards visiting Pommard, Meursault and finally Volnay where we bought a few bottles of the excellent wine we tasted. On the last day we visited The Well of Moses (1400) on our way to Dijon which has more to it than mustard. Dijon has an excellent “Owl Trail” which winds through the lovely old town past all the well known sights such as their Notre Dame, their busy market, and old buildings such as Maison Milliere (1483), le Nef, the Palais des Ducs de Burgundy with the Tombs of Philip the Bold and John the Fearless and the Cathedral Saint Benign. Before we left Beaune we spent the morning in their excellent Saturday Market.
Antibes on the French Riviera
We are taking you to the wonderful seaside town of Antibes in the south of France. It's along the shores of Provence. This entire stroll through the village of Antibes only takes a couple of hours into this pedestrian zone of the Old Town of Antibes. And stroll about for an hour or two, maybe sit at a café, grab some lunch.
Les Baux-de-Provence, France
Les Baux-de-Provence in the south of France is a remarkable sight, a unique stone village dramatically perched 750 feet high on a rocky plateau with a history dating to the Middle Ages, and a prehistory going back probably about 8,000 years. Les Baux was once a powerful medieval castle that controlled vast territories, including 79 other villages throughout Provence, but now it's a tiny quaint ruin.
Charming as could be, this cozy hill-top hamlet is a major tourist attraction with 1.5 million annual visitors, making it the second most-popular site in the region after the Pope's Palace in Avignon. This tells you that it is very worthwhile, but it can get uncomfortably crowded unless you take preventive action, like visiting in the off-season, or arriving early or late in the day.
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It's only about 3000 feet long and about 700 feet wide and that's it.”
The medieval village was built up from the 10th century and by the peak of occupation during the late 14th century nearly 3,000 people lived in this small space, although the permanent population nowadays living inside the old town is only 20 people.
The plateau was naturally easy to defend due to vertical cliffs all around, and was further reinforced with stone walls and castle as protection from invasion by Franks, Catalans, Saracens and marauding bandits of the chaotic Middle Ages. However the castle was finally attacked and destroyed in the 1600s by Cardinal Richelieu and his large well-armed French army, leaving us with dramatic ruins of the castle, which they call the Château. And it retains a wild setting among rugged rocky hills.
You will not get lost because there is only one main pedestrian lane about 300 meters long with a few short side alleys leading to viewpoints. You really don’t need much of a guidebook to help get through this smallest of Provencal destinations – just follow your nose and wander about. But we do have some suggestions.
There are two parts to visit in Les Baux -- the free village, with its pedestrian lanes, shops, restaurants and old buildings, and the paid attraction, the ruins of that castle on the plateau where you can see some of the old buildings and fortifications.
French art masterpieces go on show
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Paris, France - October 3, 2011
1. Zoom out of nude by Henri Matisse - Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra 1907
2. Wide of gallery at Grand Palais showing Matisse's Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra and Pierre Bonnard's La Sieste 1900
3. Close of portrait of a woman, by Henri Matisse - La Femme au Chapeau 1905
4. Wide of gallery showing Matisse paintings
5. Close of Blue Period painting of a woman by Pablo Picasso - Femme Assise au Fichu 1902
6. Close of detail of Blue Period painting Femme Assise au Fichu 1902
7. Tilt down Blue Period painting Femme Assise au Fichu 1902, by Pablo Picasso
8. Mid of visitors to exhibition reading education panel
9. Close of black and white photograph of Stein family - Leo, Gertrude and Michael
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Cecile Debray, Curator, Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso - The Stein Family:
I think that it was Leo's eye that was the starting point for discovering Matisse, who wasn't having a lot of success at the time, and the young Picasso, who wasn't exhibiting anywhere. So these two artists who became the masters that we know weren't very expensive for those Americans, who were of small independent means, who could afford to live without working but who weren't Rothschild. They could buy paintings from Matisse, the most radical ones like this Nu Bleu exhibited in 1906, like Picasso's paintings from his Blue Period and his rose period and then the great pre-cubist paintings were also purchased by the Steins as they didn't cost much so within a few years, really between 1905 and 1914, they put together the most fabulous collection of modern art that we could imagine.
11. Various of Rose Period painting of young girl - Grand Nu Rose - by Pablo Picasso
12. Mid of gallery showing painting of boy with a horse - Meneur de Cheval Nu 1905-1906
13. Close of detail of boy with horse - Meneur de Cheval Nu 1905-1906
14. Close of Picasso signature in corner of canvas
15. Mid of gallery showing paintings by Henri Matisse - Henri Matisse's Le Luxe I 1907 next to Garcon au Filet a Papillons
16. Close of painting of boy with a butterfly net by Henri Matisse
17. Tilt down portrait of woman in hat by Henri Matisse - Le Femme au Chapeau 1905
18. Wide of portrait of woman in hat by Henri Matisse
19. Detail of portrait of woman in hat by Henri Matisse
20. Close of signature of Henri Matisse
21. SOUNDBITE (French) Cecile Debray, Curator, Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso - The Stein Family:
The purchase of this work of art which, on top of that, is at the heart of the scandal of the Cage au Fauve will immediately place the collection into the category of the avant-garde. So when this painting was brought into Rue Fleurus (Gertrude and Leo Stein's house) it was already for Matisse, the beginning of a long patronage of his art, his work, of his radical approach to colour.
22. Wide pan of gallery
23. Close of Cubist painting of a nude by Pablo Picasso - Nu a la Serviette 1907
24. Various of portrait of Gertrude Stein, 1906, by Pablo Picasso
25. Mid of gallery showing Cubist painting of a nude - Nu a la Serviette and portrait of Gertrude Stein 1906, by Pablo Picasso
26. Mid of gallery display of studies by Pablo Picasso for les Desmoiselles d'Avignon
27. Mid of gallery showing Cubist paintings by Pablo Picasso - Femme a la Guitar 1913-1914 next to La Table de l'Architecte 1912
28. Close of Femme a la Guitar 1913-1914 by Pablo Picasso
28. Mid of La Table de L'Architecte by Pablo Picasso
29. Close of La Table de l'Architecte
30. Close of Henri Matisse's 1907 Nu Bleu: Souvenir de Biskra
31. SOUNDBITE (French) Cecile Debray, Curator, Matisse, Cezanne, Picasso - The Stein Family:
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Marc Chagall Museum (Nice, Côte d'Azur, France)
These are photos I took in this museum during my visits there in 2011 and 2012.
The soundtrack is based on the recording made by my friend Jean-Marie Prévost. It is the Golden Boy Klezmer band playing:
Aix en Provence France
You're going to find that the city of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France is one of the most delightful places you could ever visit as you’re about to discover out in this detailed movie.
We bring you on a detgailed walking tour of the large pedestrian zone with its charming historic buildings, many shops, cafés, restaurants and the very famous outdoor markets selling fresh produce, clothing, antiques and all kinds of stuff with lots of local characters to observe and interact with. This small city is the perfect size, big enough to keep you busy for several days and yet not too large that you're going to feel lost or frustrated that you can't see everything.
Aix is located in the heart of Provence, a region that has so many wonderful destinations from Avignon to Nice. And you will see that AIX is one place that you must not miss.
You could easily spend a few days here and travel out to visit other nearby destinations, or if you only have one day, it is certainly possible to see most of AIX as we’re going to show you in the movie.
Nice, France, along the Côte d'Azur - the complete movie
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We are taking you to Nice along the beautiful shores of the French Riviera. We will walk the little lanes and look at some shops, we will show you the beach, the open market Cours Saleya and bring you on a walking tour through the old town. We will be spending three days in Nice, because there is so much to see in the city and also in the nearby towns along the Côte d'Azur. This is a longer version of three previously uploaded movies.
The south coast of France along the sunny Mediterranean Sea is one of the world’s most beautiful destinations dotted with colorful seaside towns and inland villages. You'll find that Nice makes the perfect home base from which you can easily reach those other destinations like Cannes and Monaco. Nice has got the biggest collection of hotels, it's got a wonderful old town, a very attractive new town, great transportation with the tram and the major train station and just a beautiful place to be.
One of the great street markets of France is located here in the wide Cours Saleya. This plaza features fresh produce and flowers throughout the day and many the stalls are open right into the early evening, except on Mondays when it becomes an antique market and some other used goods peddled by colorful vendors.
Just inland from the Cours Saleya you'll find the Old Town of Nice. For many visitors it will be the highlight of the city, wandering through these narrow pedestrian lanes lined with historic buildings and shops, lots of restaurants, bars, town squares with fountains and statues, a church here and there. It's just a great spot to explore and hang out. The old town consists of narrow labyrinths, not really streets, more of a maze with blocks of shops of every kind along these narrow twisting lanes.
The old town of Nice is something very special - not so much because of historic monuments or great churches or important single buildings that are inside the old town, but just the total atmosphere, the environment, the simple walking lanes, the shops and the people. There are actual locals living here, there are kids out playing, the residents are upstairs looking down from their windows and you really get a feeling of community here, of authenticity, especially in the off-season when it's not too crowded with tourists walking through the lanes - that helps quite a bit.
You'll find souvenir shops with the typical Provençal items especially the colorful fabrics and the pottery. There's also lots of food in the stores, go for the cookies maybe. We’re just rolling along together, this is part of our visit to the south of France a small group of us traveling together and sharing in the sites.
We especially enjoyed the local cuisine of this casual restaurant. They specialize in crepes and socca and salads and that's really all you need for a very nice lunch. Creperie Breton.
We're also going to have a look at the very attractive downtown of Nice. We'll take you down the main shopping street, show you some of the side lanes and do a little winetasting.
You'll obviously take time to explore Nice’ s main commercial Street, Avenue Jean Medicin, stretching about 10 blocks from Place Massena north to the train station and packed with many boutiques and anchored at the lower end by the large department store, Galleries Lafayette.
This is the kind of really local and authentic neighborhood that's often overlooked by typical guidebooks and video tours, but this is really part of the heart and soul of Nice. This is where locals hang out, where they go shopping, where they get a bite to eat, go to the café, have a beer, which makes it a good place for shopping and for people-watching.
It's so amazing how these pedestrian streets have transformed the cities of Europe. Just a decade ago these kinds of streets would've been filled with cars and trucks in pollution and noise, and the movement swept through the continent to convert these little streets in the heart of the town into pedestrian malls.
Then we're taking you to an evening viewpoint to watch the sunset along the shore, and then up to the top of Castle Hill for a spectacular view looking down over the town.
To get this view you walk along the east end of the waterfront promenade on the Quais des Etats Unit, and to the end you'll have this rocky outcrop with a terrace, with a commanding view looking back along the pebbly beach of Nice.
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NICE (Côte d'Azur) - The Old Town
Throw away the map and lose yourself in the maze of narrow cobbled streets brimming with Provençal arts and crafts, galleries, bars, boulangeries, bistros, boucheries, and the local characters who live there. The Old Town of Nice is the place to be.
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ZIDOUN GALLERY - Art Paris 2010
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Artist Marc Chagall celebrated in his home town
Marc Chagall spent most of his life in France and was considered to be a French painter during the Soviet era.
But in the period after his death in 1985 Chagall's homeland of Belarus embraced the artist as their own.
The Chagall Art Centre was founded in 1992 in Chagall's hometown of Vitebsk. It features more than 300 etchings, lithographs and aquatints.
Chagall is best-known for his vibrant colours and imagery that includes people and animals floating through space.
The fact that we have a good collection of Chagall's graphic works is a miracle. Almost all of these things are presents, says Lyudmila Khmelnitskaya Director of the Chagall art centre:Unfortunately there aren't any oil paintings by Chagall in Belarus so far.
The museum houses illustrations to Nikolai Gogol's Dead souls, colour lithographs from the Bible series and The 12 Tribes of Israel and many other works. Chagall's daughter Ida and granddaughter Bella Meyer are among the museum's major contributors.
A great source of inspiration in Chagall's life was his love for his wife Bella, who he often represented in his paintings.
Vitebsk and its inhabitants also played a key role in the artist's work. He kept returning to his favourite subject again and again.
The fantasy world that he created within his paintings made people think that Vitebsk is a visionary place where incredible things happen, Khmelnitskaya believes.
Marc Chagall was born in 1887 when Vitebsk was predominantly a Jewish town in the south-western part of the Russian Empire. The small red-brick house where he lived with his numerous relatives is a museum nowadays.
Chagall started his artistic training with Russian painter and costumer Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg.
In the following years he moved to Paris and then back to Russia where he founded the Vitebsk Art School in 1918.
Famous avant-garde artists such as Kazimir Malevich and El Lissitzky were among its teachers.
He also led his own workshop called Free Studios. Even a second workshop was opened because the stream of students was huge, says art historian Marina Karman.
In the 1920s Chagall left Soviet Russia and settled in France.
As World War II broke out across Europe, he fled the Nazis for New York.
But France became his adopted home for nearly forty years. He settled on the French Riviera, where he died at the age of 97 in 1885.
Vitebsk local Olga Skvortsova says that she would like more of his works to be displayed in his home town: I'm proud that Marc Chagall lived in Vitebsk that he painted in many of his works. And I want Chagall's paintings to return to Vitebsk.
The impact of World War I and the Russian Revolution is strongly felt in many of his works - including stark images of refugees and soldiers - as is the strong influence of Chagall's wife.
After their marriage, his works suddenly become more colourful, playful and upbeat - more like the Chagall the world later came to know.
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Arles, Eglise St-Trophime
The former cathedral of Arles, called Eglise St-Trophime, has a fantastic series of Byzantine sculptures around the door on the façade that have been recently restored to their pristine beauty. The interior is also from the Byzantine, older than the Gothic. It's quite a church, and another UNESCO World Heritage site. We also bring you to the Cloister of St-Trophime, tucked away around the corner. This cloister is like an open-air museum with architecture and sculpture spanning a 300-year period: gothic pointed arches on one side, and older, Romanesque barrel-vaulting on the other side.
The open court in the center is surrounded by beautiful columns, each with different, detailed stone carvings on their capitals, and corner columns especially noted for their realistic, gothic statues representing various saints. It's a calm and peaceful place. Cloisters are always rewarding to visit. There is a meditative and prayerful atmosphere in a cloister like this, worth visiting any time you see a cloister with the columns in the arcades surrounding an open square. You know that this had been at one time residence of the clergy, perhaps nuns and priests associated with the church were living upstairs. It is rare to find a cloister, such as this one that is so intricately decorated -- the top of each column is carved and some of the columns are really impressive works of art in themselves. Each of the smaller columns have elaborate capitals. Some of the arches are rounded and others are pointed, reflecting the different time periods, and in fact this cloister is generally considered to be the most important cloister in all of Provence. It's so easy to overlook because it has an unmarked doorway. You would not even know it's here unless you studied up a little bit in guidebooks or are watching this video, or heard about it somehow. It's the corner columns that are really the most spectacular of all in the cloister. There is a statue of St. Paul, that's one of the really important art masterpieces in here, and there are some detailed corner statues with relief scenes, and there are some other scenes of daily life carved into the galleries of the cloisters.