2. Zoo d'AmnévilleAmneville The Amneville Zoo is a French zoological park of the Grand Est region, located in the Moselle valley, between Metz and the Luxembourg border, in the town of Amnéville. About 1,500 animals of 360 species are presented on 18 hectares. It is headed by its founder, Michel Louis, since 1986. Formed as a worker cooperative, it is owned by its employees-cooperators. It is the only French zoo to present a show of tamed tigers, a controversial feature that allowed it to increase its attendance but also earned it to be demoted to the rank of temporary member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria , and then to be excluded of it. Within this association it participates in several European Endangered Species Programme. It is also one of the few zoos in France to present gorillas and oranguta... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
3. Ouvrage de la FerteLa Ferte Sur Chiers Ouvrage La Ferté, also known as Ouvrage Villy-La Ferté, is a petit ouvrage of the Maginot Line, located in the Fortified Sector of Montmédy, facing Belgium. The ouvrage lies between the towns of Villy and La Ferté-sur-Chiers. It possesses two combat blocks linked by an underground gallery. The westernmost position in its sector, it was a comparatively weakly armed fortification in an exposed position that left it vulnerable to isolation and attack. After a sustained attack during the Battle of France the position was overwhelmed by German forces and was destroyed with its entire garrison killed. The fighting at La Ferté was the heaviest of any position in the Maginot Line. It is preserved as a war memorial. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
5. Fort DouaumontVerdun Fort Douaumont was the largest and highest fort on the ring of 19 large defensive works which had protected the city of Verdun, France since the 1890s. By 1915, the French General Staff had concluded that even the best-protected forts of Verdun could not resist bombardments from the German 420 mm Gamma guns. These new super-heavy howitzers had easily taken several large Belgian forts out of action in August 1914. Fort Douaumont and other Verdun forts were judged ineffective and had been partly disarmed and left virtually undefended since 1915. On 25 February 1916, Fort Douaumont was entered and occupied without a fight by a small German raiding party comprising only 19 officers and 79 men. The easy fall of Fort Douaumont, only three days after the beginning of the Battle of Verdun, shocked... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The heights of Lorraine from above - drone video - Visit Lorraine - EN
Discover stunning views from high above the Heights of Lorraine. The different shots were taken with a drone and reveal the must-see sights : the Longwy faïence & fortifications by Vauban, Montmédy Citadel, the basilica of Avioth, Marville... The video was made by Lorraine Tourisme, in partnership with Longwy Tourist Office, Meuse Tourisme, and the Nancy production agency C2images, specialised in aerial imagery. This film is a part of a series of several drone videos of Lorraine, an authentic tourist destination in Eastern France:
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EVP Nostradamus: The Lost Treasures of Orval
In 2008 I was doing some research at the abbey of Orval, Belgium - its mysteries, its lost treasures, and Nostradamus of course. I prepared a new book on the subject, after having published Nostradamus in Orval. I had my camera with me, but didn't look or listened at the time to what I had caught on tape. I did this only recently, in October 2012. And was it my imagination, or was I hearing a faint voice, speaking in French, I had not heard back in 2008? Was I just listening to a French guide... or a monk, praying? Was there someone reading poetry? Or is this an example of the so-called Electronic Voice Phenomenon (EVP)? And could this be then the voice of Nostradamus, telling us where we should go treasure hunting, for the lost treasure of the Templars... or the Bourbons?
Before or after visiting the ruins of Orval and listening to the strange messages (with English translation) you may want to read these articles on Nostradamus and the Treasure(s) of Orval:
(Nostradamus and the Lost Treasure of the Bourbons) (Nostradamus and the Lost Templar Treasure) (Nostradamus and the Prophecy of Orval) Free audio download:
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