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Put The Flags Out
Posted on December 18, 2020
For Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge this week, we are invited to draw inspiration from an image posted by guest host Rita. Her photograph includes some flags, so here are three colourful banners spotted during a summer festival in the Auvergne city of Thiers.
Monday Window: Thiers
Posted on April 27, 2020
Window Shopping
Posted on May 11, 2018
The town of Thiers, in the Auvergne region, is known as the cutlery centre of France. It’s not surprising, therefore, that there are quite a few window displays like this one:
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Hour
Posted on October 4, 2017
Not a hundred per cent on brief for Frank’s challenge this week, but it’s worth seeing this unusual (I could say striking, but I don’t think it does) water-clock – or clock with water feature at any rate – to be found in the centre of the town of Thiers, in the Auvergne region of central France.
At least you know exactly what hour it was.
Tuesday Photo Challenge: Music
Posted on June 20, 2017
For Frank’s theme of ‘Music’ this week, here is a detail of the mightily impressive pipe-organ in the main church of the French city of Thiers:
…and for perspective, here’s the whole thing:
Thursday Doors: Thiers (4th Time Around)
Posted on January 26, 2017
I know we’ve already had three helpings of doors from Thiers but that particular seam hasn’t been fully worked out just yet, so here are a few second round draft picks.
And I didn’t even follow this road down the hill…
Thursday Doors 26 January 2017
Weekly Photo Challenge: Names
Posted on January 7, 2017
M Guillaumont, the lawyer of Thiers (a large town in the Auvergne region of France), certainly wanted to make sure that his clients knew exactly where to find his chambers:
“in the small courtyard, on the first floor up the spiral staircase”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Edge
Posted on September 12, 2016
In the centre of the town of Thiers, in the Auvergne region of France, the perspective of this image of the upper story of a medieval house provides plenty of edges – appropriately enough, as Thiers is famously the centre of French knife (and, more broadly, cutlery) production.
Thursday Doors: Thiers – Even(s) More
Posted on September 8, 2016
This, I promise, is the final instalment of the myriad interesting doors of Thiers, this time featuring the even numbers. The first is notable for its very elaborate stone surround:
I’ve put these next two side by side as they are like mirror images:
And these two because of their similar shapes. Note the ironwork above the door on the left:
Finally, judging by the debris in front of this door, something of a renovation project is going on behind it.
Next week we’re off somewhere closer to home that, on a recent visit, proved to be just as fascinating in the door department.
Thursday Doors 8 September 2016
Thursday Doors: Thiers – Odds
Posted on September 1, 2016
The second instalment of the doors of Thiers features those with odd numbers.
The narrow streets of the medieval centre are quite steep in parts, as you can see here:
…and here (not so old, but just as tatty):
Over time, street level has risen, leaving some doors with what could be desxribed as restricted access:
I couldn’t not include this door with the adjacent mural:
And on a hot day, this seemed like a good idea:
Thursday Doors 1 September 2016
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