Photography
One particularly spectacular dawn seen from the balcony of my apartement in Marseille. Provence dawns are often colourful due to the limestone dust in the air, the vehicle pollution in urban Marseille adds to the effect. This was 15 April 2024.
Note the water fountain saved from the old village
Les Salles-sur-Verdon is not a celebrated architectural gem like Port Grimaud but it’s in a similar vein. It’s the village displaced by the rising water of the bitterly resisted reservoir, the lac de Sainte-Croix. I’m guessing the concept is derivative, architect François Spoerry’s Port Grimaud being about ten years earlier. Les Salles is an idealised Provençal village as Port Grimaud is an idealised Mediterranean fishing village.
A “Mediterranean episode” of weather brought a storm with a lot of rain but also dramatic natural lighting which changed rapidly. A stunning dawn highlighting Menton old town. Later on, it was almost shocking to see the strength of the storm both on sea and at a beach where the Mediterranean usually laps the shore peacefully. Even the guys with the surfboards were packing up and going home as the waves were too violent.
Dew pond at Ditchling Beacon (227 m.) on the South Downs Way in Sussex.
Chateau D'if and the Iles Frioul
Four views of Marseille from Notre-Dame de la Garde, the basilica built on a limestone rock which overlooks the city of Marseille, its bay and the surrounding mountains.
More photos: Four views of Marseille from N-D de la Garde (142 m.)
