shop. Au Coeur de l’Ardoise is linked through the organisation Le Réseau Ardoise d’Ardenne and the trail guide La Route d’Ardoise with similar slate museums at Alle-sur-Semois in Belgium, Rimogne in France

history of the mines. Ardoi’Alle is linked through the organisation Le Réseau Ardoise d’Ardenne and the trail guide La Route d’Ardoise with similar slate museums at Bertrix in Belgium, Rimogne in France and

A celebration of technology – that's at the heart of the Wouda Steam Pumping Station's machine room near the village of Lemmer in Friesland. The four double steam engines, coupled with powerful flywhe

early pioneers. It starts with a big screen showing original footage of historical Zeppelin flights. A 3D documentary provides an almost physical impression of the airships' tremendous size. Visitors who board

skylights. Twin arched portals represented the separation of arriving and departing traffic. The Gare d’Orsay influenced the design of many subsequent 20th century railway stations. By the 1930s the platforms [...] Second World War and was later occupied by a theatrical company. The hotel closed in 1973. The Gare d’Orsay was listed as an historic building in 1978, and subsequently adapted as a gallery for works of

The site of the coal mine at Noyan-d’Allier is preserved by an association of friends that began in 1988. The mine was built in 1920 and coal production finished in 1943. The buildings were large and efficient

rotunda housed a small kiosk; later, it was used as a conference room. Nowadays, it is called the Dwight D. Eisenhower room and accommodates a café.

which is entered through a spectacular gateway built in 1890, but is not open to visitors. The Musée d’Armes was established in 1885 by the arms manufacturer Pierre-Joseph Lemille, and has always been a [...] civilian and military sections. Many of the items in the collection can be seen on the Internet. The Musée d’Armes shares the Curtius mansion with other municipal museums, and its galleries were extensively r

Le Blockhaus d’Éperlecques, near St Omer, is a massive concrete structure intended as a launching point for rocket missiles directed at the United Kingdom during the Second World War. It was constructed

building, weapons used in naval warfare and navigational instruments. A large section called Tresors d’oceans (treasures from the oceans) displays artefacts recovered by marine archaeologists. Brest was

The museum at Paddle in Normandy is one of the best places in Europe at which to observe the Walloon forge method of making wrought-iron, from which evolved the finery-and-chafery process. Ironworkers

The Villagio Leumann at Collegno, 10 km west of Turin, ranks with Crespi d’Adda as an outstanding example of Italian entrepreneurial philanthropy. A Swiss entrepreneur, Isaac Leumann (1807-87) set up a

sections of the city wall. The imposing town hall (Raadhuis) was rebuilt after a fire in 1543. A windmill, d’Olde Zwaver, stands on the edge of the town, and the town museum, in a Gothic house, includes a hor

museum where the Valk Tavern provides refreshments for visitors. In 1932 the company was renamed van D oorne A anhangwagen F abriek (trailer factory) creating the acronym DAF which became its brand name

means wasp) motor scooter, introduced in 1946, was designed by the aeronautical engineer Corradino D’Ascanio (1891-1981). It sold widely throughout western Europe and many owners became devoted to the

style of the Renaissance. Two covered slips and several warehouses with classical columns front the Rio d’Arsenale, and within the boundaries of the site are a sixteenth century ropeworks, ranges of hydraulic

municipal status in 1882, although today it has less than 2000 inhabitants. The Parco Minerario dell’Isola d’Elba provides guided tours and trails that can be followed on foot or by mountain bicycle through the

Spa gives its name to all mineral resorts with springs. The town retains the air of a resort, with parks, springs (pouhons), including the ‘Pouhon-Pierre-le-Grand’, named after Tsar Peter the Great wh

holds several examples. The collection also includes many racing cars including a 1938 Auto Union Type D.

include some of the museum’s rich collection of works of art, including the notable painting of the Duc d’Enghien receiving the capitulation of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) in 1646 by the artist Jean Tassell (1608-67)