This morning we are hitting another Les Plus Beaux Village, Rochefort-en-Terre. It is sunny and warm and the sunshine makes the village much more cheerful.
City Hall.
The village square.
Along some of the streets.
Interesting doors and window everywhere.
The village is also known for its flowers and they are everywhere.
There is also a lovely chateau. Beautiful, shady entrance...
and stone gates.
This picturesque entrance (both sides) led to a terrace overlooking the countryside beyond.
A very small chapel in one corner of the yard.
And the lovely chateau itself. It is now owned by the town and is not open to the public. So, we just enjoyed the grounds.
There were good views of the rooftops and countryside from the walls of the chateau.
Some of the ruins of the walk at the top of the wall.
From there we
wandered the streets some more and found the Sanctuary Notre Dame de la
Tronchaye. A lovely church.
We had lunch in an very old building just off the square...high ceiling, wooden beams and good food.
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More Rochefort-en-Terre
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Then we headed
off for our planned afternoon site.
Along the drive we saw this church with lots of flowers on its
steps.
We stopped in the town of Lizio for a quick break and a walk around.
There was a tiny carousel just off the small square in front of the town hall. The carousel and it’s rides looked like nothing we had ever seen on a carousel. They looked like they were made by the artist whose works we are going to see this afternoon.
So, after a stretch we headed into the countryside nearby and found the Universe of Scrap Metal Poet. The artist is Bertrand Melois. His favorite medium is sheet metal and recycled everyday objects. And the grounds of the open air museum looked like something straight out of a Dr. Seuss book.
The first thing
we hit was a building full of mechanical objects. When you pushed the button the object began
to move. They were amazing and
fascinating and at times mesmerizing.
Outside was just as magical. As one of the other guest commented to me, the place was “un peu fou” (a little crazy). To which I replied, “No, c’est tres fou” (No, it is very crazy.)
There were many magical
little "houses",
a gypsy cart of sorts,
an Eiffel Tower,
a white building that reminded me of the White Temple we saw in Thailand (but significantly smaller and less ornate),
the "room" inside one of the buildings,
a small pond,
and all manner of other things.
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More Scrap Metal Museum
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What a great
day.
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