São Bento, Rio de Janeiro’s monastery
A few meters away from the noisy avenues of central Rio de Janeiro, the hill of São Bento lives in unbreakable serenity. In this...
Guédelon: Building a Castle in Modern Times
In a Forest deep in the heart of France, a group of engineers and volunteers builds a stone castle, using only medieval tools. A colossal...
Lima, rediscovered. The adventure of amateur historians
According to a popular myth, Lima was born from deception. Pizarro, the prideful Conquistador, was looking for a land to found his...
The Palacio Abraxas: a utopia that wants to be reborn
Dwarfed by the gigantic halls of the building, Jean Mouanga reaches for the elevator, dragging his broken leg along. “This place used to...
Mythical birth of Rio
Brazil holds unimaginable stories, absurd conflicts between peoples from distant lands, fighting for worthless dreams. Today, those...
A Pyramid in Britanny
The cairn of Petit-Mont is a ruin disfigured by time. Built millenia ago on a peninsula in Britanny, it was mutilated by a Nazi bunker,...
From Rio to Pomponesco: A Brazilian looking for her Italian ancestors
Discovering Italy in the Po Valley is like entering an uncharted land. Its landscapes do not remind of any classic image of the...
Solstice at the Dolmen
Far in the depths of Britanny, an ancient neolithic monument stands: the Roche aux Fées Dolmen.Once a year, on the dawn of the winter...