Porto Maravilha, a Carioca illusion
During my first stay in Rio de Janeiro, the city was nourished by hope. The World Cup had just ended, and the Olympic Games were...
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...
Frankfurt, between past and future
The city of Frankfurt, ravaged by the bombings of World War II, holds an ambivalent appearance. Even if its buildings no longer hold any...
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...
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...












