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Nimes Part One.
I had to plead in Nimes this week and spent two days there.
I could also take some photos. Here is my first series.
Best,
Nicolas
Nimes Part One.
I had to plead in Nimes this week and spent two days there. I could also take some photos. Here is my first series. Best, Nicolas ...
This looks like a wonderful place.
I could really use a trip to a place like this. Small and full of atmosphere. Thank you for the nice post cards, dear friend.
Excellent pictures. The one with the crocodile piqued my interest…
…so I googled and found that it’s the official logo of Nimes. Seems that the image of a crocodile chained to a palm tree dates back to Roman times and was depicted on coins from that time. Very interesting place. Did you see any of the Roman constructions...
This looks like a wonderful place.
I could really use a trip to a place like this. Small and full of atmosphere. Thank you for the nice post cards, dear friend.
Looks like an interesting place to explore. I was surprised with the references to crocos there! I had read some long time ago that nimes was the place...
... where light canvas type fabric was exported during the XIX Century to America to make the working pants for miners and cowboys. The fabric was called in those times as "fabric De Nimes" (fabric from Nimes) and then it derived in "Denim" the other popu...