A simple postcard match silently reveals the carnage of 1944 without saying a word. See how Rue Saint Jean has changed? Brillaud Laujardière was the chief architect responsible for Caen’s reconstruction after WW2. His forward looking design blew fresh air into once narrow streets, planned for a world with cars
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The strange saints of Notre Dame in Louviers, Normandy
A simple heart at Pont-l’Évêque
The serious innocence in a young girl's face on an ancient postcard reminded us of poor disregarded Félicité in Flaubert's short story 'A simple heart' or 'Le coeur simple': "For half a century the housewives of Pont-l'Évêque had envied Madame Aubain her servant Félicité. For a hundred francs a year, she cooked and did