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The Fondation Maeght building in Saint-Paul de Vence, France. View of the sculpture garden at The Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence, France. The Maeght Foundation or Fondation Maeght ( pronounced [mɑɡ] ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is a museum of modern art on the Colline des Gardettes , a hill overlooking Saint-Paul de Vence in the southeast of France ...
American writer James Baldwin lived in Saint-Paul-de-Vence for 17 years until his death in 1987. [12] [13] British actor Donald Pleasence lived there until his death in 1995. [14] Former football player Vincenzo Rennella was born in Saint-Paul-de-Vence. [15] Actress and artist Rebecca Dayan was raised in a hotel there. [16]
It is currently located at the Maeght Foundation in Saint Paul de Vence, France. [1] Labyrinth consists of 250 works, mainly sculptures, scattered in a terrace garden overlooking the sea, which illustrate the story of the connection between the Maeght family and Joan Miró. The labyrinth is a walk through the mind and imagination of the artist. [2]
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This company was absorbed into the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway in 1880. [5] The Cherry Avenue bridge was constructed in 1901–02 [1] by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul to replace a 20-year-old bridge on the same location. [6] It spans the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River providing the only railroad access to Goose Island ...
Marc Chagall (1887–1985); lived in Saint-Paul-de-Vence between 1948 and 1985. Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910); discovered the Côte d'Azur in 1883, and painted at Monaco and Hyères. Maurice Denis (1870–1943); painted at St. Tropez and Bandol. Raoul Dufy (1877–1953); whose wife was from Nice, painted in the region, including in Nice.
The Chicago and Pacific Railroad constructed railroad onto Goose Island in the 1870s. [14] This company was absorbed into the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway in 1880. [15] Operation of the surviving railroad on Goose Island was taken over by the Soo Line Railroad in 1986, and then by the Chicago Terminal Railroad in January 2007.
The St. Charles Air Line Bridge is a Strauss Trunnion bascule bridge which spans the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. Built as part of the St. Charles Air Line Railroad by the American Bridge Company in 1919, the bridge originally had a span of 260 feet (79 m). This bridge held the world record for longest bascule-type span until 1930, when ...