Sunday, January 4, 2009

My Feet Hurt Wear Ice Skates

visit the Municipal Archives of the City of Honfleur



municipal archives of the city of Honfleur, there are treasures sometimes very surprising, as this curious dodecahedron which mysteriously landed there by pure chance. But chance is there ...?
Under the eyes of Albert Manuel, strong run in 1943. He was professor of English at the College of Honfleur, and is immortalized in eternal youth ... the martyrs ...

Behind the wheels of the movable shelves are hidden treasures ...
Hall consultants regularly receives researchers, genealogists and curious. Here is the cab of the machine back in time ...







The archivist of the city of Honfleur, Peter Jan, the phone in his office, is in negotiations to an arrival in archival footage of the utmost importance ...




The vast reception room sets the tone. No one enters here if it is determined to search, find, read, browse, find. For who seeks finds ever ...





In the corridors of time, Peter Jan will be your guide in order not to get lost in the labyrinthine recesses of the past.







But before that, you had to show their credentials to identify yourself to the door. A tip: Introduce yourself as the consultant-agent No. 007, is a key that still works!







The front door of the temple of the past Honfleur, at the foot of the enigmatic tower records ...





The tower of the municipal archives is a base for launching rocket travel into unknown galaxies Honfleur of the past. Fasten your seatbelts, attention to takeoff ...







One day the door opens and lets the future, they say. But perhaps it also overlooks the bygone times of the distant past. Honfleur, city of a thousand years of history (at least) full of surprises for who knows how to sniff out treasures ...



Access is by Henri Jeanson small square behind the film of the same name.
For all relevant information, read the signs on the door: everything is written!















Buildings neighbors are none other than the anterior part of the famous salt warehouses ...













architecture dating back to the time of Louis XIV and Colbert!











Photos Pierre Boiteau (c)








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