FRANCE: Paris to Provence
Iconic Paris & Palace of Versailles plus Soane & Rhone river sights: Beaune, Castle of Cormatin, Vieux Lyon, Tournon, Viviers, Avignon, Palace of the Popes, Arles.
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A "blinded window" Trompe L'oeil
In prior centuries, taxes were collected based on the number of windows in a structure. To reduce their taxes, many windows were "blinded". The Trompe L'oeil style (painted to look real) here depicts Nicolas Rolin Chancellor of Burgundy who constructed Hotel Dieu in Beaune.
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