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13th March 2013

13th - Education & Wednesday's Windows

Chateau de Chaumont, Mainsat

Built in the early 1900's the Chateau housed and protected 147 Jewish families during WW11.
It became their home, SCHOOL, in fact everything to them.
Sadly the Chateau was destroyed by fire in 1985 and today remains a complete ruin.

A short history - http://www.ajpn.org/sauvetage-Chateau-de-Chaumont-205.html

Nothing in comparison to some PBasers but I hit the 1,000,000th visit today.


PBasers' March Mixed Bag is HERE
Wednesday's Windows are open HERE

Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/250s f/6.3 at 15.0mm iso2500 hide exif
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Date/Time07-Mar-2013 10:34:39
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ModelCanon EOS 7D
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Focal Length15 mm
Exposure Time1/250 sec
Aperturef/6.3
ISO Equivalent2500
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Brenda17-Mar-2013 22:22
Wonderfully photographed. Love the reflections and the framing.
Barbara Heide14-Mar-2013 15:17
congrats Chris!! I love this Window decay!
LynnH14-Mar-2013 11:06
Sad to see it in ruins. An excellent photo for both challenges. Congratulations on a million hits.
Janice Dunn14-Mar-2013 10:49
Congrats on your hits. I must check mine out.
How wonderful to hide those Jewish families during the war.
And
such a pity the building burnt down
Micky Waby14-Mar-2013 08:29
The building looks a sad sight now,It is such a pity these old buildings with such history fall into a state of disrepair.
Yvonne14-Mar-2013 07:21
Congrats on the milestone Chris... a lovely shot of the ruins, what a pity to see it
fall into disrepair when it has such a history.
Mieke WA Minkjan14-Mar-2013 06:22
excellent in B&W and thank you for the story about the building
Sheila14-Mar-2013 05:13
A great choice to use mono.
What a waste of what was once a beautiful building.
Congrats on the 1,000,000 :-)
Hank Vander Velde14-Mar-2013 02:31
Godd image and interesting bit of history Chris.
larose forest photos14-Mar-2013 01:45
In all its decay it is still beautiful. Nonetheless, sad to see such an important building let go.
Congratulations on reaching 1 million hits!! V
laine13-Mar-2013 23:56
and congrats on your hits...very worthy!!
laine13-Mar-2013 23:54
what a sad loss of this important historical place...love that you did it in b/w
Terry Sprague13-Mar-2013 22:49
Excellent image. V
J. Scott Coile13-Mar-2013 22:46
Great neglected find.
Stephanie13-Mar-2013 22:30
With so much history here, it's a crying shame that this building wasn't renovated after the fire.
Excellent capture Chris!
Congrats on being so popular!!!! :))
Johnny JAG13-Mar-2013 21:56
Sad to see it so run down, well done on the million
Mairéad13-Mar-2013 20:54
Shame to see a building with so much history in ruins.
And congrats on the hits.
Jackdad13-Mar-2013 20:16
Congrats on the 1kk milestone Chris!
Looks an interesting old place, hope it might get restored one day.
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