GOOD UPKEEP-ING

Exterior restoration in progress of a transparent white and stained glass grilled window at Saint Vigor, a small royal church in Marly-le-Roi. Built from 1688-1689 at the demand of Louis XIV, it is the only rural church constructed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the king's head architect. Transparent windows provided more luminosity than did medieval stained glass windows, and thus enabled congregations to read and follow texts and psalms, which thanks to the invention of the printing press, were becoming more and more available.

Vocabulary
un vitrail:  a stained glass window
les vitraux:  stained glass windows
le verre blanc:  transparent or plain glass




©2012 P.B. Lecron

COSY KITSCH

Frenchified British

Le Cottage restaurant and salon de thé in the old town center of Marly-le-Roi, near Versailles. A great place for brunch or lunch where quiche is the speciality. Lots of room for plays on words as well as a silhouette-pleasing light cheese cake. Tea cups, doilies, linen aprons and embroidered table runners galore. Très kitschissime. You'll love it.  7 bis Grande Rue, Marly-le-Roi. 

Vocabulary

kitschissime:  extremely kitsch

Le Cottage, 7 bis Grande Rue, Marly-le-Roi
Telephone:  01 39 16 34 89



©2012 P.B.Lecron