To Mike Martin
To Mike Martin
Research is a never ending story.
You were wondering about the age of the house on my "window" post.
Here is the story :
In 1905, this town (Liege) hosted a World Fair. All the buildings that you see here were temporary. After the fair, the land was cleaned to the ground and immediately available for housing. As a conclusion, I can say that the "window" house was built between 1905 and 1910. It stands exactly on the spot where you can see one of the towers of the German Pavillion (yellow arrow). It is strange to think that less than 10 years later, we were invaded by the Germans (WW1) and that the bridge you see over the river was blown up to stop their progression.
That's how History goes !
LT
A shame about that beautiful bridge. Ironic to go from a World's Fair to a World War in only ten years.
ReplyDeleteBut a great post, Laurent TRUILLET! Merci beaucoup!
Interesting post.
ReplyDeleteMike Martin Please look at my new post. I am sorry that Google does not enable to include a photo in a reply to a comment.
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