PCT4283392: La catastrophe de Saint-Gervais-les-Bains (Saint Gervais les Bains - Haute-Savoie - Haute Savoie - Alpes), Glacier de Tette-Rousse (Tete Rousse), 12 July 1892: engraving from an article in Journal des Voyages 1892 - L'establishment thermal apres la catastrophe - flood - avalanche - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4283496: An ancestral custom of Morocco, Boujloud takes place a few days after the celebration of Aid al-Adha or Aid al-Kabir (Aid el-Kebir - Aid el-Kebir - Sacrifice Feast) - In Berber villages, young men and boys coat themselves with the skin of sacrificed sheep and pursue the inhabitants by beating them with the feet of animals if they do not give some money. This tradition, whose origin dates back to the dawn of time and perhaps to the prehistory, is similar to other festivities such as the fete de la bear, a form of carnival typical of the pyrenees - Had Imoulas, Haut-Atlas, october 2012 - Photo Patrice Cartier -, Cartier, Patrice / Bridgeman Images
PCT4283669: The Viaur viaduct at the beginning of the 20th century - train with steam locomotive - this work of railway art on the Castelnaudary-Rodez railway line crosses the deep Viaur valley between Rodez and Albi. It is located in the municipalities of Tauriac-de-Naucelle (Aveyron) and Tanus (Tarn). This steel metal bridge has been inscribed as historical monuments since 1984 - built by engineer Paul Bodin between 1895 and 1902, it is 116 m high and 460 m long. Its central arch has a reach of 220 m - This is the last construction site of Jean Compagnon, head of the construction site of the viaducts of Garabit, Maria Pia, as well as the Eiffel Tower. He died in 1900 before the end of the construction site. The work was completed by his successor, Gaboris - postcard sent in 1910 - / Bridgeman Images
PCT4283939: Henri Falcoz, French politician, depute of Savoy (1884-1936) - photo of Henri Manuel published on 28-11-1930 when Falcoz had just handed over his resignation as deputy secretary of state for public works in order to explain himself in the context of the Oustric affair - in the following years (1931 to 1934) he was at the centre of the so-called brothels affair. Moroccan: Falcoz wanted to build a neighbourhood reserved for prostitution (brothel) in Marrakech / Bridgeman Images