Guillaume STEFFEN
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Tours by Guillaume STEFFEN
Aix-en-Provence — Squares and Gates
Urban history — reading Aix through its squares, its old gates and its vistas.
Bayonne — The Fastest Game in the World
Sport — trinquets, frontons and chisteras: the fastest game in the world is an identity.
Toulouse — Canal, Quays, and Bridges
River Heritage — linking the Canal du Midi and the Garonne through their public structures.
Paris — Montmartre of the Painters: the Hill That Invented Modern Art
Art — from Renoir to Picasso, the poor hill where the way of seeing was reinvented, from the Bateau-
Rouen — Thirty Times the Same Façade
Art — Thirty times the same façade: Monet, light, and the birth of a revolution.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc — The Conquest of Mont Blanc
Sport — 1786, Balmat and Paccard: the first ascent that invented mountaineering.
Mont-Saint-Michel — Ramparts and Bay
Landscape — understanding the dialogue between the rock, its defenses, and the vastness of the bay.
Montpellier — The Écusson's Double Bottom
History & secrets — mansions, a medieval mikveh, and hidden courtyards: the Écusson's double bottom.
Chamonix — Village and Panoramas
Landscape — reading the village through its streets, squares, and views of the massif.
Beaune — Ramparts and Bastions
Heritage — following the defences, gates and bastions of the old town.
Avignon — The Papal City Turned World's Greatest Stage
Art — Jean Vilar, 1947: the papal city turned into the greatest stage in the world.
Deauville — The Kingdom of the Horse
Sport — yearlings, polo, and sea bathing: sport as a Norman way of life.
Toulouse — Sunday Mass
Sport — the Stade Toulousain and Sunday Mass: why here, rugby is a civilization.
Strasbourg — Between Two Worlds
History & Secrets — four changes of nationality in seventy-five years: the border city that became t
Amboise — Leonardo's Last Journey
Art — 1516: Leonardo da Vinci crosses the Alps with the Mona Lisa in his baggage, to die here.
Nice — Under the Same Light
Art — why the greatest painters of the twentieth century all ended up under this light.
Aix-en-Provence — Fountains and Counts
History & secrets — a spa town since Rome, capital of the counts of Provence: Aix through its avenue
Colmar — The Storybook Town That Almost Vanished
History & secrets — tanners, market gardeners, and canals: the storybook town that almost vanished.
Bordeaux — Golden Stone and Mascarons
Art — learning to read the eighteenth century on the golden façades: mascarons, wrought iron, soft s
Honfleur — The Old Basin of Great Departures
History & secrets — from Champlain setting off to found Quebec to the Newfoundland fishermen: the po
Bayonne — The Fortress That Dances
History & secrets — Vauban's ramparts, festivals in white and red: the Basque capital behind the sce
Grasse — The Perfume Routes
Three centuries of transformation, from tanner to glove-perfumer, from glove-maker to perfume indust
Reims — Underground and Rebuilt
Architecture — reading the ancient layers and the twentieth-century reconstruction in the city cente
Nîmes — Gates and Gardens
Urban history — following the ancient thresholds and promenades that reshaped the city.
Sarlat — France's Most Intact Medieval Town
History & Secrets — saved by a 1962 law, France's most intact medieval town.
Toulouse — The Capitole and Golden Centuries
History & Secrets — from woad to pink brick: the fortunes and dramas of the city with two golden age
Arles — Little Rome of Gaul
History & secrets — ancient Arles: arena, theatre, cryptoporticus, necropolis.
La Rochelle — Sailing Capital
Sport — from the Vieux-Port to the Minimes: the city that lives head to the wind.
Bordeaux — Squares and Gardens of the Centre
Architecture — observing how squares, gardens and vistas organise the centre of Bordeaux.
Nantes — Memory of the Port
History & secrets — shipowners, the Atlantic slave trade, and a memorial: the city that finally face
Colmar — From the Altarpiece to Liberty
Art — from the Issenheim Altarpiece to the Statue of Liberty, two masterpieces born here.
Dijon — Sculpting the City
Art — the lucky owl, Claus Sluter, and the Well of Moses: sculpting Dijon.
Annecy — Bridges, Canals and Gardens
Urban nature — following the Thiou through bridges, canals, gardens and out onto the lake.
Saint-Malo — The Republic of Privateers
History & Secrets — Surcouf, Duguay-Trouin, and the race for treasure: the republic of privateers.
Lyon — Capital of the Resistance
History & secrets — traboules, underground print shops, and Jean Moulin: Lyon, capital of the Resist
Colmar — Signs and Façades
Architecture — observing the signs, houses, and details that give the old center its character.
Bordeaux — Chartrons, Warehouses and Basins
Port heritage — following the quays, warehouses and basins that tell the story of the old port.
Biarritz — Ocean and Viewpoints
Urban nature — discovering the town from its promontories, squares and seafront.
Marseille — The Cité Radieuse and Modern Marseille
Art & modernity — Le Corbusier, the MuCEM, and built utopias: Marseille, laboratory of modernity.
Annecy — The Floating Town
History & secrets — canals, prisons and a castle: the old town floating between lake and mountain.
La Rochelle — The Towers and the Siege
History & secrets — 1628, Richelieu starves the city: the siege that broke the Atlantic's Protestant
Reims — The Manifesto City, Rebuilt in Art Deco
Art — Destroyed in 14-18, rebuilt in Art Deco: the manifesto city.
Reims — Where France Crowned Itself
History & secrets — Clovis, thirty kings, and a martyred cathedral: where France crowned itself.
Barcelone — De la Rambla à la Mer
La Rambla n'a pas été tracée : elle a été creusée par l'eau. Descendre l'ancienne bordure de la vill
Carcassonne — Viollet-le-Duc's Resurrection
Art — condemned to demolition in 1850, brought back to life by an architect mad about the Middle Age
Dijon — Mansions and Lanes
Architecture — recognizing courtyards, private mansions, and lanes in the preserved center.
Lille — The Thread of Textiles
The city's specialty — From medieval cloth to mail order: the city that thread wove, mill after mill
Strasbourg — The Builders' Cathedral
Art & Famous Figures — 142 meters of pink sandstone: the tallest building in the world for two centu
Arles — Capital of a Camargue Nation
Specialty — bulls, gardians and the Arlésienne costume: the capital of a Camargue nation.
Lyon — Squares and Passages of the Presqu'île
Urban history — linking squares, passages, and quays to understand the Presqu'île.
Aix-en-Provence — In Cézanne's Footsteps
Art — the studio, the Sainte-Victoire and the banker father: Cézanne against his town, his town for
Rennes — Gates and Squares of the Center
Heritage — following the expansion of the center through its thresholds and squares.
Biarritz — The Cradle of Surfing
Sport — how a stretch of Basque coast became the surfing capital of Europe.
Strasbourg — Quays and Bridges of the Ill
River Heritage — following the structures that link the branches of the Ill around the old center.
Strasbourg — Capital of Christmas
Specialty — Christkindelsmärik, 1570: the oldest Christmas market in France, and the city that gave
Deauville — Les Planches, a Screen of Sand
Art — the festival, the boardwalk, and the parasols: France's most filmed beach.
Paris — The Left Bank of the Writers: Books, Garrets, and Scandals
History & secrets — from Saint-Germain to the Latin Quarter, the bank where literature was written.
Albi — The Broken Count of Montmartre
Art — the small broken count who became the painter of Montmartre, and the museum his mother wrested
Lille — Fine Arts and Giants
Art & figures — From France's second-largest museum to the giants of the North: high art and street
Toulouse — From Mermoz to Ariane
Specialty — from Mermoz to Ariane: the city from which France took flight.
Versailles — Vistas and Gardens
Urban landscape — reading the public axes that extend the royal town beyond the château.
Tours — When the Loire Was the Heart of France
History & Secrets — Saint Martin, Louis XI, and silk: when the Loire was the heart of France.
Carcassonne — The Besieged Cité
History & secrets — Dame Carcas, the Albigensian Crusade: two thousand years of sieges and a legend
Chartres — The Cathedral of Light
Art — Chartres blue, the anonymous builders, and the labyrinth: light made stone.
Étretat — France's Most Romantic Cliff
Art — Monet, Maupassant, and Arsène Lupin: the cliff that inspired painters and novelists.
Cassis — Port, Cliffs and Calanques
Landscape — reading how the village, the cliffs and the calanques meet, from public viewpoints.
Lille — Squares and Façades of Vieux-Lille
Architecture — reading Flemish identity in the squares, façades, and passages of Vieux-Lille.
Marseille — The Stadium City
Sport — from the Canebière to the Vélodrome: OM as the municipal religion of a stadium-city.
Rennes — The Walls That Talk
Art — painted timber framing, street art, and the Transmusicales: the city that expresses itself on
Barcelone — L'Îlot de la Discorde
Trois familles, trois architectes rivaux, trois maisons qui se touchent : la guerre des façades du P
Dijon — The Dazzling Century of the Great Dukes
History & secrets — when Dijon rivaled Paris: the dazzling century of the Great Dukes of Burgundy.
Albi — The Fortress of Red Brick
History & secrets — a cathedral-fortress of red brick, the Church's crushing answer to the Cathars.
Chamonix-Mont-Blanc — Guides and Peaks
History & secrets — the Compagnie des Guides, its heroes and its tragedies: making a living from a m
Giverny — One Man's Garden
Art — the garden as masterpiece: forty years of water lilies painted from a Japanese bridge.
La Rochelle — Arcades, Quays and Towers
Maritime architecture — following the arcades and quays to the towers of the Vieux-Port.
Mennetou-sur-Cher — La vie derrière les remparts
Franchissez les portes de Mennetou-sur-Cher et découvrez la vie derrière ses remparts. Huit étapes r
Saint-Malo — Ramparts, Beaches, and Tides
Landscape — understanding how the walled city engages in dialogue with the tidal flats and the tides
Beaune — The Hospices and a Chancellor's Paradise
History & secrets — 1443: a guilty chancellor builds the finest hospital in the world to buy his way
Cannes — L'Île Sainte-Marguerite : le prisonnier sans visage
Quinze minutes de bateau depuis la Croisette, et trois siècles de captivité. Une forteresse bâtie co
Sarlat — Squares, Passages, and Façades
Architecture — reading the honey-colored stone of the old center, from the public square to the narr
Rouen — The Trial of Joan of Arc
History & Secrets — 1431, place du Vieux-Marché: the trial that made a saint and haunted a city.
Bayonne — Confluence, Quays and Bridges
Urban history — following the Adour and the Nive to understand the districts and their bridges.
Rennes — Fire and Stone
History & secrets — a wooden city burned in 1720, a palace saved from the flames in 1994: Rennes alw
Versailles — The Sun King's City-Machine
History & Secrets — beyond the château, the city-machine invented to serve the Sun King's court.
Marseille — Quays and Forts of the Vieux-Port
Maritime heritage — following the quays and defenses that frame the Vieux-Port.
Honfleur — The Harbor That Taught Painters to Go Outside
Art — Boudin, Monet, and the Ferme Saint-Siméon: the harbor that taught painters to paint the sky in
Avignon — Nine Popes, One Fortress-Palace
History & secrets — nine popes, one fortress-palace: the century when Avignon was the centre of the
Arles — Van Gogh, Set Alight by the Light
Art & famous figures — Van Gogh: fifteen months, three hundred works, one ear.
Carcassonne — The Bastide Saint-Louis
Urban history — exploring the lower town, its regular plan, its squares and boulevards.
Montpellier — Squares and Passages of the Écusson
Urban history — linking the public spaces that reveal the shape of the old center.
Annecy — The Lake of Challenges
Sport — swimming, sailing, paragliding, cycling: Annecy's lake-stadium, and the day the town dreamed
Rouen — Bleu de Rouen and Golden Hands
Craft — Bleu de Rouen and golden hands: the know-how of a Norman capital.
Avignon — Squares, Convents and Cloisters
Heritage — linking the squares and convent complexes of the walled town.
Saint-Malo — The Madmen of the Atlantic
Sport — Every four years, the city watches the madmen of the Atlantic set off alone.
Montpellier — A Thousand Years of Medicine
Specialty — the oldest medical school in the Western world, where Rabelais was once a student.
Tours — Loire, Quays, and Footbridges
Urban landscape — observing how bridges and quays connect the city to the Loire.
Nantes — The Island and the Shipyards
Industrial heritage — following the public traces of the former shipyards on the île de Nantes.
Nice — Squares and Lanes of the Old Town
Heritage — reading the old town through its squares, civic buildings, and passageways.
Nîmes — The City That Never Left Rome
History & secrets — arena, Maison Carrée, crocodile: the city that never left the Roman Empire.
Lyon — Lumière: The City Where Cinema Was Born
Art — Workers Leaving the Factory, 1895: in Monplaisir, the eastern district where two brothers inve
Nice — Nissa la Bella
History & secrets — a Sardinian county that became French by a vote, the old town that still speaks
Biarritz — Villas and Architects
Art — Belle Époque follies, Art Deco and neo-Basque: the resort that collected architects.
Paris — Streets and Passages of Les Halles
Urban history — tracing the former boundaries of Les Halles through streets, monuments, and passages
Nantes — The Dreams of Jules Verne
Art — from the île Feydeau to the Elephant: the city that taught Jules Verne to dream.
Mont-Saint-Michel — The Wonder of the West
History & secrets — a demanding archangel, a thousand years of impossible construction: the Wonder o