Roanne
We have been in Roanne’s port during two winters now. As it will be our last one, we think it appropriate to aim our attention on Roanne itself. This first picture shows the edge of the town and the river Loire with one of its weirs in the background as seen when entering Roanne from the south/east.
Everywhere in France there's a lot more than one sees at (horizontal) street level. High and wide gates are to be seen very often, giving access to ….? Most of the time the gates are closed, reason for keeping what’s behind a mystery. Here’s an open gate –on the Place du Marché by the way- offering a view of what’s behind it. Well, that does not look bad at all!
This building, already visible on the former picture, is Roanne’s cinema-building, Le Grand Palais. It contains 9 auditoria, resulting in an overall capacity of 1.900. We’ve recently been twice in the 5th auditorium, enjoying opera’s directly broadcasted from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. The quality could hardly be distinguished from being in the opera house itself.
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