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CHATEAU ROCHER | Saint-Rémy-de-Blot | France

Château Rocher (or Château fort de Blot-le-Rocher) is a French castle overlooking the Sioule river valley. It is located in the commune of Saint-Rémy-de-Blot in the Puy-de-Dôme département of the Auvergne région.

The ruins of Château Rocher standing on a cliff above the river, are the remains of a 13th-century construction, with evidence of earlier (11th century) building. The castle was built by the Lords of Bourbon. A masonry bridge crossing the moat comes up against the entry door, now ruined, and the outer wall. A second wall existed in front of the two eastern towers. Three principal towers flanked the east and north fronts.

Privately owned, Château Rocher has been listed since 1913 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. (info by WikipediA)

SCHELPHOEK | Schouwen Duiveland | The Netherlands

SCHELPHOEK

In 1903, near Serooskerke, the port of Schelphoek was built to drain sugar beet from the polder Schouwen. In the following years a number of houses were built around this port, after which a neighborhood was created. During the water shortage and dike breakthrough of 1953, the neighborhood is not resistant to the storm and the water: it completely disappears.

The dike breakthrough has never been restored, and around the resulting water party a ring dike has been created, along which many olive wedges grow. This water basin has also been used as a port for the construction of the Oosterscheldekering. (WikiPedia)

CHAMP DE TOURNESOLS | FIELD OF SUNFLOWERS | France