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The tall wineglasses from Biot seem to glow even at night . Кажется , что стеклянные фужеры из Биота светятся даже ночью .
Gallery itself , the “ Léger Museum ”, is an architectural show-piece with a massive mosaic by Léger on its facade .
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The Sainte Marie-Madeleine church was rebuilt in the 15th century on the ruins of an old Romanesque church of the 12th century . Церковь Святой Марии Магдалины была построена в XV веке на руинах романской церкви XII века .
the town , both built in the 1560 ’ s : the Porte des Migraniers on the Calade des Migraniers and the Porte des Tines on Rue des Tines . You can also enjoy a tour around the remains of the ramparts .
OPENING UP ART AND ARTISANS OF BIOT
Lovers of art and artisans , Biot has delights in store for you . It may not have Picasso , but it has its own “ cubist ” — an artistic genius Fernand Léger to which a Biot Gallery is dedicated . He used bright colours and robot-like figures that evoke harmony between man and machine . In fact , so unique was his “ cylindrical ” style that it made the cubists a little insecure , so they tried to mock him by calling him a “ tubist ”. It didn ’ t stop him from experimenting and he gradually developed art of a less abstract form , somewhat more figurative , including some pre-cursors to Pop Art . His work will fascinate you . It obviously fascinated the buyer of his painting
Biot is a discovery . Its charms are a little less branded , but the charm and authenticity are there .
(“ Etude pour la femme en blue ”) who paid just under 40 million dollars for it in 2008 . And the
Rid scandal , the plague and brigands , Biot settled down to a prosperous existence dominated by agriculture . But it has had splendid periods when pottery and ceramics reigned . Its Amphor ( Amphorae ) ware is famous for its giant storage jars . See them in the History and Ceramic Museum . The sunny period for these ceramics was in the 1600s when 40 pottery makers lived in the town . Destiny seems to guide Biot into special niches and glassware is its latest success story . A clever glassmaker and entrepreneur , Elio Monod , added carbonate of soda to the glass blowing process and Biot crested its own trademark glassware with little bubbles .
Take advantage of a tour at La Verriere de Biot , have a go at glassblowing and load up on your passion for glassware — you have found the right place . With a famous artist and famous glassware , you have the ingredients and magnet for artisans in leather , glass , jewellery , tapestry , painters and sculptors which , with the help of the tourist office , you can arrange to visit . And if you would like a rural contrast to the workshops try the Chèvre d ’ Or garden which is on a rise opposite the village . Here you will find century old olive trees , pebble terraces , bubbling fountains , orange tree lined paths , fields of agapanthus and the majestic cypress trees .
Biot is a discovery . Its charms are a little less branded , but the charm and authenticity are there . So , when you have finished with the travels of Queen Victoria and the British aristocracy on the magnificent Capes , or following Fitzgerald and the lost generation through six-star villas and palaces and rubbing shoulders with oligarchs , Biot awaits . It is a contrast from the major places of interest around it . It will give you a balanced experience of the Riviera and Mediterranean lifestyle , which has everything .
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