Illustration - Provence

Illustration - Provence

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE (04). IN THE LUBERON, LOCATED AT MANE, A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR FORCALQUIER, THE CONVENT HOTEL LES MINIMES, OPENED IN 2008, IS A RELAIS & CHATEAUX WITH 46 ROOMS AND SUITES AND THE FIRST SPA L'OCCITANE IN FRANCE, CREATED IN A FORMER CONVENT BUILT IN 1613. THE ARCHITECT, BRUNO LEGRAND HAS IMAGINED A PLACE WHERE SACRED AND MODERNITY CAN LIVED TOGETHER. THE CHEF, PHILIPPE GUERIN WORKS ON A MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. ADRESS : LE COUVENT DES MINIMES HOTEL & SPA, CHEMIN DES JEUX DE MAI, 04300 MANE-EN-PROVENCE. TEL.: 04 92 74 77 78 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Provence

Illustration - Provence

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE (04). IN THE LUBERON, LOCATED AT MANE, A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR FORCALQUIER, THE CONVENT HOTEL LES MINIMES, OPENED IN 2008, IS A RELAIS & CHATEAUX WITH 46 ROOMS AND SUITES AND THE FIRST SPA L'OCCITANE IN FRANCE, CREATED IN A FORMER CONVENT BUILT IN 1613. THE ARCHITECT, BRUNO LEGRAND HAS IMAGINED A PLACE WHERE SACRED AND MODERNITY CAN LIVED TOGETHER. THE CHEF, PHILIPPE GUERIN WORKS ON A MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. ADRESS : LE COUVENT DES MINIMES HOTEL & SPA, CHEMIN DES JEUX DE MAI, 04300 MANE-EN-PROVENCE. TEL.: 04 92 74 77 78 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Provence

Illustration - Provence

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE (04). IN THE LUBERON, LOCATED AT MANE, A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR FORCALQUIER, THE CONVENT HOTEL LES MINIMES, OPENED IN 2008, IS A RELAIS & CHATEAUX WITH 46 ROOMS AND SUITES AND THE FIRST SPA L'OCCITANE IN FRANCE, CREATED IN A FORMER CONVENT BUILT IN 1613. THE ARCHITECT, BRUNO LEGRAND HAS IMAGINED A PLACE WHERE SACRED AND MODERNITY CAN LIVED TOGETHER. THE CHEF, PHILIPPE GUERIN WORKS ON A MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. ADRESS : LE COUVENT DES MINIMES HOTEL & SPA, CHEMIN DES JEUX DE MAI, 04300 MANE-EN-PROVENCE. TEL.: 04 92 74 77 78 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Provence

Illustration - Provence

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE (04). IN THE LUBERON, LOCATED AT MANE, A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR FORCALQUIER, THE CONVENT HOTEL LES MINIMES, OPENED IN 2008, IS A RELAIS & CHATEAUX WITH 46 ROOMS AND SUITES AND THE FIRST SPA L'OCCITANE IN FRANCE, CREATED IN A FORMER CONVENT BUILT IN 1613. THE ARCHITECT, BRUNO LEGRAND HAS IMAGINED A PLACE WHERE SACRED AND MODERNITY CAN LIVED TOGETHER. THE CHEF, PHILIPPE GUERIN WORKS ON A MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. ADRESS : LE COUVENT DES MINIMES HOTEL & SPA, CHEMIN DES JEUX DE MAI, 04300 MANE-EN-PROVENCE. TEL.: 04 92 74 77 78 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Provence

Illustration - Provence

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE (04). IN THE LUBERON, LOCATED AT MANE, A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR FORCALQUIER, THE CONVENT HOTEL LES MINIMES, OPENED IN 2008, IS A RELAIS & CHATEAUX WITH 46 ROOMS AND SUITES AND THE FIRST SPA L'OCCITANE IN FRANCE, CREATED IN A FORMER CONVENT BUILT IN 1613. THE ARCHITECT, BRUNO LEGRAND HAS IMAGINED A PLACE WHERE SACRED AND MODERNITY CAN LIVED TOGETHER. THE CHEF, PHILIPPE GUERIN WORKS ON A MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. ADRESS : LE COUVENT DES MINIMES HOTEL & SPA, CHEMIN DES JEUX DE MAI, 04300 MANE-EN-PROVENCE. TEL.: 04 92 74 77 78 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Provence

Illustration - Provence

ALPES DE HAUTE-PROVENCE (04). IN THE LUBERON, LOCATED AT MANE, A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR FORCALQUIER, THE CONVENT HOTEL LES MINIMES, OPENED IN 2008, IS A RELAIS & CHATEAUX WITH 46 ROOMS AND SUITES AND THE FIRST SPA L'OCCITANE IN FRANCE, CREATED IN A FORMER CONVENT BUILT IN 1613. THE ARCHITECT, BRUNO LEGRAND HAS IMAGINED A PLACE WHERE SACRED AND MODERNITY CAN LIVED TOGETHER. THE CHEF, PHILIPPE GUERIN WORKS ON A MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE. ADRESS : LE COUVENT DES MINIMES HOTEL & SPA, CHEMIN DES JEUX DE MAI, 04300 MANE-EN-PROVENCE. TEL.: 04 92 74 77 78 Photo by Antoine Lorgnier/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Historian proposes new theory regarding 1613 Keicho mission

Historian proposes new theory regarding 1613 Keicho mission

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken July 8, 2013, in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, shows Naotsugu Hamada, director of the Keicho Mission Ship Museum in the city, who has studied documents pertaining to the Keicho Mission sent in 1613 by Sendai feudal lord Date Masamune to Europe to negotiate direct trade with Mexico. The documents have been registered by UNESCO as valuable records in its Memory of the World documentary heritage program.

Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Photo taken in December 2019 shows a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a ship said to have been dispatched to Europe by Sendai-based feudal lord Date Masamune in 1613 for a trade mission, at Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki. The real scale replica, constructed in 1993, will be dismantled from fiscal 2021 as its condition has deteriorated following the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Photo taken in December 2019 shows a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a ship said to have been dispatched to Europe by Sendai-based feudal lord Date Masamune in 1613 for a trade mission, at Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki. The real scale replica, constructed in 1993, will be dismantled from fiscal 2021 as its condition has deteriorated following the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Replica of 17th century Japanese ship dispatched to Europe

Photo taken in December 2018 shows a replica of the Sant Juan Bautista, a ship said to have been dispatched to Europe by Sendai-based feudal lord Date Masamune in 1613 for a trade mission, at Miyagi Sant Juan Bautista Museum in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki. The real scale replica, constructed in 1993, will be dismantled from fiscal 2021 as its condition has deteriorated following the March 2011 tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo