We've always loved history in the Duch de Coeur, so much so that sometimes I think that Second Life is just an excuse for us toindulge inmore research

In any case, we've really had renaissance on the brain a lot lately, what with the rebirth of Languedoc Coeur and the participation of the Bibliothque de Coeur in the multi-grid Renaissance Faire, so we jumped at the chance to expand our horizons from The Age of Enlightenment back to our French Renaissance roots.

Signs have started popping up all over the Duch with the fruits of our research labours!

Each sign provides a direct link to our new-found information and there's also a little gift at each location to help sweeten thestudying

For those of you that know the Duch well, you may be able to suss out these locations by just looking at the pictures (hint - many of them are placed next to relevant SL re-creations).

My recommendation is to start at the Bibliothque and take a Duch carriage to the various spots.Selecting Renaissance from the carriage menu will narrow down your choices. There are also a few selections that lead you directly to gifts (no reading required ).

I'll keep you posted as we add on to our collection.

In the meantime, have fun and if you have any questions just shout!!

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updated by @tatiana-dokuchic: 06 Oct 2016 06:22:47AM

Definitely I will be dropping by! What a delightful enrichment for an already rich environment.

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Antiquity Hedgewitch

This is a really nice idea, and it's easy. I tend to get sidetracked when starting hunts so don't really paticipate if they are more than basic, just time consuming. This is a great alternative/addition and I think exactly, for the reason that there is more of a historic basis in the Coeur than meets the eye, a really great layer to add. Love this idea alot.

updated by @jane-ixtar: 27 Jan 2017 04:52:39AM

Thanks for the kind words and positive response, ladies

The Duch carriage system does maketravelling between the various information pointsmuch more enjoyable. I've been using this tour as an excuse just to ride around and see what's new. With the new fall colours coming up soon there will bebrand new scenes to admire.

Your right, Jane, there is a lot of history in the Coeurs and even I tend to take it for granted. For example, I knew the canal had something to do with da Vinci but I never could remember exactly what. Now I can refer to Bedrich's article and sort it all out. What could be better for a history geek )

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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site

what a cool concept. I'm looking forward to checking it out.

A great idea

Thank you, Aldo & Alessandra

All the fall colours are out in the Duch now so it's a nice time to take a look around.

We're working on more historical posts and probably will be for quite a while. As I said, it's a nice excuse to do the research & write a bit about it. Right now I'm wrestling with Margaret of Austria, now that was one Renaissance woman with connections!!

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Proprietress of Tatiana's Tea Room ~ Owner of the Provence Coeur Estate ~ Webmistress of this site