05 novembre 2019
Marcasse : Vincent Van Gogh's favourite coal mine, urgently needs renovation works !
Plan realized by Monique Van den Berg (Rotterdam - NL)
Marcasse and Vincent Van Gogh
Letter from Vincent to Theo van Gogh. Petit-Wasmes,
between Tuesday, 1and Wednesday, 16 April 1879.Wasmes, April 1879
My dear Theo,
I went on a very interesting excursion not long ago; the fact is, I spent 6 hours in a mine.In one of the oldest and most dangerous mines in the area no less, called Marcasse. This minehas a bad name because many die in it, whether going down or coming up, or by suffocationor gas exploding, or... [Lire la suite]
