Article: "Proximites": Churches of St. Savinien and St. Pierre, hotel de menoc. (Reviews - Melle).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)

Over the centuries, the tiny town of Melle (4,000 souls at last count) has accumulated an enormous history, criss-crossed, among others, by Romans, Visigoths, Franks, Vikings, Arabs, countless medieval pilgrims making their way to Santiago de Compostela, English troops (in the wake of the Hundred Years' War), and Protestant Reformers (in the wake of Calvin's visit to nearby Poitiers). This particularly dense per capita past provided not simply the background but the backbone of "Proximites," a summer-long exhibition presented in three of Melle's historic monuments, with works by twenty-one international artists coming mainly from the vast contemporary art collections of ...

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