archi-trouve*

It's been so long since my last post that I bet you thought archi-trouve was gone for good. The truth is that we've been traveling...

Because we talk about the Alhambra, in singular form, it sounds as if it’s one building. But the Alhambra was actually a royal ci...

"Leave me in Granada in the middle of paradise where my soul wells with poetry: Leave me until my time comes and I may intone a ...

We recently spent two weeks exploring Andalusia, the area in the south of Spain that was occupied by Islamic Moors for about 80...

Anyone who reads this blog regularly (Hi, Mom!) knows that I have a weakness for colombage buildings. I’ve already written a couple of ...

We recently spent a long weekend in Angers, a lovely small city in the Loire Valley that we thought might be an interesting plac...

I’ve become so accustomed to the dingy grey interiors of most European churches that I'm always surprised by the amount of color that w...