The Skit du Saint-Esprit is a small Orthodox chapel built in 1938 in the Byzantine tradition. Nestled in the Bois du Fay in Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis, in the heart of the Yvelines region this building is distinguished by its unique architecture: a church composed of three adjoining buildings topped by a green dome and blue-painted bulbs The site conceals frescoes and icons by Father Gregory Krug (1907-1969) considered one of the greatest iconographers of the 20th century the skit is halfway between a monastery and a hermitage There are no more than 5 hermits living here separately rector of the émigré community attached to the patriarchal church of Meudon in the 1930s was looking to leave the Paris region to create a place of meditation away from the hustle and bustle of Paris and the pure church It was while visiting his doctor friend and strolling through the Bois du Fay that he found the perfect place for meditation They acquired the plot of land from the town hall (not considered religious land but privately owned and managed by an association) the Skit attached itself to the Moscow head office without any exchange where he became involved with the cubist schools of Paris who was chaplain there and one of the monks at the skit Père Grégoire asks to come and live at the Skit du Saint-Esprit he helped to maintain the tradition of this art form which had fallen into disfavor in Russia at the time he completely redid the interior of the skit and also produced works for other people and other churches One of the special features of the place is that Father Gregory created icons in the walls themselves you're in a process of introspection and connection with the beyond we discover the two other small adjoining churches where each monk could hold his liturgy or personal service moving from the darkest to the lightest colors Father Gregory's work can be recognized by the double rings that make up the aureoles of the icons although he did help preserve the art of the icon by blending it with his artistic knowledge and was exceptionally buried on site at his request This request was accepted by the town hall as his aura was very important at the time The skit continued to grow, and Father Gregory's aura led to physical transformations on the site. It was thanks to Father Barsanuphe, who took over from Father Serge, an architect by training, that additional transformations were made to the central square church. He added a narthex (portico or vestibule) with a purifying function. This narthex, like the http://www.leskitdusaintesprit.fr/ (small bell towers) The elements that make up the building are very simple Father Barsanuphe had a fial built below where frescoes by Father John can be seen to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of the great Russia who married an Orthodox woman and converted to Orthodoxy subsequently covering the country with Orthodox churches baptism and a representation of Prince Vladimir considered the founding saint of Orthodoxy in Russia A portal was also erected at the same time Refer your establishment, click herePromote your event, click here Connecting talented and ambitious people in the world's greatest cities our mission is to be a top quality institution Join our more than 40,000 students studying in hundreds of programs on six continents all around the globe and scholars expect high achievement in pursuit of engaging the world's diverse challenges we draw spirit from our cities and their famous cultural institutions and professional opportunities Being at the forefront of their disciplines our faculty shape the understanding of an enormous range of academic fields The cost of housing became a top issue in last year’s presidential campaign—and, in fact, was the No. 1 concern for adults 18 to 27 years old with more than 90% saying housing affordability was important in their voting choice This was not surprising given rising housing costs Single-family home prices increased by nearly 6% in the fourth quarter of 2024 compared to the same period a year earlier. This change was compounded by the post-pandemic surge in 30-year mortgage rates which stood at 6.6% at the end of 2024—up from 3.7% in December 2019 While the number of houses for sale reached a four-year high in November, “the US has failed to keep up with the housing demands of a continually increasing population,” Bankrate concluded in the fall adding that this was particularly felt among millennials “a huge demographic who are now at prime home-buying age.” But today’s circumstances pale in comparison to those in the mid-20th century—when housing in the US was so scarce that trolley cars and even ice boxes were advertised as homes which began to rise in 1943 and accelerated when servicemen and servicewomen returned to the states after World War II marking the start of the Baby Boom generation To address this growing need, real-estate developer William Levitt, a Navy veteran who attended NYU in the 1920s, began building massive housing developments, known as Levittowns, in the late 1940s—first on Long Island, which eventually grew to 17,000 homes Berenson notes that it “took couples an average of five minutes to select a homesite and not much longer to complete their paperwork and secure their loans,” adding that on a single day the development company founded by William’s father Their story is marked by racial segregation as well as criticisms that their construction both encouraged conformity and helped plant the seeds for today’s soaring housing prices “Levitt and a few other homebuilders and government officials had known for some time that too few private dwellings had been built during the Depression and World War II,” writes NYU historian Edward Berenson in his new book, Perfect Communities: Levitt, Levittown, and the Dream of White Suburbia (Yale University Press) “The massive Long Island housing project that made so many people happy also made Levitt the largest and most influential homebuilder in  the United States He became the face of America’s postwar housing boom and attracted the obsessive interest of national media outlets most of which were headquartered in New York City.” director of NYU’s Institute of French Studies about Levitt’s undeniable impact on American suburbs and how lessons from Levittowns could be instructive today The main issue actually was whether to build privately financed housing or public housing And so the Truman administration came up with a compromise which was that you would have a lot of government help that would go to private builders to put up housing that returning veterans needed It’s possible that some people nowadays would see this as socialistic but at the time it really was a compromise between a government-supported project and private enterprise there’s a really interesting quote from Bill Levitt’s father who said that they could have never built Levittown without all the government support they received And that support came mostly in the form of mortgage guarantees that would be issued to regular home buyers Basically what the government said to the banks that were loaning money to home buyers is “We’ve got your back”—if a home buyer defaults the government will step in and pay off the loan it lowered interest rates a lot because the banks had no risk They knew that the government was going to backstop them And so this was a major government intervention but that intervention went to support private builders and private home buyers—and not public building projects But there were Levittowns beyond the continental US as well Les Résidences du Chateau—how was it similar to American Levittowns and how did it reflect the culture and politics of its location The French came up with a radically different solution for the post-World War II dearth of homes The rate of homelessness in France was between 7% and 10% in 1945 because so many structures were destroyed during the war The French solution was to build the gigantic high rises that surround the cities Those high rises have a really terrible reputation now partly because the government has allowed those projects to deteriorate But they were originally built for middle-class people who needed homes people who got those apartments loved them because they were much better than any alternative But they weren’t very pleasant places to live and they were distant from the cities You were packed in like sardines in these buildings in which every apartment was more or less identical And so there was a huge demand for single-family homes France’s National Institute of Demographic Research started doing surveys in 1947 “What kind of place do you want to live in?” And the overwhelming majority—70% to 80 %—said they wanted to live in a single-family house surrounded by a yard And Levitt got that message—he understood that there would be a market for the kind of housing he was already building in the United States he went to Paris and dipped his toe into the real estate market He built a couple of apartment buildings in Paris He linked up with a mayor of this little town called Le Mesnil-St.-Denis controlled some land that had belonged to a chateau and arranged to sell that land to Levitt One of the many things that’s interesting is that the houses that Levitt built in that French project are nearly identical to the houses that he was building at the same time in Levittown The only difference is that on the outside they had some architectural accents that made them blend in with the look of that part of France So instead of the siding that Levitt put on his houses in the US and instead of the roofing tiles used in the US he put on the more traditional red clay roofing tiles they look a little different from American houses it’s the same house—what Levitt did really cleverly is he recycled his New Jersey house and clad it in an exterior that made it look sort of French which French home builders didn’t do at the time The French home builders that built single-family houses at that time would make a deal with an individual home buyer: They would build a house for them and they would just put it wherever they could find some land which is the same kind of thing he was doing in the US was he would build hundreds of houses in the same area and then create common amenities So he would put in swimming pools and he would build schools and recreation facilities And a lot of French people really liked that because what Levitt did is he created a ready-made community for them which were much smaller than the ones in the US really caught on and they’re still really popular I spent a lot of time there when I was researching the book and the people I talked to love living there Absolutely Levitt made segregation much worse—and it’s especially unfortunate because he was in a position actually to do something about segregation At a time of great demand for housing after World War II he priced his homes reasonably—the original Levitt home on Long Island sold for $6,999 that works out nowadays to somewhere around $120,000 White people were so desperate for homes that they would have been willing to live in the same community with Black people because they didn’t have any other alternative And you’ve got to keep in mind that at first Levitt only sold to veterans So not only was he excluding African American families but he was excluding African Americans who had fought for the United States in the Second World War Because he was the largest and most important home builder in the United States he created a permission structure for other home builders to do the same thing But Levittowns did eventually become integrated It went all the way up to the New Jersey Supreme Court which ruled that because Levitt was essentially taking money from the federal government in the form of these backstopped mortgage loans both New Jersey and federal law required that he sell to everybody And so the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Levitt had to integrate the community Levitt then took the case to the US Supreme Court, which declined to consider it, leaving the lower-court ruling in place. Afterwards, he hired a man named Harold Lett who was a civil rights official from the state of New Jersey to come to Willingboro and to organize the integration of the community did just an amazing job preparing the White community that they would have African American neighbors Harold and Alene met with police officials they met with the mayor and city council members which played a major role in smoothing the way for the integration of the community the first major post-war American suburb that was originally built for White residents only actually had It’s a cautionary tale in a lot of ways and shows how very difficult it is to achieve real integration in this country The price of housing is felt around the US today Many link affordability to availability and advocate building more housing in response What can we learn from Levittowns that might be instructive today—either as a model or as a cautionary lesson One of the biggest ironies is that the housing problem that Levitt solved after World War II has played a major role in creating the housing problem we now face This is because Levitt surrounded all of his homes with a minimum of 6,000 square feet of yard and then zoned all those places for single-family homes only So what Levitt did was seriously limit the number of homes that you could build in any plot of land That’s a real problem because you can’t create very dense housing Levitt’s approach to building housing made sense after World War II because there was lots of available land outside of major American cities it was okay then—and people wanted a yard for their kids But it created a model that lots of other home builders imitated and now there’s no room to put up more housing The Vallée de Chevreuse, located in the Yvelines department is an unspoilt area on the outskirts of Paris It is one of the most remarkable rural and forested areas in the Ile-de-France region the Parc naturel régional de la Haute Vallée de Chevreuse aims to preserve the heritage of the Vallée de Chevreuse as well as natural wonders just as beautiful The Vallée de Chevreuse boasts a rich diversity of landscapes Between arable plateaus and "confidential valleys" 90% of the territory is made up of forests you can enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities including hiking on almost 300km of signposted trails renting electric bikes to tackle the valley's rugged terrain discovering the trails on horseback at equestrian centers visiting several ponds and nature reserves Pony rides in the Vallée de Chevreuse, at Ecurie du Moulin Neuf (91)In Villiers-le-Bâcle, the Ecurie du Moulin Neuf offers children the chance to ride a pony for an hour through the Vallée de Chevreuse. [Read more] The Vallée de Chevreuse doesn't stop at its natural and cultural heritage It also has a rich culinary heritage to discover Numerous farms produce in the Vallée de Chevreuse and sell locally You can taste and buy farm products such as home-made jams The Vallée de Chevreuse is a real treasure trove to discover come and discover the treasures of the Vallée de Chevreuse!" 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Saint-Denis Pleyel and Le Mesnil-Amelot in less than 25 minutes facilitating travel for nearly 565,000 inhabitants as well as the linear equipment between Le Bourget Aéroport and Parc des Expositions The project will involve up to 200 employees The award of this new contract demonstrates Société du Grand Paris's confidence in the Colas Rail / Alstom consortium and confirms the consortium's expertise in this type of integrated infrastructure contract as well as the two companies’ ability to work together on multidisciplinary projects in the field of railway equipment and systems The two companies have worked together on a number of major projects such as the Grand Paris Express line 15 South-East section Nice and Bordeaux and the Nimes-Montpellier high-speed line bypass They recently won a contract to supply an integrated rail system for the extension of the North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project in the Philippines The consortium pays particular attention to environmental and social impacts it has committed to limiting its greenhouse gas emissions by supplying low-carbon concrete made from cement produced by reducing energy consumption and rolled rails made from steel produced from a low energy-consumption process Other initiatives have been implemented such as the use of electric vehicles the treatment of rainwater and the establishment of a treatment and recycling station for residues from the tracks concrete the site will facilitate access to training for young people through apprenticeship contracts work-study programmes and internships at all levels (training for workers A significant volume of labour hours will be reserved to people on long term unemployment to promote professional inclusion on site a percentage of the amount of work and systems will be reserved for VSEs and SMEs The Grand Paris Express with new four automatic lines is expected to be fully operational by 2030 Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP) Nouvelles Generations d'Entrepreneurs (NGE) Grand Paris Express is the largest transportation project being developed in Paris It is being developed by Societe du Grand Paris (SGP) and will serve three million residents per day The project involves the expansion of Line 14 and the construction of four new automatic Lines Construction of the new lines of Grand Paris Express began in June 2015 and is being carried out in phases up to 2030 The new metro development is being undertaken with an estimated investment of €36.1bn (approximately $47.7bn) 30% of which is being financed by the French Government through SGP and the remaining 70% by the local authorities through earmarked taxes The project is expected to transform travel within Paris by providing quick and comfortable transportation access to city attractions and amenities It is expected to reduce 14.2 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 Grand Paris Express project includes the extension of the existing Line 14 of the Paris Metro towards the north and south and the construction of four new Lines 15 All the stations of the Grand Paris Express will have a distinctive architectural design and are designed for passenger comfort They will be connected to the existing Reseau Express Regional The stations will feature retail shops and other amenities in addition to exclusive parking spaces for pedestrians is being extended towards its north and south Line 14 north extension included the development of an additional 5.8km-long tunnel featuring four new stations from Saint-Lazare to Mairie de Saint-Ouen The extension became operational in December 2020 The line will be extended further north of Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis Pleyel to connect with the upcoming Lines 15 Line 14 South extension is a 14km-long tunnel from Olympiades to Orly Airport It includes seven new stations at White House The extension also features a new train maintenance and storage site in Morangis and 12 service structures, which will be built 800m apart for smooth metro operation and passengers’ safety and comfort The south extension will provide metro access to Orly Airport The existing Olympiades rear station will be transformed from a garage and maintenance space into an interstation for the seven new stations and will be linked to Maison Blanche using the existing hall and 800m of tracks The 75km-long Line 15 will form a loop around Paris and is divided into east Line 15 east section is 23km long and will connect Lines 1 Preparatory works on the section commenced in September 2018 The 22.4km-long Line 15 west section will connect metro Lines 1 The preparatory works for the section commenced in May 2017 The east and west sections are expected to be operational by 2030 Line 15 South is a 33km-long metro line connecting 4 9 and 13 of the Paris metro and is planned to be completed by the end of 2025 The preparatory works for the line commenced in March 2015 while construction works started in June 2016 The work on the Villejuif Louis-Aragon and Villejuif Gustave – Roussy stations reached the equipment and development phase in March 2023 Grand Paris Line 16 is a 46.67km long line with ten stations between Saint-Denis Pleyel to Noisy-Champs The preparatory works for the line started in February 2016 while civil works started in February 2018 The first development of the line took place in June 2021 A section of Line 16 between Saint-Denis Pleyel and Clichy-Montfermeil is expected to be operational by the end of 2026 while the remaining section till Noisy-Champs will be commissioned by 2028 Line 17 is 26.5km long with nine metro stations between Saint-Denis Pleyel and Le Mesnil-Amelot It will cover 13 municipalities and serve 565,000 passengers daily The preparatory works for the line started in 2018 while construction works commenced in 2019 The section between Saint-Denis Pleyel and Le Bourget Airport is expected to start service by the end of 2026 The work between Le Bourget Airport and Parc des Expositions to lay 10km of track and overhead catenary system along with linear equipment works are planned to start in mid-2024 Line 18 is 35km long featuring both underground tracks and roughly 13km of elevated track It will have ten metro stations between Orly Airport station to Versailles Chantiers along with a maintenance and storage centre Line 18 is planned to be operational in three phases Phase one includes the commissioning of the Massy-Palaiseau to CEA Saint-Aubin section by the end of 2026 while phase two includes the Massy Palaiseau to Orly Airport section planned to be commissioned by the end of 2027 The final section from CEA Saint-Aubin to Versailles Chantiers is expected to start operations by 2030 The construction of the first section of the 6.7km viaduct of Line 18 was completed in March 2023 The average speed of the trains operating on the Grand Paris Express will be between 55km/h and 65km/h and the maximum speed will be 110km/h The trains will feature a contemporary design electric service braking and automated driverless operations They are designed to consume less energy and feature effective heating internet connection and space for wheelchairs strollers in addition to video surveillance The important spaces in the train will be marked with distinctive colours The metro trains will have a passenger capacity of 950 a transport solutions company and Colas Rail received a contract to provide linear equipment a rigid overhead catenary system and track for 10km of the second segment of Line 17 in April 2023 Colas Rail also won a contract in consortium with Eiffage Energie Systemes Alstom is also supplying trains for Lines 15 16 and 17 of the metro under a contract awarded in September 2018 It was also awarded the contract to construct a 46km single-track for Line 18 in addition to supplying equipment for the eastern section and the viaduct project management assistance and technical assistance for Lines 15 Partners include architects Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associes Valode and Pistre Architectes and Atelier d’Architecture Kin Kon received a contract to bore a 6.7km tunnel between the Saint-Quentin Est and Versailles-Chantiers stations and to construct three stations and ancillary infrastructure on Line 18 Vinci Constructions was awarded various contracts to construct sections of Lines 15 Subsidiaries of Vinci including ETF and SDEL Transport Grands Projets are also involved in the Grand Paris Express project was contracted to provide passenger safety and comfort solutions including onboard public speech interphone and video surveillance on Lines 15 Thales was also contracted to design revenue collection systems for all the lines of Grand Paris Express in partnership with EASIER was contracted to supply low-voltage and low-current works for the Line 14 extension in addition to auxiliary equipment and installations for five stations and 12 service structures A joint venture of construction companies Webuild and Nouvelles Generations d’Entrepreneurs constructed lot 4 of Line 14 South and is currently developing lot 2 of Line 16 The Artemis consortium formed by engineering companies Artelia Arcadis and BG Ingenieurs Conseils signed a 16-year €40m ($50m) contract with SGP to serve as the overall project manager and oversee the infrastructure operations for Lines 15 The infrastructure on the section between Villejuif Louis Aragon and Pont de Sèvres of Line 15 will be developed by engineering and consulting company Setec Brunet Saunier Architecture and Agence Duthilleul an engineering and operating firm and Setec was awarded a €96m ($120m) engineering construction and management contract for electrical and mechanical system equipment on Lines 15 The contracts for project management studies civil engineering works and other facilities on the Lines 16 and 17 were awarded to two consortia led by Egis The design contract for the Le Bourget station was awarded to architecture firm Elizabeth & Christian de Portzamparc in October 2014 while architecture firms Miralles Tagliabue and Bordas + Peiro were selected for the Clichy-Montfermeil station on Line 16 The SNC-Lavalin consortium secured a project management services contract for Line 18 in September 2015 Arcadis was awarded an extension contract to provide project management services to the Grand Paris project for 15 years The ICARE consortium secured the infrastructure design and supervision contract for Grand Paris Line 18 in February 2016 Construction companies involved in the project include TREVI a building materials provider and its subsidiaries companies EQIOM and Stradal and ENGIE Solutions a sustainable energy and services solutions provider are some of the other contractors involved in the project a manufacturer of automatic doors and architecture firms Atelier Novembre and Benthem Crowel Architects are also involved in the project Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights View all newsletters from across the GlobalData Media network This new public transport network should make it easier and quicker for users to travel from suburb to suburb without having to go through Paris Noisy - Champs and La Courneuve - Six Routes line 17 will cross 13 communes in three different departments of Ile-de-France: Seine-Saint-Denis In concrete terms, Line 17 will be divided into two sections: Line 17 South, 6 km long between Saint-Denis - Pleyel and Le Bourget which will extend the route to Le Mesnil-Amelot over 20.5 km " The Aéroport Charles de Gaulle station (2nd station) has therefore been retained as a precautionary measure No study of this station has yet been carried out " line 17 of the Grand Paris Express will connect 8 other stations The line is designed to " support the development of the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport hub and is closely linked to the Greater Roissy projects " explains the Grand Paris Express network on its website The Le Bourget - Aéroport station is located between the Paris - Le Bourget aeronautical hub, the Air and Space Museum the Le Bourget exhibition center and the residential districts of Le Blanc-Mesnil Line 17 will also see the opening of the Parc des Expositions station Located in the communes of Villepinte and Tremblay-en-France it will be the only overhead station on line 17 line 17 will also link up with the Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV station providing passengers with a new route to the famous Paris airport line 17 will enable users to travel between La Courneuve and the Paris-Charles de Gaule airport hub in less than 20 minutes with connections planned with metro lines 14 more than half the route of line 17 will have been built 4 tunnel boring machines (TBMs) have been digging the various tunnel sections of this future line 17 when can commuters expect to see this future line 17 line 17 of the Grand Paris Express will open between Saint-Denis - Pleyel and Le Bourget - Aéroport in 2026 the section between Le Bourget - Aéroport and Parc des Expositions should enter service The section between Parc des Expositions station and the Le Mesnil-Amelot terminus will not open until 2030 Visit the Société du Grand Paris website and the Société des grands projets website to find out more .st1{fill-rule:evenodd;clip-rule:evenodd;fill:#2a2a2a}By Associated PressAssociated Press walks in a street of Le Mesnil-Saint-Denis Full-body robes are a rare sight in the streets of France although France is home to an estimated 5 million Muslims the largest such population in western Europe France -- A parliamentary panel will recommend on Tuesday that France ban face-covering Muslim veils in public locations such as hospitals and schools but not in private buildings or on the street The decision appeared to indicate that the 32-member multiparty panel had heeded warnings that a full ban of the all-encompassing veils would be unfair and could even cause trouble in a country where Islam is the second largest religion culminates a six-month inquiry into why a tiny minority of Muslim women wear such veils and the implications for France The work began after President Nicolas Sarkozy announced in June that such garb "is not welcome" on French territory Sarkozy has since pulled back from committing himself to a full ban Northeast Ohio stories about religion: Cleveland.com/religion Such dress is considered by many as a gateway to extremism it also is widely seen as an insult to gender equality and an offense to France's profoundly secular foundations Parliament will not be required to act on Tuesday's recommendation And given the deep divisions within the panel — its 12 Socialist members refused to vote in a dispute with the governing right — the recommendation for a partial ban on the face-covering veils may only result in a nonbinding government resolution and a separate national identity debate on immigration already have left some of France's Muslims feeling discriminated against who heads an umbrella group of various Muslim organizations A 2004 law already bans Muslim headscarves in classrooms warn that a "general and absolute" law banning face-covering attire in the streets would stigmatize all Muslims and have other dire consequences They were joined last week by Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders who said they consider such a drastic step unnecessary Monsignor Andre Vingt-Trois said he is not against anti-veil rules in "precise places," but doesn't want to see the state become involved with how people dress "Shall we choose between the full-body veil and nude women in ads on top of a four-wheel drive?" he said last week France has the largest Muslim population in western Europe but only several thousand Muslim women at best are thought to wear such veils usually a "niqab" pinned across the face to cover all but the eyes such clothing is customarily associated with Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states but it is the visible part of the iceberg," lawmaker Andre Gerin "Behind the iceberg is a black tide of .. fundamentalism." He denounced those he called "gurus" or "French Taliban" who promote a radical brand of Islam that forces women said Tuesday's report will recommend that veils be banned in public services such as hospitals and schools Critics of a street ban of the veils raised concern about the constitutionality of outlawing such dress "I don't think an ideology should be fought through constraining measures but through ideas," Moussaoui "It's very difficult to talk about the liberation of women through a law that constrains." 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All rights reserved (About Us) The material on this site may not be reproduced except with the prior written permission of Advance Local Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site YouTube's privacy policy is available here and YouTube's terms of service is available here Ad Choices Work is continuing on the Grand Paris Express Ligne 15 Sud with tunnel boring machine (TBM) Marina beginning her journey from the Arrighi shaft in Vitry-sur-Seine towards Créteil l'Echat station Grand Paris Express is a group of new rapid transit lines being built in the Île-de-France region of France The project comprises four new lines (Lines 15 plus extensions of existing lines 11 and 14 A total of 200 km of new track and 68 new stations are to be added The Arrighi shaft is the starting point for two TBMs on the Ligne 15 Sud Abby began tunnelling towards Villejuif Louis-Aragon station last summer a French epidemiologist working at the Gustave Roussy Institute in Villejuif She is also a member of the Women and Sciences association which aims to promote women in scientific careers and motivate girls to pursue careers in scientific fields Ligne 16 will connect Noisy-Champs to Saint-Denis Pleyel; Ligne 17 will link Le Bourget and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airports and run from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Le Mesnil Amelot Ligne 18 will link Orly airport to Versailles Chantiers and have stops in Massy and at CEA in Saint-Aubin Ligne 14 will be extended north up to Saint-Denis Pleyel and south to Orly Airport while Ligne 11 will be extended eastwards up to Noisy-Champs The project will make it easier to get from one point to another in Île-de-France without passing through Paris and to reach the heart of the capital more quickly from its periphery It will also reduce pollution and congestion with overall completion scheduled for 2030 Like what you've read? To receive New Civil Engineer's daily and weekly newsletters click here. Tagged with: A man who owns a house near the A417 Missing Link road… Small modular reactors (SMRs) should be built underground Euston station is “no longer in a fit condition” according to the… Staff satisfaction at High Speed 2 (HS2) has dropped from 73% in… As the days go by, the Grand Paris Express network takes shape With its four future automatic lines - lines 15 17 and 18 - this public transport network is designed to make it easier for the people of Ile-de-France to get around the capital One line in particular perfectly illustrates the spirit of the Grand Paris Express: line 16 the opening of this future metro line is designed to develop the eastern part of the metropolis serving " towns currently poorly served by public transport " such as Clichy-sous-Bois and Montfermeil as well as the Descartes university campus in Champs-sur-Marne and Noisy-Champs A total of 10 stations are scheduled to open on this line providing a link between Saint-Denis Pleyel and Noisy-Champs in less than 30 minutes Among the most emblematic stations on this future line 16 is the Parc du Blanc-Mesnil station from which passengers will be able to reach the Saint-Denis Pleyel station in just 10 minutes by 2026 Saint-Denis - Pleyel station, freshly inaugurated last June, will be located at the crossroads of 4 lines (lines 14, 15 With platforms 28 meters underground and nine levels Saint-Denis Pleyel station will become " an interline interchange platform where the generosity of the volumes and the peaceful atmosphere contribute to the legibility of journeys " whose platforms will be located between 13.5 and 21 meters underground Passengers will discover no less than three underground levels Another special feature? As indicated by the Société des grands projets in charge of designing and building the Grand Paris Express network line 16 will share a 6.4-km-long tunnel with line 17 La Courneuve - Six Routes and Le Bourget stations What about the construction and inauguration schedule the Saint-Denis Pleyel / Clichy - Montfermeil section is scheduled to enter service at the end of 2026 while the Clichy - Montfermeil / Noisy - Champs section should welcome its first passengers by 2028 Visit the Société des grands projets website and the Grand Paris Express website to find out more the Île-de-France region reveals a rich heritage and often little-known treasures that are well worth the detour we'd like to introduce you to the most unusual spots to discover in the Paris region original nuggets you might not have known existed So why not treat yourself to an unusual discovery in the Paris region Celebrated every year between January 13 and 14, the Orthodox New Year is a traditional holiday in Orthodox countries Serbia and Montenegro officially adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1918 theRussian Orthodox Church still follows the Julian calendar Russians celebrate the Orthodox New Year with a multitude of traditional dishes that take days to prepare and which may seem surprising to the uninitiated Here's a quick rundown of Russian culinary specialties to whet your appetite for Orthodox New Year 2024 on January 14 families gather for aperitifs around a generous buffet of zakouski typical hors d'oeuvres as varied as they are varied These include naturally fermented vegetables and mushrooms; smoked salmon and trout served on buttered slices of white or black bread; and sprats a specialty that has existed since the days of the USSR you can't start a New Year's Eve meal without a few grains of black sturgeon caviar or gray beluga caviar on crushed ice relatively expensive and sought-after delicacy you'll also find a wide range of salads; Russians are specialists in these and they are an essential part of every meal One of the best known is the Olivier salad this salad was invented in the 19th century by Lucien Olivier the French-Belgian chef of a Moscow restaurant It consists of eggs and vegetables - cabbage diced and seasoned with a generous amount of mayonnaise sauce the herring in question is not covered in fur the salted fish is diced and served under a "coat" made up of several clearly visible layers: shredded vegetables (potatoes Other traditional salads include "vinaigrette" salted herring fillets and spices; or mimosa salad arranged in layers to imitate a mimosa flower Russians still take the time to savor other specialties such as pirojki plump little turnovers filled with minced meat vegetables - or all three fillings at once which could be likened to our French aspics or head cheese These appetizers consist of pieces of meat If you thought Russians didn't do more than that.. think again; the start of the new year is a time for no-holds-barred feasting While some families opt for a whole suckling pig stuffed with buckwheat roasted in the oven and served with horseradish and a glass of vodka others choose the unmissable Beef Stroganov to take center stage on their festive table This recipe is probably one of the best-known in Russian gastronomy Invented in the 17th century by Count Pavel Stroganoff's French cook this dish in sauce is made with thin strips of beef that comforting beet soup with meat and vegetables will also do the trick; as will a host of pies of all kinds with recipes often kept secret and handed down from generation to generation And why make things complicated when you can make them simple One of the Russians' favorite desserts to end the New Year's Eve meal in style is none other than.. Eating this citrus fruit for the festive season dates back toSoviet times It's impossible for Russians to imagine New Year's Eve without this fragrant little fruit But other desserts are also present on the table One of the most classic and popular is vatruchka a surprising cross between fromage frais and fermented cheese small pancakes halfway between pancakes and doughnuts are also desserts particularly loved by children - but not only the traditional gingerbread filled with walnuts is the perfect accompaniment to a cup of Russian tea served in a samovar small sticks of dough fried in oil and arranged in a dome allow Russians to wait patiently for the 12 strokes of midnight and the passage to the New Year with a glass of sbitene -hot mead - in hand While Paris is often in the spotlight when it comes to food the rest of the Île-de-France region has no shortage of good addresses the Ile-de-France region is home to numerous restaurants run by passionate teams who promise you a delicious moment in the company of your loved ones in search of good addresses full of flavors that will delight visitors as they stroll along the 93 region is brimming with great ideas for outings: whether you're a local or a tourist passing through the Seine-Saint-Denis département has everything you need to guarantee a cultural.. And since exploring is always good for the appetite here's a list of restaurants in the 93 that are well worth a visit whether you're in the mood for French specialties world cuisine or just street food on the go Villa9Trois, Montreuil's star-spangled new institutionMontreuil institution Villa9Trois is getting a new lease on life under the impetus of young chef Camille Saint-M'Leux, who has decided to wipe the slate clean. [Read more] If you're still looking for great places to eat in Seine-Saint-Denis stay tuned: this guide is updated as we post new listings and make new discoveries so be sure to check back regularly for more of our favorite restaurants in the 93 region Check if you already have access from your company or university the Paris SG-trained central defender has left his native region for the first time in his young career he played for the Paris-based club at U19 level and in the Youth League 2007 in Le Blanc Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis) Idrissa Sabaly played for Nancy at U17 level last season This technically gifted midfielder lost the Gambardella Cup final (4-1 to Olympique de Marseille) he played for Juventus in the 2022/2023 season Conditions Générales d’Utilisation – Crédits Ⓒ Racing Club de Strasbourg Alsace – 2025 – Fait avec 💙 par C’est qui Maurice ?