2023年2月
费尔蒙芳堤娜城堡酒店，魁北克省，加拿大 Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada (© Romiana Lee/Shutterstock)
费尔蒙芳堤娜城堡酒店，魁北克省，加拿大 Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City, Canada (© Romiana Lee/Shutterstock)
冬天的乐趣 Good cold fun
魁北克冬季嘉年华
在2月大斋节之前，世界各地会举办庆祝活动，其中广为人知的活动大多位于气候温暖的城市，如里约热内卢和新奥尔良，在圣灰星期三（大斋节首日）之前，狂欢者们会穿着精美的服装狂欢。而魁北克冬季嘉年华则截然不同，正如我们今天的照片展示的那样，这里的庆祝活动充满冬日氛围，有冰雕、雪橇比赛等等冬天才有的特色活动。如今，魁北克的冬季嘉年华已经成为整个西半球规模最大的冬季节日。
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Among all the pre-Lenten celebrations that take place around the world in February, the most famous are associated with warm-weather cities like Rio and New Orleans, where revelers party it up in elaborate costumes during the run-up to Ash Wednesday. It's a different affair in Quebec City, pictured here, where participants in the Quebec Winter Carnival enjoy all things winter, from snow sculptures to sleigh races. This former frontier outpost, and little sister to Montreal, is known for its spirited embrace of the coldest, darkest season. No surprise that its winter festival is the biggest in the Western Hemisphere.
皮埃尔丰城堡，皮卡第大区，法国 The Château de Pierrefonds in the Oise department of Picardy, France (© Hemis/Alamy)
皮埃尔丰城堡，皮卡第大区，法国 The Château de Pierrefonds in the Oise department of Picardy, France (© Hemis/Alamy)
日出时分的古老城堡 The old castle at sunrise
皮埃尔丰城堡，法国皮卡第大区
皮埃尔丰城堡拥有丰富而复杂的历史，可追溯到中世纪。它建于14世纪，由法国国王查理六世的兄弟路易斯·奥尔良 (Louis d'Orléans) 在一座古老城堡的废墟上建造。 在17世纪初被路易十三的军队围困并拆除后，这座城堡一直是废墟，直到19世纪拿破仑三世要求建筑师Viollet-le-Duc对其进行修复。这将使用创新的重建技术来修复城堡受损的部分。
Chateau de Pierrefonds, France
Pierrefonds Castle has a rich and complex history dating back to the Middle Ages. It was built in the 14th century by Louis d'Orléans, brother of King Charles VI of France, on the ruins of an older castle. After being besieged and then dismantled at the beginning of the 17th century by the troops of Louis XIII, the castle remained in ruins until the 19th century when Napoleon III asked the architect Viollet-le-Duc to restore it. This will use innovative reconstruction techniques to restore the damaged parts of the castle.