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🏯Tour Chinoise 🧧 - Virtual Reward 4.0 Virtual Cache

Hidden : 1/17/2024
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   virtual (virtual)

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Geocache Description:


Pas besoin de voyager jusqu’à l’Empire CĂ©leste pour dĂ©couvrir cette curieuse tour, Epinal est bien plus proche ! Muni d’une bonne paire de chaussures, on gravit les 80 marches de l’escalier « Ă  l’italienne » pour dĂ©couvrir au sommet un magnifique panorama et accĂ©der au Parc du ChĂąteau...

Mais d’abord, un peu d’histoire : C’est en 1804 que Christophe Doublat, dĂ©putĂ© du Conseil GĂ©nĂ©ral des Vosges, fait l’acquisition des ruines du ChĂąteau d’Epinal, oĂč il amĂ©nage un jardin paysager. Il dĂ©cide alors de la construction de cette Tour en forme de pagode chinoise pour habiller l’escalier permettant d’accĂ©der au site depuis sa demeure situĂ©e en contrebas. Le style Chinois Ă©tait trĂšs en vogue Ă  cette Ă©poque.

Cette virtuelle se mariera à la perfection avec ma série de Labs Caches qui passe également par là.

Pour valider cette virtuelle, vous devez :

  • Prendre une photo de vous ou de votre pseudo avec la Tour Chinoise complĂšte derriĂšre vous (comme sur la page de la cache)
  • RĂ©pondre Ă  cette question en m'envoyant la rĂ©ponse par la messagerie Geocaching : "En quelle annĂ©e la Tour Chinoise fut-elle intĂ©gralement rĂ©novĂ©e ?"
  • Pensez Ă  conserver la rĂ©ponse de la question qui vous servira pour la cache bonus GCAKD37

You don't have to travel to the Celestial Empire to discover this curious tower, Epinal is much closer! Equipped with a good pair of shoes, we climb the 80 steps of the "Italian-style" staircase to discover a magnificent panorama at the top and access the Parc du ChĂąteau...

But first, a bit of history: It was in 1804 that Christophe Doublat, deputy of the General Council of the Vosges, acquired the ruins of the ChĂąteau d'Epinal, where he laid out a landscaped garden. He then decided to build this tower in the shape of a Chinese pagoda to cover the staircase leading to the site from his house below. The Chinese style was very much in vogue at that time.

This virtual will go perfectly with my series of Labs Caches which also goes through it.

To validate this virtual mission, you must :

  • Take a picture of yourself or your nickname with the full Chinese Tower behind you (as on the cache page)
  • Answer this question by sending me the answer via Geocaching messaging : "In what year was the Chinese Tower completely renovated ?"
  • Don't forget to keep the answer to the question that you will use for the bonus cache GCAKD37

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Virtual Rewards 4.0 - 2024-2025

This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between January 17, 2024 and January 17, 2025. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 4.0 on the Geocaching Blog.

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