Tower of Hercules, World Heritage Site

When we had completed this Etwinning project, the news came: The Tower of Hercules is awarded with the UNESCO World Heritage Site. We wanted to do some photos to give thanks to all participants. See you soon!

Hercules Tree

This giant sequoia tree had a room carved into it around the turn of the century by a local rancher, Jesse Hoskins. It is still alive and growing in Mountain Home State Forest, CA.

Émile Cohl & Les Douze Travaux d'Hercule

Émile Cohl (January 4, 1857 – January 20, 1938), born Émile Eugène Jean Louis Courtet, was a French caricaturist of the largely-forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, and animator, called "The Father of the Animated Cartoon" and "The Oldest Parisian".

Cohl made "Fantasmagorie" from February to May or June 1908. This is considered the first fully animated film ever made. It was made up of 700 drawings, each of which was double-exposed, leading to a running time of almost two minutes.
For the first time, Cohl used découpé paper in his film Les 12 travaux d'Hercule, in 1910.

Film Le fatiche di Ercole

Title: Le fatiche di Ercole
Production: Spain - Italy 1958
Protagonist: Hercules
Actors: Steve Reeves and Sylva Koscina
Director: Pietro Francisci

Genre: Adventure

The film is taken from The Argonauts of Apollonius Rhodius. Hercules arrives on the island of Iolco to be the mentor of Iphitus, son of King Pelias. Just arrived, however, he is hopelessly in love with the beautiful and sweet daughter of the sovereign. But before he can obtain her hand, he has to solve twelve labours, with the help of Jason and the Argonauts. The film inaugurated the series of mythological postwar Italian moovies and obtained the first place in the collections of the 1957-58 season. It was exported all over the world.

Rallie Les 12 Travaux d'Hercule

The rally of the 12 labours of Hercules was born in 1968 from a group of friends who wanted to organize an event after the birth of the SAA AUGIAS in 1967. Initially, this rally was cartographique, with a route that participants had to realize with a fairly high hourly average. Such rallies included parts opened to traffic and other closed from 1 to 2 km.
This rally is located around Cherveux and le Chapelle Bâton, in the Deux-Sèvres département of western France.

Les douze Travaux...d'Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (Les Douze travaux d'Astérix) is an animated feature film based on the Asterix comic book series. René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, the creators of the series, wrote the story and directed the film themselves; with co-direction by Pierre Watrin and the screenplay co-written by Pierre Tchernia, a friend of Goscinny and Uderzo.

After a group of legionaries is once again beaten up by the gauls, they imagine: "With such huge strength, they can't be human... they must be gods". Julius Caesar is informed, and laughs. He makes a decision with his council and goes to Armorica, to speak with Vitalstatistix. He gives the Gauls a series of 12 tasks, inspired by Hercules (but new ones, since the 12 Labours are outdated). Vitalstatistix assembles their best warriors, Asterix and Obelix, to do the job. The Roman Caius Tiddlus is sent along with them to guide them and check they complete each task.

Hercule et les 12 Travaux

In this French blog you can find innumerable artistic representations of our hero.

Enjoy Them!