L'Asturienne. Collections – Expositions tolerance and the power of

tolerance and the power of literature

protected by the sovereign stone

evoked in vain in its ruins

reinventions by subsequent artistic directors pay homage to Dior's wish to design dresses for "flower-like women

mauvais cadrage ou surexposition

L'Asturienne. Collections – Expositions tolerance and the power ofCaroline Lamarche unfolds the saga of a family that emerged in Lige at the beginning of the industrial revolution and pioneered zinc metallurgy in the Spanish province of Asturias. Traversing an era that heralded high flying capitalism and its attendant inequalities, she recounts the work and lives of these adventurers, at the forefront of a Europe still harboring dreams of expansion. The strong personalities she addresses, the female voices she