Every morning, Nicolas Turon pays tribute to his department with a funny, tender and knowing text, in the form of a declaration of love for the Moselle. He chooses an emblem belonging to history or current events and treats it in an offbeat way.
Heritage is not limited to churches and castles. On the outskirts of the industrial wastelands and extraordinary gardens that dot the Moselle, we find telephone booths, coach plates and Michelin signs. A “small” road heritage which also has its circle of enthusiasts.
Among them, Nicolas Weber, only 25 years old, who remembers Wednesdays spent with his grandmother, and the ritual walk in the forest. The same route, always, on which walkers come across an abandoned Michelin sign. An enameled lava sign, cast into a base of reinforced concrete, is beginning to rot. Little Nicolas marvels at the moss-eaten aedicula; enough for the kid to take pride in restoring it and for road signs to become his passion… Or how to fall for it!
Once a teenager, Nicolas explored the Internet, getting lost on specialized forums. After identifying the signs in danger near his home, he suggests that the municipalities that host them renovate them. Completely voluntary, he takes his time to scrape the moss, clean the lava and repaint the concrete white, or provides advice, recently at the Fénétang Town Hall. Often, his work raises awareness in the city. When he walks past a panel that he has restored, he notices that it is maintained, highlighted, sometimes even decorated with flowers…
