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Thanks to wikipedia and google translate : “The cake is a closed eaves (the underside of eaves) formed of several rows (one to four) tile-channel cantilever on the wall. The role of the cake is a move away from the runoff of the facade as a cornice, and secondly to support the pan and continue to slope roof.”

“Génoise” roof/recipe is from Genova, Italia, appears in south of France in the XVII century, it was a wall protection, a way of avoiding birds/wind in the roof, and until Bastille Day (14 july 1789) a social status symbol: only one line for poor people, four and more for the rich ones.

Let’s celebrate french music on this saturday, 14 juillet and st camille!
http://www.colf.org/events/Contemporary-Music-Films-Jazz-World-Music/1377-Free-Event–Canary-Wharf–Bastille-Day-Celebration.cfm