When you visit the medieval city of Carcassonne, you can see the Basilica of St. Nazaire and St. Celse. Founded in 1096 on the grounds of an earlier church that may date from as far as the 6th Century. Finished in the 12th Century, it was originally […]
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Beauville is a small village in Lot-et-Garonne. While the St-Jacques Church dates from the 13th Century, its bell tower is more recent (16th Century). As it wasn’t uncommon in the area and at the time, its function was obviously religious, but also military, as it was also a […]
The title and subtitle of the card say: Our Alsace The Trois-Épis (Haut-Rhin) pilgrimage, near Colmar I don’t know this village nor its pilgrimage, but if the title says “Our Alsace” (and not just “Alsace”) it’s because it’s a clear reference to the fact that Alsace had […]
You can find more details about Sant Esteve Church on Andorra‘s official site. However, I can tell you that it dates from the 12th Century although it has been thoroughly renovated in the 20th. It is located in the heart of Andorra-la-Vella, near a bunch of important building […]
When I was a kid and I used to go to Andorra once or twice a year, there was always one landmark that stood out on the road to Andorra-la-Vella. See, that road, following the Gran Valira river crosses a few towns but none of them are aesthetically or […]
I guess a good way to start this blog is to tell you about my hometown a little. It is called Agen. It’s a small town (about 34,000 people, 100,000 if you included the neighboring towns) in the South West. It is the “capital” of the Lot-et-Garonne department in […]