Fortress

I guess that July 14th is the perfect day to tell you a little bit about Bastille Day, especially because there are a lot of misconceptions about it in the English speaking world, or rather about how Bastille Day is celebrated in France. So, here are a few debunked misconceptions, […]

Happy Bastille Day?

14 Jul, 2013 tagged Arc de Triomphe / Bastille / Bastille Day / Fireworks / Fortress / French People / French Revolution / July 14th / National Holiday / Paris (updated on March 28, 2018)

Today, I’m ending my series of posts about Albi with a few lines and pictures about the Palais de la Berbie. The palace was built in the 13th Century by Durand de Beaucaire who was Albi’s Bishop at the time. The fortress (because it is a fortress) was […]

Palais de la Berbie à Albi

17 Jun, 2012 tagged Albi / Fortress / Palais de la Berbie / Tarn / UNESCO World Heritage (updated on May 13, 2017)

Let’s return to Carcassonne for a short while and after the castle, let’s focus on the city walls a little bit. The oldest parts date back from the Gallo-Roman period, but it is in the 13th Century that the Kings of France decided to modernize and enlarge those walls […]

Carcassonne City Walls

11 Mar, 2012 tagged Aude / Carcassonne / City Walls / Fortress / Middle-Ages (updated on December 14, 2014)

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