Najac in Occitania

23 November 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Najac is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Najac station has rail connections to Toulouse, Figeac and Aurillac.   read more…

Beuvron-en-Auge in Normandy

20 September 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

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Beuvron-en-Auge is a commune in the Calvados department and Normandy region of north-western France.   read more…

Gerberoy in Hauts-de-France

13 September 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

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Gerberoy is a commune in the Oise department in northern France, in the old pays of Beauvaisis.   read more…

Eguisheim in Alsace

25 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  5 minutes

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Eguisheim is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. It lies in the historical region of Alsace. The village lies on the edge of the Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, where the Vosges meet the Upper Rhine Plain. Eguisheim is about 7 kilometres (4 mi) from Colmar.   read more…

Belcastel in Occitania

24 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  3 minutes

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Belcastel is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitania region in Southern France. In 2019, it had a population of 195.   read more…

Conques in Occitania

19 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  9 minutes

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Saint Faith Abbey Church © Krzysztof Golik/cc-by-sa-4.0

Conques (Languedocien: Concas) is a former commune in the Aveyron department in Southern France, in the Occitania region. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Conques-en-Rouergue.   read more…

Riquewihr in Alsace

15 April 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Riquewihr is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. A popular tourist attraction for its historical architecture, Riquewihr is also known for the Riesling and other wines produced in the village. Riquewihr looks today more or less as it did in the 16th century. It is located on the Route des Vins (The Wines Road), close to Colmar.   read more…

Roussillon in Vaucluse department

31 March 2023 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  4 minutes

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Roussillon (Occitan: Rossilhon) is a commune in the Vaucluse department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in Southeastern France. In 2016 it had a population of 1,317. Roussillon lies within the borders of the Natural Regional Park of Luberon. In the French natural regional parks system, new economic activities may be developed only if they are sustainable. It is noted for its large ochre deposits found in the clay surrounding the village. Ochres are pigments ranging from yellow and orange to red. One of the former ochre quarries can be visited via the “Sentier des Ocres” (Ochre Path), a walk of either 30 or 60 minutes through the old workings.   read more…

Château des Milandes in the Dordogne region

10 August 2022 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  6 minutes

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The Château des Milandes is a manor house in the commune of Castelnaud-la-Chapelle in the Dordogne département (Périgord) of France. Built by François de Caumont around 1489, it was, until 1535, the main house of the lords of Caumont, who preferred to live in this manor house instead of the large, uncomfortable medieval castle of Château de Castelnaud-la-Chapelle.   read more…

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