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Languedoc-Roussillon (French: [lɑ̃ɡ(ə)dɔk ʁusijɔ̃]; Occitan: Lengadòc-Rosselhon Occitan: [ˌleŋɡɔˈðɔk ruseˈʎu]; Catalan: Llenguadoc-Rosselló) is a former administrative region of France. On 1 January 2016, it joined with the region of Midi-Pyrénées to become Occitania. It comprised five departments, and bordered the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées towards the north, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean Sea towards the south. It was the …

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Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard
Remoulins
The Pont du Gard is an ancient Roman aqueduct bridge built in the first century AD to carry water over to the Roman colony of Nemausus (Nîmes). It crosses the river Gardon near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France. The Pont du Gard is the tallest of all Roman aqueduct bridges, as well as one of the best preserved. It was added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage sites in 1985 because of its exceptional preservation, historical importance, and architectural ingenuity. Description The …
wikipedia/Pont_du_Gard
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Peyrepertuse
Peyrepertuse
Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse
Peyrepertuse (Languedocien: Castèl de Pèirapertusa) is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyrénées in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude département, and has been associated with the Counts of Narbonne and Barcelona. It was the former seigneury of the Peyrepertusès (in Occitan Pèirapertusés) which means "pierced stone." Geography It is located on a limestone ridge at about an altitude of 800 m, on top of a hill which separates …
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Féerie de l'Aigoual
Féerie de l'Aigoual
Mont Aigoual (French: [mɔ̃ ɛɡwal]; Occitan: Mont Augal, elevation 1567m / 5141 ft) is the highest point of the Gard department, France. It is part of the Massif Central, and it is located within the Cévennes National Park. Its southern slopes are the source of the river Hérault flowing into the Mediterranean. When the sky is clear, it is possible to see the Mediterranean Sea, the Pyrenees, and also the Alps and Mont Blanc in particular. The summit is accessible by car from a variety of convergin…
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Château de Quéribus
Château de Quéribus
Maury
The Château de Quéribus (in Occitan Castèl de Queribús) is a ruined castle in the commune of Cucugnan in the Aude département of France. It has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1907. Queribus is one of the "Five Sons of Carcassonne", along with Aguilar, Peyrepertuse, Termes and Puilaurens: five castles strategically placed to defend the French border against the Spanish, until the border was moved in 1659. It is sometimes regarded as the last Cathar st…
wikipedia/Château_de_Quéribus
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Narbonne Cathedral
Narbonne Cathedral
Narbonne
Narbonne Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Just-et-Saint-Pasteur de Narbonne) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Narbonne, France. The cathedral is a national monument and dedicated to Saints Justus and Pastor. It was the seat of the Archbishop of Narbonne until the Archbishopric was merged into the Diocese of Carcassonne under the Concordat of 1801. (The title, however, passed to the Archbishop of Toulouse.) The church was declared a basilica minor in 1886. It is now a co-cathedral of …
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Fontfroide Abbey
Fontfroide Abbey
Bizanet
Fontfroide Abbey (French: Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Fontfroide; Latin: Fons frigidus) is a former Cistercian monastery in France, situated 15 kilometers south-west of Narbonne near to the Spanish border. It was founded in 1093 by Aimery I, Viscount of Narbonne, but remained poor and obscure, and needed to be refounded by Ermengarde, Viscountess of Narbonne. In 1144 it affiliated itself to the Cistercian reform movement. Shortly afterwards the Count of Barcelona gave it the land in Spain that was to…
wikipedia/Fontfroide_Abbey
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Martin-du-Canigou
Martin-du-Canigou
Casteil
The abbey of Saint-Martin-du-Canigou (Catalan: Sant Martí del Canigó) is a monastery built in 1009 in the Pyrenees of Northern Catalonia on Canigou mountain in present-day southern <span lang="Ro" dir="ltr">France</span> near the Spanish border. Pau Casals wrote a composition entitled "Sant Martí del Canigó" for Orchestra. Location The monastery is located on the territory of the commune of Casteil, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département. History The original Romanesque style monastery was buil…
wikipedia/Abbey_of_Saint-Martin-du-Canigou
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Puilaurens Castle
Puilaurens Castle
Puilaurens
The Château de Puilaurens (Puilaurens Castle, also Puylaurens; in Occitan: lo Castèl de Puèg-Laurenç) is one of the so-called Cathar castles in the commune of Lapradelle-Puilaurens in the Aude département. The castle is located above the Boulzane Valley and the villages of Lapradelle and Puilaurens. There is a path from Axat to the castle. The castle has been listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1902. External links
wikipedia/Château_de_Puilaurens
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Fitou 2012
Fitou 2012
Étang de Leucate or Étang de Salses is a lake in Pyrénées-Orientales and Aude, France. At an elevation of 0 m, its surface area is 54 km2. It has been designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2017.
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Thristian @ La Ola - World Wide Festival in Sète // Trip to France
Thristian @ La Ola - Wor…
The Étang de Thau (French: [etɑ̃ də to]; Occitan: Estanh de Taur) or Bassin de Thau is the largest of a string of lagoons (étangs) that stretch along the French coast from the Rhône river to the foothills of the Pyrenees and the border to Spain in the Languedoc-Roussillon. Although it has a high salinity, it is considered the second largest lake in France. Description It is about 21 km long and 8 km wide, with an area of . The mean depth of the lagoon is 4.5 m, but in the central navigation cha…
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Béziers Cathedral
Béziers Cathedral
Béziers
Béziers Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire-et-Saint-Celse de Béziers) is a Roman Catholic church located in Béziers, France. The edifice dates from the thirteenth century, having been erected on the site of an earlier building that was destroyed during the Massacre at Béziers in the Albigensian Crusade. The cathedral was formerly the seat of the Bishopric of Béziers, which was dissolved by the Concordat of 1801 and annexed into the Diocese of Montpellier. Gallery • Catholic Encyclopedia…
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Codalet. St. Miquel de Cuixà Abbey. Church. Horseshoe arch. 10th C.
Codalet. St. Miquel de C…
The abbey of Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa () is a Benedictine abbey located in the territory of the commune of Codalet, in the Pyrénées-Orientales département, in southwestern France. It was founded initially in 840, and then refounded at its present site in 878, after a flood destroyed the original buildings. It was an important cultural centre in the regency of Abbot Oliba. Parts of what was once building material from the 12th century abbey now partially make up The Cloisters museum in New York City.…
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Fort de Salses
Fort de Salses
Salses-le-Château
The Fort de Salses (also called Forteresse de Salses) is a Catalan fortress in the commune of Salses-le-Château, situated in the French département of Pyrénées-Orientales. It is clearly visible from the A9 autoroute as well as the train line between Perpignan and Narbonne and it is possible to visit from the motorway rest area and the local train station. Built by the Aragonese at the end of the 15th century, the fortress guarded the former frontier between Principality of Catalonia and France. …
wikipedia/Fort_de_Salses
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Bastiments
Bastiments
Thuès-Entre-Valls
Bastiments is a mountain peak at the easternmost side of the Pyrenees mountain range. It is located on the Spanish-French border, within the confluence of the Spanish municipalities of Setcases and Queralbs and the French commune of Fontpédrouse. it has an altitude of above sea level.
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Bonne Année 2013 !
Bonne Année 2013 !
The Pic de Bugarach (French: [pik də byɡaʁaʃ]) or Pech de Bugarach (French: [pɛʃ -]; Occitan: Puèg de Bugarag Occitan: [ˈpɥɛdʒ ðe βyɣaˈɾatʃ]; "Peak of Bugarag") is the highest summit (1230 m) in the Corbières Massif in the French Midi. The western part of the mountain is located on the territory of the commune of Bugarach. Its eastern part is on the territory of Camps-sur-l'Agly. The geology of the Pic de Bugarach is striking. Its top layer is an overthrust from the Iberian plate and is older th…
wikipedia/Pic_de_Bugarach
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Château de Tornac
Château de Tornac
The Bambouseraie de Prafrance (34 hectares, 84 acres) is a private botanical garden specializing in bamboos, located in Générargues, near Anduze, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. It is open daily in the warmer months; an admission fee is charged. The garden contains one of Europe's oldest bamboo collections, established in 1856 by amateur botanist Eugène Mazel (1828-1890), who had made his fortune in the spice trade, and who continued to build the collection until he encountered financial pro…
wikipedia/Bambouseraie_de_Prafrance
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Antigone District
Antigone District
Montpellier
Antigone is a neighbourhood of Montpellier, France, east of the city centre. It is best known for its architectural design by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. History and design The district is built on the grounds of the former Joffre Barracks, of which only Montpellier's citadel remains. In 1977, Mayor Georges Frêche started the process that led to the construction of the district. The district's architect was the Spaniard Ricardo Bofill and his Taller de Arquitectura. He designed a seri…
wikipedia/Antigone,_Montpellier
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Château de Puivert
Château de Puivert
Puivert
The Château de Puivert (Languedocien: Castèl de Puègverd) is a so-called Cathar castle situated in the commune of Puivert, in the Aude département of France. The castle has been classified as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture since 1902. This building, on top of a hill overhanging the village and its lake, reaches an elevation of 605 m. The site is in the Quercob region, south of Carcassonne and east of Foix. History The first castle The construction of the present castle…
wikipedia/Château_de_Puivert
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Château d'Arques
Château d'Arques
Arques
The Château d'Arques (Languedocien: Castèl d’Arcas) is a ruined 14th-century castle in the commune of Arques in the Aude département of France. It is one of the so-called Cathar castles. History In the 12th century, there was a conflict between the viscount of Carcassonne and several seigneurs, including Arques and Lagrasse. The estates at Arques became the property of the seigneurs of Termes. In 1217, Béranger d'Arques was one of the associates of Guillaume de Peyrepertuse. In 1210, after the d…
wikipedia/Château_d'Arques
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Château de Beaucaire
Château de Beaucaire
Beaucaire
The Château de Beaucaire (Provençal: Castèu de Bèucaire) is a ruined castle in the commune of Beaucaire in the Gard département of France. The existing structures date from the 12th and 16th centuries, with other elements from various times in the Middle Ages. First built in the 11C, it was torn down on Richelieu's orders. It used to be protected by a wall, the trace of which can still be followed. It includes a strange polygonal tower perched on a rocky spur, the façades dominating the sheer dr…
wikipedia/Château_de_Beaucaire
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Llotja de Mar, Perpinyà
Llotja de Mar, Perpinyà
The Palace of the Kings of Majorca (French: Palais des Rois de Majorque, Catalan: Palau dels Reis de Mallorca), is a palace and a fortress with gardens overlooking the city of Perpignan in Pyrenees-Orientales, France. History The Kingdom of Majorca (1276-1349) In 1276, King James II of Majorca made Perpignan the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca. He started to build a palace with gardens on the hill of Puig del rey on the south of the town, the architects were Ramon Pau, Pons Descoll, and Berna…
wikipedia/Palace_of_the_Kings_of_Majorca
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Maison Carrée
Maison Carrée
Nîmes
The Maison carrée (French: [mɛzɔ̃ kaʁe]; French for "square house") is an ancient Roman temple in Nîmes, southern France; it is one of the best preserved Roman temples to survive in the territory of the former Roman Empire. The Maison carrée inspired the neoclassical Église de la Madeleine in Paris, St. Marcellinus Church in Rogalin, Poland, and in the United States the Virginia State Capitol, which was designed by Thomas Jefferson, who had a stucco model made of the Maison carrée while he was m…
wikipedia/Maison_carrée
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2014-05-31_Mont-Finiels-Pano
2014-05-31_Mont-Finiels-…
The Cévennes (English: /sˈvɛn/ , French: [sevɛn]; Occitan: Cevenas) is a cultural region and range of mountains in south-central France, on the south-east edge of the Massif Central. It covers parts of the départements of Ardèche, Gard, Hérault and Lozère. Rich in geographical, natural, and cultural significance, portions of the region are protected within the Cévennes National Park, the Cévennes Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO), as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site: Causses and the Cévennes, Medit…
wikipedia/Cévennes
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Château de Termes
Château de Termes
Termes
The Château de Termes (Languedocien: Castèl de Tèrme) is a ruined castle near the village of Termes in the Aude département of France. It is one of the so-called Cathar castles. History Built on a promontory, defended on three sides by formidable deep ravines, the crumbling ruins of the castle cover an area of 16 000m². Held by the Cathar heretic Ramon (Raymond) de Termes, the castle only fell to Simon de Montfort after a siege lasting four months, from August to November 1210, the hardest sie…
wikipedia/Château_de_Termes
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