Curiosities of Occitanie, part III !!!

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I will take you south in lovely French country on my road warrior rides of older days when visiting even from FL USA we were on rental cars and passing rather quickly, I love castles/churchs/monateries etc , and stop to see them even without much time on my ways for one shot picture, I am looking at my vault in my new environment and found me some older paper pictures of driving in the region, and of course, they need to be in my blog for the memories of always, Therefore, will group them here in the curiosities of Occitanie, part III !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I The town of Mende is a prefecture of the Lozère department no, 48 in the Occitanie region. It is located between Clermont-Ferrand and Montpellier, but also on the Lyon-Saint-Étienne-Albi-Toulouse axis. You can come here on the N88 road, which connects Lyon to Toulouse. A bit of history I like tell us that in January 1939, shortly before WWII, in the context of the Spanish Civil War, an internment camp was built in the wood of the Rieucros, it was closed in February 1942. At the start, its goal was investing the “undesirable”, representatives of political opponents, especially those who are not of French nationality. In October 1939, it became an internment camp exclusively reserved for foreign women, mainly Spanish and their children, On the day of her 15th anniversary on December 24, 1942, the young Polish Jew Sophie Klatkiewicz arrived by train where she was collected by mother Agnès of the boarding school Jeanne-d’Arc. The Sisters of the Ladies of the Union keep her in boarding school with her classmates for three years. Back in Paris, she married and became the haute couture stylist Sophie Klatkiewitz-Natan having created the brand “Sophie Nat” The Pont de Notre-Dame bridge dating from the 13C, this bridge is one of the symbols of the city. It was never swept away by the floods, however frequent in Mende. It previously bore the name of Pont Peyrenc, then took the name of Notre-Dame because of the presence on his beak of a Virgin, disappeared during the wars of religion. Its vault measures 22 meters of opening for 7 meters high, Mende pont Notre Dame c2004 The town of Mende on its heritage : https://mende.fr/ma-ville/histoire-et-patrimoine/patrimoine/ The town of Sainte-Enimie is located in the Lozère department no 48 in the Occitanie region. It is integrated in 2017 in the new town of Gorges du Tarn Causses. Located in the Tarn gorges, the village of Sainte-Enimie is a member of the association of the most beautiful villages in France. The town is located in the Grand Site of the Tarn Gorges, the Jonte and the Causses, In the southwest of Gévaudan. This town was ranked as the 18th favorite village of the French in 2014, The town takes its name of Enimie,a Merovingian and Holy Princess of the 7C, The High Middle Ages is marked by the legend of Enimie, the princess suffering from leprosy. The daughter of Clotaire II, sister of Dagobert Ier, having therefore lived in the 7C. Little by little it healed the leprosy which it was reached, thanks to the waters of the source of the burle. Named Abbess, she would have founded a monastery, around which the village developed. The Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-Cénaret Chapel is located in the cliff side in Saint-Chély-du-Tarn, a town attach to Sainte-village of high of the cliff. It is accessible on foot from the village by a way of Enimie in the hermitage of La Roche, where Enimie lived, is a chapel which dominates the the cross. The princess’s relics were kept there until 1970, when they were stolen. The hermitage is not accessible to the public. The current chapel is semi-troglodyte. It is made up of the cave itself and several masonry elements brought to different times (between the 10C and the 15C). Next to the altar flows, through a small tap, a derivation of the resurgence of the source of Burle. Until the middle of the 20C, mothers went up with their infants, with eczema or other dermatitis, to bathe them in the small bowl dug in the rock. Sainte Enimie Notre Dame de Cénaret c2004 The new town of Gorges du Tarn on the chapelle Notre Dame de Cénaret : https://www.gorgesdutarn-causses.fr/saint-chely-du-tarn-48-lozere_fr.html The town of Le Rozier is located in the southwest of the Lozère department no 48, in the Occitanie region. It is bordering on the department of Aveyron no 12, the Le Rozier is a town being part of Causse Méjean, within its southwest limit by the departmental road D 996, and 14 km from Millau. In 1075, monks of Aniane Abbey built the Saint-Sauveur church. All around they cultivated roses there. This place then took the name of Le Rozier. From the Saint-Sauveur monastery of Rozier founded in the 11C by Benedictine monks, only the Church remains, The Monastery church was founded in 1075 by the bishop of Mendebert I of Peyre in the village of Entéygues. It was because the monks planted roses there that the village took the name of Le Rosier. The bishop places the monastery under the protection of the Benedictines of Aniane Abbey. Le Rozier  monastère Saint-Sauveur chevet ch c2004 The local Aubrac Gorges du Tarn tourist office on Le Rozier : https://en.aubrac-gorgesdutarn.com/discover/gorges-du-tarn/villages-of-the-gorges-du-tarn/le-rozier/ The town of Millau is sub-prefecture of the Aveyron department no 12, in the Occitanie region. Located 49 km from Rodez, 84 km from Montpellier and 142 km from Toulouse, it is part of the former Rouergue province. In the 10-11C was born the viscounty of Millau. From the 11C, the city successively passed under domination of the counts of Provence, Barcelona then from the kings of Aragon, with in 1112 the marriage of the daughter of the viscount of Millau and Béranger III, future king of Aragon. In 1187, the king of Aragon conceded the seal and municipal freedom by consular charter. The consulate thus created is responsible for administering the city, lifting the tax and applying justice. In 1271, Millau went to the crown of the kings of France. The Lavoir d’Ayrolle wash house was built in 1749; its roof seems to have collapsed in 1773. It is located in the Boulevard de l’Ayrolle and its worth a detour of this town of many things to see, The monumental tribute to King Louis XV and endowing the city with a new washhouse powered by the Aqueduct of Vesoubies. The eardrum of the pediment framed a shield, surrounded by trophies, where the city’s arms appeared ,which in 1793, during the French revolution, the coat of arms and inscriptions of the pediment, symbol of the old regime, were hammered, and have been almost completely illegible, The Lavoir de l’Ayrolle inherited the gates surrounding the old monument to the fallen which stood on the Place du Mandarous and which was moved to the Parch Victoire in January 1950. The wash house is today highlighted by bluish lighting. Millau lavoir de l'Ayrolle 18C c2004 The town of Millau on its heritage : https://www.millau.fr/loisirs/culture/patrimoine-et-label-ville-dart-et-dhistoire  The Lozère dept 48 tourist office; https://www.en.lozere-tourisme.com/ The Aveyron dept 12 tourist office: https://www.tourisme-aveyron.com/en/home The Occitanie region tourist office: https://www.visit-occitanie.com/en/ There you go folks, a dandy wonderful region of my belle France , very close to us, with many memories from visiting with the family over the years. Again, hope you enjoy the post on the curiosities of Occitanie, part III !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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