The halles of Cordes sur Ciel !!!

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I am taking you down to my favorite area oh well there are so many here for us ! However, this one we have family on wife’s side so I will tell you more as my favorite Tarn department 81! I have written before on Cordes sur Ciel in my blog but figure need to tell you more on the Halles ,However, the food market is held every Saturday up to 13h at the place de la Bouteillerie Therefore, here is my take on the halles of Cordes sur Ciel !!! Hope you enjoy it as I.

Cordes sur Ciel halles pl de la bride jul10

The Halles is a medieval hall in Cordes-sur-Ciel, a town in Tarn dept 81,  region of Occitanie. It is located in the center of the city near the highest point of the hill. It occupies a place at the crossroads of the main street, the current rue Raymond VII, the rue Saint-Michel which passes in front of the church and the perpendicular lane which descends towards the Portanel. They are established on a stone paved and leveled area. Access is via steps, the number of which varies according to the level of the ground by 24 stone pillars with simple capitals of octagonal section. The functional aspect is without sculpture. One of them wears a ring that has been used for centuries to display animals for slaughter. The four-sided wooden frame has a roof of canal tiles. The perimeter has stone benches. The roof was redone in the 19C. For the pillars, no document allows to say that they were changed, but the multiple traces of repairs make doubt that they are still of the 14C.

In 1273, the town’s traders obtained the right to organize a party on Saint Bartholomew’s Day, patron saint of tanners, and in 1276, they covered the market place. Cordes sur Ciel becomes an important center of the craft of embroidery of fabrics and decoration of leather. This flourishing trade allowed the reconstruction of the Halle authorized by the lieutenant of the king in Languedoc. This grant dated 1358 should encourage the development of trade.

Under the Halles, a cross is installed near the edge of a well. This well, filled since 1647 a local team of speleologists has cleared the bottom and they reach down to 114 meters in 1961!. The bottom is paved with rectangular limestone and cut with care. The well itself is dug out of the rock with a diameter of 3 by 13 meters. This last part is built in limestone blocks. The water level does not vary around 12 meters, representing a volume of approximately 33 m3!

The town of Cordes sur Ciel on its heritage : http://mairie.cordessurciel.fr/culture-loisirs/decouvrir-cordes

The local Toscane Occitane tourist office on market day of Cordes sur Ciel :https://www.la-toscane-occitane.com/en/fete-et-manifestation/marche-de-cordes-sur-ciel-cordes-sur-ciel

The Tarn dept 81 tourist office on Cordes sur Ciel : https://www.tourisme-tarn.com/uk/discover-the-tarn/unmissable-attractions/cordes-sur-ciel/

The Occitanie region tourist office on Cordes sur Ciel:  https://www.visit-occitanie.com/en/discovering/major-sites/cordes-sur-ciel-and-medieval-towns/

There you go folks, another nice wonder of beautiful high town of Cordes sur Ciel . Again, hope you enjoy the post on the halles of Cordes sur Ciel as I.

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

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Published by pedmar10

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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