Archive for February 2015
Bastides – Simple facts – Southwest-France
Southern France has about 300 bastides or walled cities the French and English kings built in the 13th and 14th centuries for defense and economic purpose by
Read MoreBeaumont du Perigord – Bastide – Dordogne
Beaumont du Perigord, a bastide now located in Perigord Pourpre and founded in 1272 by King Edouard I of England on the boundary of the County of Toulouse
Read MoreVillefranche du Perigord – Bastide – Dordogne
Villefranche du Perigord, the oldest of the 18 bastides of Perigord, founded in 1261 by Alphonse de Poitiers, Comte de Toulouse and King St. Louis’ brother
Read MoreEymet – French Bastide – Dordogne-Perigord
The bastide of Eymet was founded in 1279 to protect Perigord from the English who occupied the Duchy of Aquitaine since Eleanor’s marriage to Henry II
Read MoreMonpazier – Bastide in Dordogne-Perigord
The bastide of Monpazier in Perigord, built in 1285 by Edward I of England, ranked among the most beautiful villages in France and as a Grand National Site
Read MoreAbbaye de Cadouin – Holy Shroud – Dordogne
The Holy Shroud, brought back from the Crusades in the 11th century, turned the Abbaye de Cadouin into a major place of pilgrimage in the Christendom
Read MoreSaint-Leonard-de-Noblat in Limousin
Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat grew around the abbey built on St-Leonard’s tomb and along the Voie Lemovicensis, the pilgrimage road to Santiago de Compostela
Read MorePerigord-Limousin Regional Nature Park
Perigord-Limousin Regional Nature Park, one of two regional nature parks in Limousin, created in 1998 to protect and promote the regions’ natural heritage
Read MoreBugnes – French Fritters Recipe – Mardi Gras
Recipe for French Bugnes, the fritters that used to be prepared on Mardi Gras with all the leftovers of fat that couldn’t be consumed during Lent
Read MoreLoire Valley Vineyard – Wine Appellations
Loire Valley Vineyard, the largest of the 13 French wine-making regions, includes the Anjou-Saumur, Auvergne, Centre-Loire, Pays Nantais, Touraine vineyards
Read MoreAuvergne Vineyard – Appellations – Loire
The Auvergne Vineyard is one of the five wine-making regions that constitute the Loire Valley Vineyard, and one of the oldest vineyards of France
Read MorePierres Jaumatres stone clusters – Limousin
Pierres Jaumatres, clusters of eccentric rocks formations located west of Montluçon and produced by ice and rain erosion during the Quaternary Period
Read MoreCentre-Loire Vineyard – Wine Appellations
The Centre-Loire Vineyard is one of the five wine-making regions that constitute the Loire Valley Vineyard, one of the 13 great wine-making areas in France
Read MoreFalaise – William the Conqueror’s Birthplace
Chateau de Falaise in Normandie, also known as Chateau Guillaume-le-Conquerant as it was the birthplace of William II Duke of Normandy and King of England
Read MoreTouraine Vineyard – Appellations – Loire
The 5500ha Touraine Vineyard is one of the five wine-making regions that constitute the Loire Valley Vineyard, one of thirteen wine-making regions of France
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