by Admin | Nov 20, 2011 | Châteaux, Driving in France, History, Holidays in France, Mountains and Valleys, Villages, Where to Go
Now, I thought I knew a lot about the Midi-Pyrénées region, especially the multitude of beautiful villages and places to see, but this one just flew right under the radar and I ‘found’ it totally by accident. I had just left another beautiful village, St...
by Admin | Nov 19, 2011 | Where to Go
The village of St Félix Lauragais rises 340 meters above the Lauragais plain, 10 kilometers from Revel, 17 kilometers from Castelnaudary, 37 kilometers from Castres and 52 kilometers south west of Toulouse. Some history … It was surely a Roman settlement during...
by Admin | Nov 17, 2011 | Where to Go
1n 1965 the vice-president of the Office de Tourisme, Richard Danis decided to make a detail by detail exploration and inventory of the cavities of the rock where the Château de Foix, in The Ariège department stands. In the company of other cavers and a historian,...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2011 | Where to Go
The village of Montmaur lies just inside the departement of the Aude, in the region of Languedoc Roussillon, equidistant, about 15 kilometers from St Félix de Lauragais, Castelnaudary and Villefranche de Lauragais and rises from the plain of the Lauragais,...
by Admin | Nov 16, 2011 | Châteaux, History, Where to Go
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/24694825[/vimeo] The name “la Pomarède” comes from the Occitan language and was first documented in 1091 as a religious house, becoming a village in the 13th century. In 1211 it was commandeered as a fortified outpost of the Count...
