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Lounging in France 12: More Upcycling

Posted on August 24, 2020 by Brenda Clough

 Purely for variety’s sake we have removed to Sarlat-la-Canéda, a town in the Dordogne inland from Bordeaux. The buildings in the medieval town center date back to the 14th century. It is relentlessly beautiful, astonishingly picturesque, the kind of town … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 12: Citadel and Millau

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  A rainy day means museum. The museum at Millau is pretty small, but because the Romans had a famous pottery works here they have more pottery than you would believe possible. The factory shipped all around … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 11: Severac-le-Chateau

Posted on September 24, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  Ah, the medieval villages of France! We are staying in Severac-le-Chateau, in the central Averyon district on the central massif. It is almost unbelievably picturesque — the only American equivalent may be found (I regret to … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 10: Necropolis and Bridge

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  The tradition in Rome was to bury the dead outside the city. Christians developed the notion of burial in ‘sacred ground,’ which is to say in or around a church. This rapidly became impossible in cities, … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 9: More Vaison-la-Romaine

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough We had not realized the Roman site at Vaison-la-Romaine was so enormous, so we went back. Most of the old Roman town is under contemporary construction, but a tobacco millionaire at the beginning of the 20th … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 8: Glanum

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  Roman towns were often named after local dieties, who in turn were in charge of the water. Nimes was originally Nemausus, named after the Gauls’ Nemausus who presided over the artesian spring. And today we went … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 7: Vaison-la-Romaine

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  Did I mention there are a -lot- of Roman ruins in southern France? The place is called Provence, which means ‘province’ — the Romans needed no other name for it. It was their main and favorite … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 6: Arles

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  One of the most beautiful sites in France, surely, is the great arena at Arles. Everything the Romans built here is made of the local stone, a lovely golden color and cheaply available. As you can … Continue reading →

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A Visit to France 3: Nimes

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  The town of Nimes is spelled with a cironflex over the ‘i’, but I can’t persuade this Ipad to do accents, so you’ll just have to live with it. It was the center of Gallo-Roman culture, … Continue reading →

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A Trip to France 5: Pont du Gard

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Brenda Clough

by Brenda W. Clough  This beautiful site is not actually a bridge, as its name indicates. It’s actually an aqueduct, a fantastic work of engineering that supplied water to the regional Roman capital of Nimes. Later on, the medieval residents … Continue reading →

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