House of the Rising Sun or Le Pénitencier, sung here in French by Johnny Hallyday
The ‘Truce of God’ (Treuga Dei) signed in Toulouges banned fighting on Sundays and major holy days!
Traditional Chinese Medicinal practitioners have long revered the bark, leaves and flowers and the tree was used by the ancient Mayans for trauma injuries and burns.
Test Your French with a really bad joke.
Did you know that the man who was apparently responsible for the unification of Catalonia was called Wilfred the Hairy (El Pelut), Count of Barcelona, but hailing originally from Ria near Prades?
One of the world’s first real ‘department stores’ was ‘Au Bon Marché’ in Paris, designed by Gustav Eiffel.
Roger de Flor was a Sicilian-born adventurer, mercenary, and Knight Templar, a bit of a villain,
Throughout winter, you’ll see ’Rifles’ advertised everywhere. No need to duck unless we’re talking ‘two little ones’!
Quarantine or quatorzaine?
Contact a gendarme or a police officer directly.