The Château de Castelnou was also the base of one of the most successful Allied spies of World War II
RAF Sergeant Leslie John Faircloth parachuted to safety when he was shot down on a bombing raid on the Paris/Vaires railway yard on the outskirts of Paris in 1944.
During the Second World War, resistance movements in the Pyrenees-Orientales helped hundreds of refugees, allied soldiers and airmen to escape from occupied France across the border into Spain.
Dina Vierny – Maillol’s Muse Born in Kishinev, in what is now Moldova, in 1919, Dina Vierny and her family moved to France where young Dina became model, muse and platonic companion for artist Maillol,…
Have you ever wondered what the D in D-Day stands for?
Young Australian Bruce Dowling arrived in France in 1938 to improve his French. He ended up helping hundreds of allied servicemen to escape from occupied France and paid the ultimate price, beheaded by the Nazis 29th birthday in 1943.
Towards the end of August 1944, resistance fighters from all around the region fought Germans and French militia to take back Perpignan.
Not a drive for the faint hearted, or the easily travel sick, but for lovers of wild and remote country, it is a joy!
The poor were starving to death on the streets of Paris. In the royal palace, the king’s breakfast consisted of 4 chops, a full chicken, six poached eggs and a slice of ham, washed down with a bottle and a half of champagne.
At the Musée moderne of Collioure the latest exhibition, Le front de Mer, Canet, Collioure and Banyuls,1940 takes an unwavering look at history….
