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11 juin 2007

The Notre-Dame cathedral and Saint-Privat in Mende

The Notre-Dame cathedral and Saint-Privat in Mende
The area is an old site of settlement going up at the age of bronze, but the city strictly speaking dates only from the Middle Ages. (Viculus Mimatensis, drawn from the Mimât Mount where the hermitage of Privat Saint is). the mountain of Gévaudan was...
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11 juin 2007

The black virgin of Mende

The black virgin of Mende
This virgin with the Byzantine lines, the cross ones would have brought it back the East by Guillaume de Peyre between between 1212 and 1222, where the monks of the Carmel mount, heirs to Isaïe, would have carved it in a very hard wood, (perhaps of the...
11 juin 2007

The water supply fountains and network in Mende

The water supply fountains and network in Mende
In all descriptions of Mende, since the Middle Ages, one speaks about the great number of fountains. Water also curves under the houses through an underground canal system which joins the Batch. Not astonishing that a small Lady elected residence in the...
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