Articles populaires – Sacred places

11 juin 2007

Rocks of Berthaud

These natural and imposing rocks, with the effects of sometimes veined quartz cliffs, did not fail to attract the old worships. Located on the vein of the dragon of the mounts of the Lyonese, near of the collar to Round of applause, in the direction opposed...

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11 juin 2007

Saint Bertrand de Comminges

The cathedral, at the same time powerful and hurled, is built on a hill which makes site a true “mount holy Michel of the grounds”. Not far from the hill of saint Bertrand, one discovered the caves of Gourdan and Gargas. Temple cave with the temple cathedral,...

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11 juin 2007

Saint Austremoine d' Issoire

Named formerly Isiodorensis, “Issoire beautiful” guard through its term the memory of a Gallo-Roman origin. It is probable that a first monastery was founded in Issoire by the holy bishop Austremoine, about the middle of IIIe century. Saint Austremoine...

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11 juin 2007

The cascade of Rûnes

Not far from the plate of Cham of the Bungs, between Florac and the bridge of Montvert, beside a charming village named Rûnes, water of the brook bubbles which goes down from its source located at approximately three kilometers downstream from the Lozere...

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11 juin 2007

Rosslyn (Scotland)

I thank providence for having allowed myself to visit this place before the passion of with a certain book left since…. Rosslyn chapel (in the past named Collégiale Matthieu saint) is a church which was built at the XV ième century in the village of Roslin,...

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11 juin 2007

Ronzières

The hillock around which this small village is built was inhabited since of very moved back times. The naturally defensive basaltic headland was used as of the first millenium before our era, before being re-occupied at the Lower Empire, then strengthened...

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11 juin 2007

Rocks of Merlin, the arrival

It is known that the travellers of antiquity made this gesture in the Mercury honor, the god of the road, and to mark the way by these accumulated heaps; it is the bible which says it to us, while speaking about that which throws a stone on “the Mercury...

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11 juin 2007

The stone which sings

With fallen the night or the rising of the sun, a certain day of the year, to lie down on the stone of the devil, in the chaos of the rocks of Merlin.To pronounce its name by closing the eyes… "" The disciple repeated several times this exercise, until...

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11 juin 2007

vault of Jurieux

The stone which sings delivers a knowledge which admits neither curious nor the megalomaniacs. It draws aside those which it does not consider worthy, and even can, according to their degree of perversion, to kill them or make them insane, from where...

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11 juin 2007

Saint-Amable of Riom

The name of Riom is of origin Celtic: Ricomagum, the borough arverne, (Vicus Ricomagensis) “the rich person gone”, of rico, rich person and of magum, gone, indicates an economic center to the important commercial functions with the crossroads of two great...

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11 juin 2007

Notre-Dame of Taxat-Senat ?

With the Mandet museum the supposed statue of Notre-Dame of Taxat-Senat is. This statue representing a virgin in majesty dates from XIIème century and thus comes from the area from Clermont-Ferrand. It has a cavity dug in its back and a trace of medallion...

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11 juin 2007

Polignac, the church

The chorus is X and XIèmes centuries, the nave of XIIème century, except the last span, which was added to last century. Its dimensions: 30m length, 14m broad and 12m top (under vault) make of it a remarkable building for a small agglomeration. The church...

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11 juin 2007

Point of Van, rock of Morgane

Located at the extreme west of the commune, this point is not other than the small sister of the point of the Strong current, both are guardians of bay of Trépassés. It has, by chance, summer more saved than its ainée and some prefer it for this with...

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11 juin 2007

Saint Galoneg and Demet

With the extreme point of Europe, in the middle of Bay of Audierne between the Point of the Strong current and the Point of Penmarc' H Plozevet is. The sources of Plozevet appear parmis oldest known of Brittany. They are located under the foundations...

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11 juin 2007

The dolmen of Pors-Poulhan in Plouhinec

Small split become port 100 years ago, Pors-Poulhan marks the division of water between Cape Sizun and Pays bigouden. Located at four kilometers of the borough of Plouhinec, the most populated commune course Sizun, it is a wearing of countryside which...

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11 juin 2007

Plomor and his megaliths

On the chart of the megaliths of Brittany one is surprised to note the great number of monuments existing on the Bigouden country. The only commune of Plomeur has a score of classified prehistoric sites. In Penmarc' H close to the prehistoric museum of...

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11 juin 2007

The church Saint Wolf of Penol

In the church Saint-Wolf of Penol, only the apse and the absidioles go up in the Middle Ages and can be dated from second half of the XII ème century. The church is classified Historic building for the apse and is registered with the additional inventory...

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11 juin 2007

Notre-Dame de Paris I

The current cathedral is not the first building built on this site. Elements carved dating from the reign of the emperor Tibère (14-37 after J-C) and found under the chorus of the cathedral make it possible to think that the Eastern part of the island...

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11 juin 2007

Notre-Dame de Paris II

Like the majority of the French cathedrals, Notre-Dame of Paris has a outline drawing of Latin cross. Here are principal dimensions: frontage, 40 meters; overall length in work, 130 meters; width from one end to another of the transept, 48 meters; rise...

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11 juin 2007

Church of Saint-Julien-le-pauvre (Paris)

At the crossing of the Roman ways, towards Orleans and Lyon then Italy, a sanctuary occupied the place since VIth century. Since VIth century rose with the site of the current Church, an oratory was built on the road of Saint-Jacob of Compostella which...

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11 juin 2007

The abbatial church of Saint-Germain-des-prés (Paris)

The church and the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés go up, like the church cathedral of Notre-Dame in the City, and like the collegiate church of Saint-Germain-the Auxerrois on right bank, at the oldest times of merovingian monarchy. In this time,...

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11 juin 2007

Church Saint Severin (Paris)

While leaving the Saint-Julien-the-Poor street for the Galande street , some steps bring back for custom to the Saint-Jacob street, the outlet of the Saint-Severin street, which skirts the septentrional wall of the church of this name. It is placed and...

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11 juin 2007

The museum of Cluny (Paris)

The palate of the Thermal baths of Cluny, which was used at the same time as citadel, was built, according to any probability, when Constance Chlorinates, the cesar of Gaules, the conqueror of England, which lived in Lutèce from 287 to 292 after Jesus-Christ,...

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11 juin 2007

The museum of Cluny II (Paris)

Virgin From Auvergne of XIIth century saint Jacques , XIIth century Saint Beard, XIIth century Virgin surrounded of Christ and the Father saint Michel Baptism of Clovis Heads of quartz lion, ornament of a seat, Roman worsens (between 300 and 550) Christ...

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11 juin 2007

Tapestry of the lady to the unicorn (Paris)

In an island blue-night, flanked of four different gasolines of trees (pine, oak, orange tree and houx), one distinguishes the slim silhouette from an elegant young woman…The tapestry representing the Lady with the Unicorn belongs to a series of six,...

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