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- The Quiz!
- We talk a little, a lot, passionately... Blue-White-Red... The firemen...
Who gets the bean? I'll be right back. The beginnings of the Naval Aircraft... The bridges of Saint-Laurent-du-Var...
On the quay of La Joliette... - We sing too!
- Vagabondages...
- Some images from here, from there, a little further...
- Photos from yesterday
- The Library of Passadoc
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Alain Cathala
Blue White Red
Everyone knows, "Bleu-Blanc-Rouge" are the three colours of the French flag born during the Revolution of 1789, a meeting of the colours of the king (white) and the city of Paris (blue and red). But it seems that its origins are older. A historian tells...
Click! A video "France Culture"
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The firemen...
... in other words, firefighters.
In the Middle Ages, almost all houses are made of wood. When a fire breaks out, you fight as you can, cutting down the flames with green wood gills, throwing buckets of water; Many people have no choice but to destroy buildings adjacent to the axe to limit the scale of the fire.
It is only at the end of the XVIIe The first fire pumps, introduced in France thanks to François Dumouriez du Perrier (born in Aix-en-Provence around 1650), will make the means of fighting more effective.
[His name is spelled differently: Dumurez du Périer, du Mouriez du Périer, du Mouriez du Perrier].
Today, fortunately!, the material has evolved. Each year, we see this during the parade of 14 July (Paris); equipment too.
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Who gets the bean?
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Philippe Natalini
I'll be right back.
Here is the story of an emblematic Provencal dish: the...
The etymology of the aioli is quite simple to decipher: the word comes from the junction between "garlic" and "oil". If the flavour of this mixture makes everyone agree, the spelling is much more subject to debate: does the word include one or two 'l'? In any case, the French Academy recognizes spelling with a single "l".
The garlic is mentioned very early in the history of gastronomy. From ancient Egypt (about 3200 BC), garlic is used. It was given to the slaves who built the pyramids to give them strength.
Let's go back to the bayoli; This sauce is therefore composed mainly of oil and garlic. To bind it, one uses egg yolk and/or lemon juice.Traditionally, theaioli serves with a few vegetables (apples, green beans, leeks, carrots, zucchini, artichokes, turnips...), hard eggs and cod. It is very marked in the Provencal patrimony and gives its name to the dish itself. This dish is often on the Friday menu where traditionally no meat is eaten. A few decades ago, it was considered indispensable on Good Friday evening.
In 1891, Frédéric Mistral founded the newspaper Aioli. Its purpose was to defend the Provencal heritage. For this, the newspaper was written entirely in Provençal. Playing out of Provence with a lesser reputation than fish soup or tapenade, theaïoli is nevertheless inseparable from the Provencal gastronomic heritage.
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The beginnings of the Aéronavale
...of which Fréjus is one of the marine bases that contributed to its development.
The Lightning is a French seaplane transport ship, the first in history. Its development followed the invention, in 1910, of seaplanes with the Neighboring duck French.
In April 1910, Vice-Admiral Boué de Lapeyrère, then Minister of the Navy, established a committee to study the use of balloons and aircraft by the navy.
On 29 November 1911, it was decided that a naval aeronautics base would be established in Fréjus (83), and the maritime aviation service, future Aéronavale, was established by decree of 20 March 1912 by the frigate captain Louis Fatou.
It was at this time that the torpedo refueller Lightning was sent to Toulon's arsenal to be converted into a seaplane refueller. This building is designed in a totally new way, since a platform is installed at the front to allow a seaplane to take off. The aircraft was then to land on the water and be hoisted on board with a crane.
In 1913 the Lightning becomes a seaplane carrier (depot, transport, and implemented via a crane) with a deck of flight. First installed in hangars on the main deck, the torpedoes were then launched using a crane. In November 1913, a 10-metre-long platform was mounted to launch Caudron G.3 seaplanes. A takeoff was successfully conducted on May 8, 1914, but the platform was dismantled at the beginning of World War I. During this conflict, the Lightning served primarily as a base for seaplanes and submarines. In 1916, the Lightning became a command building.
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Saint-Laurent-du-Var Bridges
The commune of Saint-Laurent-du-Var (06) and its inhabitants were recognized by a citation to the order of the regiment involving the award of the Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star, issued on November 11, 1948. This is why...
During World War II, Saint-Laurent-du-Var, with its bridges crossing the river, had a strategic situation of first order, for both the Germans and the allies. As road traffic was rather intense, a second road bridge was built at the mouth of the Var River in 1939. Completed in 1943, it was bombed many times in 1944 before being demolished in 1945 because of the construction of Nice Airport. Its use was therefore very limited in time.
The Var bridges were attacked as early as 1943 by the Allied Air Force despite the defensive system of the German Flak, installed on the nearby hills. A first unsuccessful attack took place on 17 November 1943 at 6 a.m. and another on 18 December 1943. The road bridge adjacent to the railway bridge was completely destroyed. A third attack interrupted traffic on 2 January 1944. A wooden bridge was built for pedestrians and cyclists, as well as a wooden bridge for motor vehicles in the Baraques district.
On 26 May 1944, a terrible aerial attack destroyed a train stopped at Saint-Laurent-du-Var station, causing many casualties. Further bombardments took place on 4 and 7 June 1944, seriously damaging the railway bridge, to the point that traffic would be interrupted for several days. Further bombardments were carried out on 12 July 1944, and on the eve of the landing in Provence in August 1944, these successive raids were undertaken by the Allied Air Force to destroy these opposing routes. Many victims were to be deplored, particularly at the time of August 6, 1944.
A total of 23 bombings will be carried out in the city, which destroyed 103 houses and seriously damaged 782, resulting in the deaths of 70 people and 23 wounded among the population.
He was finally liberated on 27 August 1944 by a motorized column of the Canadian army. Its population had been evacuated to the neighbouring commune of Cagnes, due to the continued heavy shelling. Moreover, resistance to German occupation was very active. The direct result was the arrest and deportation of 8 Laurentians. Conversely, 16 residents of Saint-Laurent-du-Var appeared at the Liberation in a court or civic chamber for acts of collaboration with the Nazi occupant.In the months following the Liberation, the railway bridge and the road bridge were rehabilitated. Thus, on 10 January 1945, less than five months after the German troops left, a first passenger train crossed the bridge.
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...on the quay of La Joliette
103 years ago, leaving the quay of La Joliette in Marseilles, on 13 January 1919, to Piraeus and then Constantinople, the 660 passengers and crew of the liner "Chaouia", of the Paquet company, could not imagine that the first world conflict, completed a year earlier, would continue them until the Strait of Messina.
Thus, on the night of 14 to 15 January 1919, ten minutes after midnight, as the ship prepares to enter this channel with the sulphurous reputation that separates Sicily from the end of the Italian "bott", a formidable explosion shakes its structure. Its port front flank just struck a mine dating from the Great War. The body of death torn the hull between holds Nos. 1 and 2, breaking down their watertight bulkhead and opening a water channel that the pumps cannot spread.
Commander Jean-Baptiste Calviès then attempted a desperate manoeuvre, putting the bar to the right to fail his ship on the shoals. But it's already too late. The boat sinks in front with a terrifying speed and an inclination such that only a whaler can be launched. Sleeping at this late hour, many passengers find a horrible death trapped in their cabin. As the deflagration put its telegraphic installation out of use, the Chaouia cannot send SOS and the shipwrecked can only rely on themselves, supernatanting in the cold waters of this winter night.
However, acts of bravery will save many lives, including the actions of sailor Victor Heuzé, who alone saves 52 people, and of sailor Antoine Béverin, who, assisted by first Lieutenant Gall, will tear the ship's commander to a certain death, before helping several people climb on a raft and dive again to rescue a woman. His gesture will be worth receiving the Medal of Honour for courage and dedication.
Luckily, the glow of the explosion was seen by the English steam watch "Dagestan" who is heading to the scene of the drama. He will collect all the survivors, 184 people.
As the Marseilles academician and former naval commissioner Jean-Noël Béverini, whose sailor Antoine was the great uncle, told us long after the tragedy, Commander Calviès continued to visit the one to whom he owed his life. The two men found themselves in his house located chemin d'Endoume, at the foot of Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde in Marseilles. Each time, the officer tried to pay his debt: – Antoine, ask me what you want.
And his host, discreet as well as helpful, invariably replied:
– I don't need anything, Commander...
Sources: Provence
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Henri Étoile
Click! The hymn of the Cathars ... Beautiful!
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Jean Paul Dubroca
The beautiful and simple story of a Pyrenean... He tells his passion for his mountains,
his love for the language of his country, a "patois" forbidden when his grandmother was a schoolgirl.
Click! Listen. !
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Alain Cathala
Click! ♫♪♪♫♪ Canta that cante ♪♪♫♫♪♫
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Click!1973... on the Larzac plateau...
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Philippe Levieux
Located on a promontory offering a diving view of the valleys of the Bave and Dordogne, Loubressac embodies a very medieval inspiration. The village is built on a rocky prow that is located from a distance.
Built in the 13th century, this old castrum was the seat of a lordship of the Barons of Castelnau-Gramat. As we wander for a few moments, we understand why Doisneau fell in love with him. We enjoy the beautiful season by discovering the streets, balconies, stairs and flowered courtyards of the village.
Loubressac is classified as "Most Beautiful Village of France".
For the little story, the famous film Some gentlemen too quiet Georges Lautner was shot there in 1972.
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Alain Cathala
From 1938, Puyloubier is known for its modernity and it is undoubtedly today the best preserved village of Provence. Arthur Carlier, lecturer's guide at Secrets, has overcome a deceiving mistral has gone to discover this exceptional heritage !
Click! Look. !
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André Abbe
Dried flowers... Honey... two local products, Roquebrune-sur-Argens products.
Martine Biessy on the left, Jean-Jacques Perrin.
The Rock is also in the background. I love this memory of 1984!
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To RoquebruneThe bakery on the Grand Street was Cauvier.
We stopped in front of the car, even when it snowed!
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Maryse Laugier
The Bastide (Var) Wash it...
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Patricia Tritiapat Gueirard
Madame Martin Fisherman in intense surveillance !... [Old Salins of Hyères]
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Henri Étoile
Since Quercy... Lacapelle-Livron – Notre-Dame-des Graces [Tarn and Garonne] –
Puylagarde – Notre-Dame-de-Lugnan...
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Alain Cathala
When the train (local interest) passed through the city centre of Montpellier.
If the photo is recent, the stove is from the last century!
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Guy Bouyer
Roquebrune-sur-Argens... in the 1950s.
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