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Stories of naval fighting along the coast of Varoese... Var: several national necropolises... Languages and dialects of France... The market and halls in the Middle Ages... Montpellier: Orangery at the castle of Flaugergues... The Bravade of Fréjus... - Vagabondages...
- Photos yesterday...
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Click! A great moment: The Paletuviers!
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In one of the stories below, it slipped – voluntarily! – a small inconsistency.
Will you find it? ?
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Philippe Natalini
Stories of naval fighting along the coast of Varoese
104 years ago, on May 9, 1918, off Saint-Tropez, the German submarine UC 35 sends the Italian steam from the bottom Deipara Bozzo Fils, a ship of 2,282 tons that travels from Marseille to its home port. Eight sailors are killed in this shipwreck.
A few days later, the same submarine sends the cargo vapors from the bottom Pax (French) and Togo (Italian) off Cape Camarat. Hunted by the French patroller Ailly The UC 35 was caught up and sent from the bottom on 16 May 1918 off Sardinia. Five surviving German sailors will be recovered by the patrol and returned to Toulon.
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Var: several national necropolises
The Saint-Raphaël district of Boulouris was inaugurated on 15 August 1964 by General de Gaulle. There are grouped the bodies of 464 combatants of all origins and denominations, belonging to there French Army (1re DFL) ordered by General de Lattre de Tassigny, killed during the landing of Provence.
These bodies were placed there after being exhumed from the communal military cemeteries of the Var in which they rested. The rock on which the cluster of the tricolor flag is fixed bears the following inscription:
Generous Provence, we trust you. In August 1944, they fell on your ground for Freedom. Watch them forever. General de Gaulle, President of the Republic, came the first to bow to their graves on August 15, 1964.
The necropolis of Rayol Canadel is home to the graves of 13 French soldiers belonging to the Commandos of Africa who died during the Disembarkation of Provence on 15 August 1944. Chief Warrant Officer Noël Texier found there was the first dead soldier of this landing. Falling during the Cap Nègre assault, these 13 soldiers were buried in a small plot of 220m2 in a cemetery. Then, under the leadership of the mayor of the commune, Mr. Gola, and General Bouvet, former leader of the commandos of Africa, this place was declared National Necropolis.
Finally, the War Memorial in Indochina of Fréjus. The necropolis collects the remains of more than 20,000 fighters dead for France, not counting the approximately 3515 civilians... The Memorial was inaugurated by François Mitterrand in 1993 in the presence of François Léotard, Mayor of Fréjus, who was also Minister of Defence.
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Alain Cathala
Languages and dialects of France
CNRS has produced a sound atlas* 307 languages and dialects of France.
There are about 100 regional languages and over 200 overseas. An esopian fable was recorded in 307 different patois by the CNRS, revealing the immense linguistic richness of our country.
Linguistic diversity is a precious heritage because languages are not only cultural peculiarities but also immemorial links with territories. Through the representation of space and time, we talk about a spiritual relationship with the world. So many varieties pass through the words we choose to transmit.
The general unification of lifestyles, cultures and life forms on Earth is nothing but impoverishment. In 2022, only 20 languages were spoken by 95% of the population.
7,000 languages are still spoken around the world but UNESCO records the permanent disappearance of 25 to 50 « mother tongue » per year. It is estimated that half will have disappeared before the end of the century. Fortunately, France is among the pioneers of this struggle to preserve linguistic wealth.
The CNRS Pangloss site [https://pangloss.cnrs.fr/] protects the memory and allows us to discover them. Returning to Earth is reconnecting. What is beautiful with tongues is that they are both rivers and bridges.
Text Maxime Blondeau.
Click! * This is the sound atlas
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The market and halls in the Middle Ages
- 3). The grain market, cereals. It is subject to competition from the organry of the Palace to the Peyrou and is then called the « Old » Orgy. (It is located at the top of the current St. Guilhem Street).
- Grassland (2) The fruit and vegetable market. It serves as « Confront » on the bill of purchase of the first consulate house in 1205. It is probably a group of open-air stalls along the façade of the Consulate House (currently the section of the Rue de la Loge, between the Place Jean Jaurès and the Place de la Préfecture).
- The slaughter (5) It is a covered hall, one of the doors of which leads to the fish shop. We have the exact plan with the old butcher shop with messy stalls and the new butcher shop more ordered and octagonal pillars raised during a renovation in the XVIIe and may date from XIIIe century. It seems that there is a differentiation of outlets according to the nature of the animals. Beef market covered butcher shop while the « male » sheep or pigs were flowing in the open air or in the nearby impasse « the crossing of the mazel ».
- Fish industry (4). The consuls particularly take the fish market to heart. They take the initiative to change the place of an existing market and obtain the construction by the professionals of a covered building, suitable for this use, with a sales monopoly. They therefore support the « Trades police », including food, by bringing together merchants near the consulate, where the « weights and measurements ».
Text Jean Pascal Girou.
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Montpellier ... Orangery of the castle of Flaugergues
Under the impetus of world travel and the discoveries they involve, citrus fruits were imported into Central Europe as early as the 17th century.e century.
Flaugergues is no exception and many citrus fruits entered the castle. However, the sensitivity of these plants to changes in temperature forces them to build buildings capable of keeping warm in winter.
Built in 1847 and recently restored, orangery will therefore, over time, be a space chosen to protect any plant from the gardens sensitive to temperature changes. As the rule requires, orangery is oriented to the south, to enjoy the maximum light the sun can offer.
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Maryse Laugier
Bravade in Fréjus
The Bravades are a way of paying tribute to all the soldiers, sailors, fishermen, privateers, who for 150 years fought, with courage, heroism and fidelity, to defend their village from the numerous invaders and pirates, and in particular to commemorate the weaponous acts of the militia of the Bailli de Suffren. Their Latin motto: Ad uque fidelis, means Loyalty to the end!
La Bravade dure trois jours durant lesquels les musiciens, le porte-drapeau, les mousquetaires, le Cepoun, le Capitaine de ville, les fusiliers marins, certains habitants en armes qui ont revêtu leurs uniformes de soldats, les autres habillés de rouge et de blanc les couleurs des corsaires devenues celle de la ville, les enfants, les anciens, les soldats, les femmes qui dansent, font honneur dans la joie, la dignité, le sérieux, le respect et la bonne humeur au chevalier Tropes.
Source : Marceline l’Aubergine.
Une tradition veut qu’au terme de la troisième journée, femmes et hommes de La Bravade se réunissent autour d’un grand feu – alimenté par des fagots de bruyère, d’ajoncs et de genêts séchés – pour danser le jabadao.
Ils se désaltèrent à grandes bolées de cidre et de chouchen et engloutissent des “montagnes” de crêpes de sarrasin, réchauffées au beurre salé et garnies selon les goûts de tranches de lard ou de rondelles d’andouille de Guéméné.
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Philippe Levieux
Ansouis… (Vaucluse), classé « plus beau village de France ».
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Alain Cathala
Abri de berger…
Pour les amoureux des capitelles : aller sur le plateau au-dessus de Bedarieux ou de Soubes ;
elles sont balisées par le C.G. de l’Hérault.
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Maréchal ferrant…
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Le parc de Font Colombe où se trouve le château Bon
… une folie louisquatorzienne construite entre 1694 et 1700 pour Philibert de Bon par d’Aviler,
architecte majeur du Languedoc et de Louis XIV. [Photo Franck Volta].
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1791
Département de l’Hérault.
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Gilles Barattini
The Camargue
Parc et étang du Vaccarès…
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Alain Cathala
Montpellier : la citadelle Maréchal Joffre
Aujourd’hui, c est un lycée entouré de bâtiments et infrastructures diverses.
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Une belle rencontre comme on les aime : bavarde, souriante et bon enfant ! Il y avait Christine, Régine et Patrice… Claude et Marie-Odile… Valérian… Gérard… Alain et Pascale… Jeanne… et le regret de ceux qui n’avaient pu venir : Nadine, Giselle, François…
On a très raisonnablement – et virtuellement ! – trinqué en répondant aux questions d’un petit jeu élaboré par Valérian… L’heure de se quitter est arrivée trop vite.
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