The Collegiate Church of Saint-Paul (fr. Collégiale Saint-Paul de Clermont-l’Hérault) is a Catholic church located in Clermont-l’Hérault, France1.
It has a beautiful interior, as well as aisles, something rare in southern Gothic. It has a large rose on the front.
The collegiate church has five bells:
The first bell, which weighs almost 2 tonnes and was melted in …
MoreLake Salagou (fr. Lac du Salagou) is a reservoir for the Salagou dam. It is located in the center of the Hérault department, on the Salagou river, a tributary of the Lergue river which flows into the Hérault. It reaches a depth of about 50 meters.
The water level is 139 m above sea level. The …
MoreInternational toy museum (fr. Musée international du jouet) in French Pézenas. The museum is located in Pézenas town centre, ten metres from the Espace Molière. One can find more than the 7 500 art objects contained in this amazing collection. Whole museum and its informative signs is an educational way to enjoy the collection, showing …
MoreThe largest Museum-Park in Europe devoted to dinosaurs (fr. Mèze Musée des Dinosaures) in the middle of an outstanding paleontological site, near Montpellier. An extraordinary voyage in time. The remains of an extremely large dinosaur of the Iguanodon family have been discovered here.
In 1997, to preserve this exceptional site, Alain Cabot and his team set …
MoreValmagne Abbey (fr. Abbaye de Valmagne) is a former Benedictine monastery located near Villeveyrac, Hérault, in south-central France. It is a designated historic monument. The abbey of Valmagne is one of the most beautiful Cistercian abbeys in France but also one of the oldest vineyards in Languedoc.
Valmagne Abbey was founded in 1138 by Raymond Trencavel, …
MoreThe Saint-Félix-de-Montceau abbey (fr. Abbaye Saint-Félix-de-Montceau) is an old abbey located on the Gardiole massif, in the town of Gigean, in the Hérault department.
There is no exact date of the creation of the abbey, but a document confirms that the abbey already existed in 1104 under the episcopate of Godefroi, bishop of Maguelone (1080-1104). The …
MoreCucugnan (fr. Cucugnan, Cucunhan in Occitan) is a commune in the Aude department in southern France, approximately 29.5 kilometres (18.3 mi) north-west of Perpignan. The small village lies in a valley in the Corbières Massif, overlooked by the ruined Peyrepertuse and Quéribus castles.
The village is clustered around a small hill, at the top of which …
MoreThe Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum Collection is related to the professional career and personal profile of Cristóbal Balenciaga, the famous designer from Getaria, who dominated 20th century haute couture. The Museum has the task of conserving and increasing these collections, while making them more accessible and open.
He is called the trendsetter and the “royal tailor”, because …
MoreSaint-Paul-de-Vence (Fr. Saint-Paul-de-Vence) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region of Southeastern France. One of the oldest medieval towns on the French Riviera, it is well known for its modern and contemporary art museums and galleries such as the Fondation Maeght, which is nearby.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence has long been a haven of the …
MoreThe Pont du Diable on the Hérault River is one of many bridges in France with this name (it means Devil’s bridge). It is located over a steep-sided gorge, about 4 km north-west of Aniane in the Hérault département, 38 km from Montpellier.
The bridge has been listed by the French Ministry of Culture as a …
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