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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
The village of Alise-Sainte-Reine on the
hillside of Mont Auxois (21) takes its
name from a young Christian woman, Reine
d’Alise. In 252AD she was beheaded for
refusing to renounce her faith and for
spurning the advances of the Roman
governor Olibrius.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
The village of Velarssur-
Ouche (Côte d’Or),
in partnership with the
association Les Amis de
Notre-Dame-d’Étang, is
organising a symposium on
Burgundy stone this month.
The event hopes to raise
awareness about and funds to
restore the church of Notre-
Dame-d’Étang. There will be
conferences, exhibitions,
children’s workshops
and sculptures for sale at
€4,500 each.
This isolated church with
its statue of Our Lady
perched on its top, lies
among the forests above
Velars-sur-Ouche. The ascent
is difficult but once there, the
views are superb, and the
sense of peace and
tranquillity are well worth it.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
So, what do you know
about French royalty?
Charlemagne invented
school; Henri IV introduced
chicken casserole; Louis
XVI lost his head and poor
old King Dagobert (632-639)
a mis sa culotte à l’envers
(put his underpants on inside
out, according to a popular
children’s song written at the
time of the Revolution).
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
The seven hills protecting the capital
of the Corrèze can’t stop the annual
accordion invasion, as the 19th Nuits
de Nacre festival gets underway.
Roger Steptoe can’t believe his ears.
The hum of accordions wafting down the Corrèze river
will bring Tulle singing and dancing to its knees, over
four days and nights in September.
“The Nuits de Nacre is all about the expanding role of
accordion music in society today,” says Laurence Lamy, the
festival’s director. “This year’s line-up will certainly
create some magical moments.” Top-class names such
as Scott Taylor, Hugues Aufray, Gérard Blanchard
and Michel Jonasz will be spiced up with the
Orchestre National de Jazz and a contribution
from Scandanavia – strengthening Tulle’s
link with two regions in Finland.
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Thursday, 20 September 2007 |
Despite the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the
UK, the Grand Comice Estival at Coussac-Bonneval in the
Haut-Vienne went ahead as planned. An eleventh-hour decree
from the European Commission and the Ministry of
Agriculture lifted the ban on livestock shows. More than 120
animals
were there to
impress the
main judge,
Sébastien
Lagrafeuille.
“The
quality is
evident,” he
commented,
adding “this
makes the
decisionmaking
very hard.” .
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