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Favorite thing: Orthez was occupied by the Nazi's during World War II. There is a rather scary and forboding monument in memory of the local resistance fighters. For some reason it is directly opposite Orthez General Hospital, bones protruding with arms outstretched to the sky!!
A local woman in her 70's recalls how, as a teenager, she bicycled everyday to the town of Salies to deliver secret messages hidden in bread. She also remembers the Nazi's hanging resistance fighters from the ancient fortified bridge over the gave! There was a concentration camp a short distance from Orthez.
Ignore the fact this tip may be headed by VT 'Favorite Thing'. I would describe it as a 'memorable thing' of Orthez, it is hardly a favorite tale!
Location: rue Xavier Darget
Updated Jul 25, 2006
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