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JLBG Says: Photo 1. At one end of Cours Jean-Jaurès stands a fountain with putti riding dolphins that spit water.Photo 2. On top of a column that bears the motto of France, « Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité », stands an armed allegoric statue figuring the Republic and holding « Droits de...
JLBG Says: Photo 1. Hôtel Bazin de Bezons is a large building standing at 22, Cours Jean-Jaurès. It is not open for visits and is privately inhabited. Bazin de Bezons was “intendant du Languedoc” (administrator of the Languedoc province). The mansion was built in the XVIIth.Photo 2. It...
JLBG Says: Photo 1. « Porte biaise » is an amazing crooked entrance. The architect had a hard time to cheat with perspective in order to give it a « normal » look. Actually, it does not look really “normal” but rather strange!Photo 2. On top of the entrance, a grinning human ( or...
JLBG Says: Same as several cities in the Languedoc, Pézenas had in the XIIIth a significant Jewish population. Jews would have established in Pézenas around 1298, coming from Spain, Portugal and Italy. As the Pézenas fairs were so important, Jews played a main part in changing and...
JLBG Says: Pézenas has plenty of vaulted passages.Photo1. This wide and low vaulted passage is an entrance into the old city from the Castle square (north).Photo 2. The same passage, from the old city.Photo 3 and 4. Porte de Faugères is a main entrance into the old city from south
JLBG Says: Photo 1. The Tourist Office offers guided visits of the old town but there was none available when we visited, out of season. I am sure that they give details on special houses such as this one that has a turret included in its front. I suppose it was part of the defense...
JLBG Says: Conas castle stands on top of Pézenas. The castle was first built in the XIIIth but nothing remains of that period. The estate is private and the castle, built in the beginning of the Xxth by Raymond de Thézan-Poujol is not open for visits.Photo 1 and 2 : Entrance into the...
JLBG Says: Photo 1 shows two unnamed (or unidentified) two wealthy private houses that must have been built in the XVIIIth and that are typical of on of the styles found in Pézenas.Photo 2 shows the entrance into a modest private house, which is typical of another kind of houses in...
Musée De Vulliod-Saint Germain
JLBG Says: Musée de Vulliod Saint-Germain stands in Hôtel Saint Germain (Saint Germain mansion/palace), built in the XVIth, entirely restored in the XVIIth and XIXth. The building itself, outside and inside is worth a visit. At ground level, grave stones collected in the city are...
JLBG Says: Impasse Simon Ducros (Dead End Simon Ducros) is a small, rather dilapidated street (photo 2) but it has an amazing, vaulted entrance (Photo 1) with one pillar on the right and two on the left. There might have been at some time a door.Photo 3 shows that this vaulted entrance...
Hôtel des Consuls : the fountain
JLBG Says: In the middle of the front of the Hôtel des Consuls flows a beautiful fountain. Water flows out of two tapes in a double shell carved in the local limestone. On top, stands a medallion with a coat of arm that has been erased, most possibly during the Revolution.Photo 3. Our...
Brasserie Molière: Brasserie Molière
JLBG Says: Brasserie Molière stands just outside of the old town, 100 m away from the Tourist Office. It is a pub and brewery with a large terrace.It is also a restaurant. We only had a beer. Their menu was appealing but we preferred to go to La Pomme d'Amour
La Pomme d'Amour: La Pomme d'Amour
JLBG Says: La Pomme d'Amour is a nice little restaurant in the old city of Pézenas. It cannot accommodate more than 22 patrons, then come early or book in advance.They serve good traditional cooking, not outstanding but fair.Pomme d’Amour (Love Apple) was the ancient name for Tomato,...
JLBG Says: In several parts of the city, pannels figure « Pézenas, ville propre » (Pézenas, clean city) with the picture of a dog leaving a poo and shouting to his master « Eh, Brutus, aren’t you forgetting something ?”, under the heading “chiens, éduquez vos maîtres” (Dogs, teach your...
JLBG Says: Church St André is one of few examples of Gothic architecture in the South of France. It was designated with three naves and three apses. Construction of the edifice streched from the end of the XIIIth to the middle of the XVth century. The church, with its dungeon pierced...
JLBG Says: Photo 1. Montagnac, named Montanhac in Occitan is an old 3,500 inhabitants city of Languedoc. It is 5 km east to Pézenas, 13 from Mèze and 33 fom Sète.It is a pleasant and quiet little city with narrow streets (photo 2) and an unusual church (photo 3)
Dee22 Says: The village of Pezenas offers a great tournament every year in the end of July. The tournament is played as both 'double' and 'triple' and a stadium gives you the chance to watch the best players play up close.The courts are 'built' with gravel on a parking-lot near the...
Maison du barbier Gély, l’ami de Molière.
JLBG Says: Maison du barbier Gély, l’ami de Molière, 1650-1657(house of the barber Gély, Molière’s friend) stands Place Gambetta. It is a 4 centuries old house with 5 levels. It is now the seat of the Boby Lapointe museum.Open: From October to April, Friday, Saturday and Sunday,...
Boby Lapointe another famous citizen
JLBG Says: Bobby Lapointe is a popular french singer that was born in Pézenas under the name of Robert Lapointe in 1922 and died in 1972. He has a very special style, made of « calembours » (plays of words), « contrepeteries » (spoonerism) and other silliness.To understand it, you must...
Molière, a famous citizen of Pézenas
JLBG Says: Before Molière, born as Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, was looked at in Paris as a great play writer and a great actor, for ten years, he strolled the roads of the Languedoc province with his “Illustre theatre” troup. Pézenas being the seat of the “États du Languedoc”, he played...
Plan a Pézenas vacation with reviews, tips and photos posted by real travelers and Pézenas locals
We've stayed here about three times now. The Dordine is in an old house - exposed stone walls etc - which has been beautifully and simply kept. It is set in the...
Q: We are looking for a place to spend a couple of months from January to March. We don't need heat, but a place with a mild climate...
A: You will find cafes and restaurants open in winter but you can also expect some winter weather. If you want a truly mild climate, you might want to stay nearer the shore....
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Pezenas is a 8,000 inhabitants city with a long and rich history. It is 20 km inland from the Mediterranean sea, 50 km west to Béziers, 25 km east to Montpellier and 20 km north to Sète. Until the......
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The most famous site in Pezenas is the statue and fountain to Moliere who spent several years in the town as an attendant to the Prince de Conti here.
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...me and my brother went on a trip to France, and after visiting Paris, we drove south to play some petanque tournaments. That lead us to both Nice and Montpellier, and the to this nice village,...
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If you have never been here before i would say firstly take 2 hours of your time to get lost, eh!.... yes i mean it. Pezenas is full of back streets and hide aways you must just walk were your feet......
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