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lomi Says: A 5 minute drive from Mirepoix town took us to Vals. It sits just above the Hers river and is a stopping point on the Santiago pilgrim route.Inhabitants of Vals are called Valséens.The crypt "Eglise Rupestre de Vals" or the Church of Sainte Mariet Vals, is of Roman origen...
lomi Says: The Romans dedicated a temple to jupiter and named it Fanum Razes in this area. It only became known as Fanjeux in 12th century. It is another town with a long Cathar history.This pretty town is only a 15 minute drive from Mirepoix. It has a market worth seeing on Thursday...
lomi Says: This local market is held every Monday morning throughout the year.Sometimes musicians play their music around the square. A lively atmosphere.As well as fresh bread, home grown and organic produce you can buy:clothing, shoes, wine, trinkets, live chickens! home made cakes,...
lomi Says: St Maurice, built in 1298 by Jean de Lévis and his wife Constance de Foix, with its fresco painted arches, walls and roof has the widest single nave of any Gothic church in France. It is 48 m long, 24 m high, 22 m wide, it also has and a 60 m high pointed belltower. A...
lomi Says: The magnificent medieval walled city of Carcassonne, in the very heart of Cathar country, is only 30 minutes drive away from Mirepoix. The old city, and its fortress within a fortress has 13 towers spread along the outer defence and 26 along the inner wall.Occupation of the...
1 Review and 72 Opinions We had booked because of the restaurant so our expectations were rather too high. The food took a...
lomi Says: EVerywhere we drove around Ariege were road signs with the word 'Bastide'.This puzzled me and I had to look it up out of curiosity.Bastides are towns founded in the 13th century.They were built as medieval new towns, and had various functions, including improving security...
Klod5 Says: The bastide is founded in 1279, after a flooding due to the rupture of the dam of Puivert. In the medieval downtown, a place surrounded with one-story houses, supported on pillars of wood. The whole forms a gallery edged of stores that offer a charm a lot of caractérisrique...
Klod5 Says: Although Mirepoix has, with its Lords, marked history at the time of the crusade against the albigeois, little material trace subsist. The lords of Levy, faithful of Simon of Montfort, had become Lords of Mirepoix, following the dispossession of the family of Mirepoix. The...
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Although Mirepoix has, with its Lords, marked history at the time of the crusade against the albigeois, little material trace subsist. The lords of Levy,...
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As I now understand it Mirepoix has three entries in the virtual tourist site. People mistake them all. Thank you to VT member Beausoleil who pointed this out. This entry is about the Mirepoix in the...
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Although Mirepoix has, with its Lords, marked history at the time of the crusade against the albigeois, little material trace subsist. The lords of Levy, faithful of Simon of Montfort, had become...
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Perfect little medieval village
We first visited Mirepoix in 1996 at the recommendation of the lady who ran the campground where we were staying. We drove down and fell in love and have since returned every time we've been anywhere...
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