Maximum temperature today 27C, minimum 14C. Dry; 5km/h North Easterly winds with up to 26 km/h gusts. Heavy rain and storms forecast for tomorrow !!!
We are both knackered, spent many hours digging in the garden today and preparing the beds for planting. Hopefully, the storm if it happens, will do no damage.
The beautiful covered market, the largest market hall in western France, was built in the 16th century on the site of a former cemetery. The paving and the 50 pillars supporting the chestnut roof frame date from that period.
One of the most powerful Benedictine Abbeys of Carolingian Europe. This abbey owes its origins to the relic of Sainte-Croix and was built and renovated during the 8th and 11th century. Immensely rich, the abbey had its glory years until the Hundred Year War (1337-1453), it was ruined during the Religious Wars (1552-abt1700), and finally completely destroyed during the Revolution (1789-1799). So glad I only arrived here in the 21st century!!
The octagonal tower known as Charlemagne's with its remarkable Gothic sculptures is classified among the major historical local sites of the Middle Ages.
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The remains of the Abbey....
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The Parish church Saint-Sulpice was built in the 15th century on the remains of another twelfth-century church.
The local pub sounded like it was having fun with many people and music. As the name suggests it is an English pub.
Driving home of course with the good weather the tractors were out on the road.
N.B. My new bird blog is updated HERE
Part 7 of the birds I saw last year in Africa.
I love the old ruins. I hope the storm doesn't damage your recent plantings.
ReplyDeletePenny the weather is changing again, it is getting colder and lots of rain forecast. Odd weather!! Take care Diane
DeleteI am sorry to hear that you are all tuckered out, Diane, and perhaps you will be a little stiff tomorrow. Listen to Dr. David when I tell you that the only cure for this malaise is bread, cheese and copious quantities of wine....and when you have finished that more wine. You are forbidden, against the possibility of a guilty conscience, from looking outside and contemplating work still to be done. As a septuagenarian you have earned the privilege of rest without guilt! We’ll both drink to that!
ReplyDeleteWith the changing weather I will not be able to do much it seems, we are getting colder and the rain is returning!! I was a little stiff when I got out of bed this morning but it wore of quickly and before the wine came out :-) Thanks for the advice LOL Diane
DeleteThe tractors are beginning to take to the roads here now too.
ReplyDeleteBusy time of the year for the farmers!! Take care Diane
DeleteLooks like the weather is warming up nicely Diane, 27C is perfect, hard to imagine it will be followed the very next day with stormy weather! Hope we get to see all the new planting, all that hard work deserves a viewing ☺
ReplyDeleteWe did have a storm today but not as bad as expected, if the forecast is right though, the temperatures are going to drop again!! I have put in some seeds if all goes as planned I will show you the beds when they start to bloom. Take care Diane
DeleteLike I have said before I love yours stone buildings. We don't a lot of that look. It adds to a older look. So nice.
ReplyDeleteNot only an older look they are very old anyway. It is amazing that so many still exist and it is sad that the new buildings do not generally match. Keep well Diane
DeleteYou live in such a beautiful area Diane. Thank you for sharing these lovely photos.
ReplyDeleteI say thank you almost every day for living in a beautiful country with so much history attached to it. Have a good day Diane
DeleteI wonder what happened to the bodies buried in the cemetery when the market was built there.
ReplyDeleteThats a point, they must have moved them somwhere I guess. Did you see the last post with the cheese platter? Cheers diane
DeleteLOVE seeing the old Abbey remains and the octagonal tower!!
ReplyDeleteThe tower is quite lovely and amazing that it has survived through all the wars when the main building did not. Cheers Diane
DeleteI can relate to being 'knackered', Diane. But, it's a good kind of tired, don't you think.
ReplyDeleteWhen you sad 'former cemetery' it made me wonder what happened to the ones buried there. Just my crazy mind you know. :)
As always, LOVE your photo's. These are spectacular buildings, and you captured them so well.
xoxo
If my back is not in agony I do not mind being tired from over work but often the back is a problem!
DeleteMonica also said about the former cemetary, I have no idea what happened, I presume all were moved!
Thanks for the kind comment, take care Diane xx
I had never seen this Carolingean tower, Diana. Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous photos. Kisses, my friend.
ReplyDeleteIt is the first time we have been this way. Every time we go for a drive more history pops up in France, such an interesting country. Have a good day. Diane
DeleteHappy to see the beautiful buildings on your way:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit and the comment. So much history around us, we live in an interesting country. Have a good day Diane
DeleteI like the old buildings! Still standing tall!
ReplyDeleteAmazing how that tower survived when the lower buildings are in ruins! Take care Diane
DeleteThere is just so much history around you.
ReplyDeleteMasses of it everywhere. Cheers Diane
DeleteHope your garden survived the weather. As always, I too love to see the ancient buildings. Just don't build them like that any more, and that's a shame.
ReplyDeleteLots of noise but not too much rain so the garden is fine thanks. You are right they do not build like they used to. What goes up today will not be around in 1,000 years let along many thousands! It is hard to believe that our house is well over 200 years old, but we will never confirm how much. We just know it was on the Napoleonic map. Kepp well, hugs Diane and Nigel
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