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But where have the skulls of the Templars gone?

placeGavarnie – Hautes-Pyrénées
labelLegends, stories & Treasures

Montgaillard, the Devil, the Cagots, the cookies...

placeMontgaillard - Hautes Pyrénées
labelSaints, healers and other miracles...

placeSète – Hérault
labelMuseums & Collections

Tourtouse, a small village in Ariège with beautiful ruins

placeTourtouse – Ariège
labelcities and villages

The Ars waterfall

placeAules-les-Bains – Ariège
labelMajor sites

To discover

La Fontaine miraculeuse de Saint-Jean de Bourricos

The Miraculous Fountain of Saint John of Bourricos

placePontenx - Landes 
label Religious, mystical & pagan cults Just for the fun... Saints, healers and other miracles...  
Montgaillard - le Pont du Diable

Montgaillard, the Devil, the Cagots, the cookies...

placeMontgaillard - Hautes Pyrénées 
label cities and villages Gastronomy [to eat] Legends, stories & Treasures People from here Saints, healers and other miracles...  

The New World Museum, Museum of the Americas

placeLa Rochelle – Charente-maritime 
label Museums & Collections  
Le Musée napoléonien

The Napoleonic Museum, in memory of the Emperor

placeL'Ile d'Aix - Charente Maritime 
label Museums & Collections  

Jean-Pierre Barrès collectionne les étiquettes de Camemberts

placeClermont-le-Fort – Haute-Garonne 
label People from here  

Le musée de la Cidrerie

placeAncizan – Hautes-Pyrénées 
label Museums & Collections  

Unusual, forgotten, bizarre, mysterious, original,
curious, picturesque, unknown, wonderful ...

Abbaye de Lagrasse

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