Places to see in ( Carcassonne - France )
Places to see in ( Carcassonne - France )
Carcassonne, a hilltop town in southern France’s Languedoc area, is famous for its medieval citadel, La Cité, with numerous watchtowers and double-walled fortifications. The first walls were built in Gallo-Roman times, with major additions made in the 13th and 14th centuries. Château Comtal, a 12th-century castle within the Cité, offers archaeological exhibits and a tour of the inner ramparts.
Carcassonne is a fortified French town in the Aude department, of which it is the prefecture, in the Region of Occitanie. Carcassonne is famous for the Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress restored by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc in 1853 and added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 1997. Consequently, Carcassonne relies heavily on tourism but also counts manufacture and wine-making as some of its other key economic sectors.
Carcassonne was demilitarised under Napoleon and the Restoration, and the fortified cité of Carcassonne fell into such disrepair that the French government decided that it should be demolished. A decree to that effect that was made official in 1849 caused an uproar. The antiquary and mayor of Carcassonne, Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille, and the writer Prosper Mérimée, the first inspector of ancient monuments, led a campaign to preserve the fortress as a historical monument. Later in the year the architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, already at work restoring the Basilica of Saint-Nazaire, was commissioned to renovate the place.
In 1853, work began with the west and southwest walls, followed by the towers of the porte Narbonnaise and the principal entrance to the cité. The fortifications were consolidated here and there, but the chief attention was paid to restoring the roofing of the towers and the ramparts, where Viollet-le-Duc ordered the destruction of structures that had encroached against the walls, some of them of considerable age. Viollet-le-Duc left copious notes and drawings on his death in 1879, when his pupil Paul Boeswillwald and, later, the architect Nodet continued the rehabilitation of Carcassonne.
Another bridge, Pont Marengo, crosses the Canal du Midi and provides access to the railway station. Lac de la Cavayère has been created as a recreational lake and is about five minutes from the city centre. Further sights include: Basilica of St. Nazaire and St. Celse , Carcassonne Cathedral , Church of St. Vincent .
Alot to see in ( Carcassonne - France ) such as :
Basilica of Saints Nazarius and Celsus
Château Comtal
Cité de Carcassonne
Lac de la Cavayère
La Maison Hantee
Château de Quéribus
Carcassonne Cathedral
Canal du Midi
Musée de l'Inquisition
Musée des Beaux-Arts - Carcassonne
Porte d'Aude
Maison des Mémoires
Musée de l'École
La Bastide St
Mémoires du Moyen Âge
Maison de La Chevalerie
Museo Lapidario
Portail des Jacobins
Église Saint-Vincent
Porte Narbonnaise
Chapelle des Dominicaines
Parkplatz Carcassonne
Sarrail Henri
Museo de Bellas Artes
Plage surveillée
église des Carmes
Place Carnot
Murs De Carcassonne
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A Walk Around the Cité de Carcassonne (Castle of Carcassonne), France
The Cité de Carcassonne is a medieval citadel located in the French city of Carcassonne, in the department of Aude, Occitanie.. It is located on a hill on the right bank of the River Aude, in the south-east part of the city proper.
Founded during the Gallo-Roman period, the citadel derives its reputation from its 1.9 mi long double surrounding walls interspersed by 52 towers. The town has about 2,500 years of history and has been occupied in different ages by Romans, Visigoths, Saracens, and Crusaders. At the beginning of its history it was a Gaulish settlement then in the 3rd century A.D., the Romans decided to transform it into a fortified town. The Roman defences were in place by 333 AD, when the town is described as a castellum. The original walls were supported by between 34 and 40 towers, spaced from 18 to 30 metres apart along the curtain wall. Each tower was semicircular in plan and about 14 metres tall. There were probably 40 main entrances to the town.
The Gallo-Roman walls were rebuilt during the town's occupation by the Visigoths in the 5th and 6th centuries, but the original structure remained in place.
Bernard Aton IV Trencavel, vicomte of Albi, Nîmes, and Béziers, introduced a period of prosperity for the city with numerous construction projects. During this period, a new sect known as Catharism sprang up in Languedoc. In 1096, the vicomte of Trencavel authorized the construction of the basilica of Saint-Nazaire with the blessing of Pope Urban II. In 1107, the citizens rejected his sovereignty and called on Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona to remove him. However, with the help of Bertrand, Count of Toulouse, Bernard Aton regains control of the Cité. In 1120, there is a second revolt, but Bernard Aton re-establishes order a few years later. In 1130, he starts construction of a palace for himself and restoration of the Gallo-Roman fortifications. The Cité of Carcassonne is surrounded by a complete fortification for the first time..
At this time, the city has a large population of 3 to 4 thousand, including the residents of the two settlements below the walls of the Cité: the bourg Saint-Vincent on the north, and the bourg Saint-Michel south of the Narbon gate.
In 1208, Pope Innocent III calls on the barons of the north to mount a crusade against the Cathars, beginning the Albigensian Crusade. The Count of Toulouse, accused of heresy, and his principal vassal, the Vicomte of Trencavel, are the main target of this attack. On 1 August 1209, the Cité is beseiged by the crusaders. Raimond-Roger Trencavel surrenders quickly on the 15th of August in exchange for the lives of the citizens. The town around the Cité is destroyed, and the citizens driven out. The vicomte dies of dysentery in his own chateau on 10 November 1209.
His lands are given to Simon de Montfort, the leader of the crusaders. When he dies in 1218 at the siege of Toulouse, his son, Amaury de Montfort, takes possession of the Cité, but is unable to maintain it. He cedes it to Louis VIII of France, but Raymond VII of Toulouse and the counts of Foix ally themselves against him. In 1224, Raimond II Trencavel retakes the Cité. However, Louis VIII launches another crusade in 1226. From that time forth, the Cité becomes a royal domain. A period of terror ensues, with numerous massacres and the Inquisition.
After 1226, an additional line of fortifications was added outside of the Roman walls. The town was finally annexed to the kingdom of France in 1247 A.D. It provided a strong French frontier between France and the Crown of Aragon. During this period, the inner, Roman walls were largely demolished and replaced, while the new outer walls were reinforced and extended to the south. The new towers built during this work were mainly circular, but two were square. Construction continued into the reign of King Philip IV in the early 14th century.
In 1659, after the Treaty of the Pyrenees, the province of Roussillon became a part of France, and the town lost its military significance. Fortifications were abandoned and the town became one of the economic centres of France, concentrating on the woolen textile industry.
In 1849 the French government decided that the city fortifications should be demolished. This decision was strongly opposed by the local people. Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille and Prosper Mérimée, an eminent archaeologist and historian, led a campaign to preserve the fortress as a historical monument. The government later reversed its decision and in 1853 restoration work began. The architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was charged with renovating the fortress. Viollet-le-Duc's work was criticised during his lifetime as inappropriate to the climate and traditions of the region. After his death in 1879, the restoration work was continued by his pupil, Paul Boeswillwald, and later by the architect Nodet.
The citadel was restored at the end of the 19th century and in 1997 it was added to UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites.
Places to see in ( Saint Malo - France ) St Vincent Cathedral
Places to see in ( Saint Malo - France ) St Vincent Cathedral
Saint-Malo Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Saint-Malo, Brittany. The church was founded in dedication to Saint Vincent of Saragossa, and constitutes a national monument of France. It was built in a mix of Roman and Gothic styles during the episcopacy of Jean de Châtillon (1146-1163) on the site of an ancient church founded in the 7th-century. The cathedral suffered damage during WW2 when the steeple toppled onto the Sacred Heart Chapel. An organ which had been built in 1893 by Louis Debierre was destroyed. On 21 May 1972, after twenty-eight years of work, a ceremony was held to celebrate the completion of the restoration.
Historical records of the rocky outcrop on which Saint-Malo stands show that a hermit called Aaron d'Aleth founded a hermitage there towards the middle of the 6th-century. A Welsh monk called Maclow or Mac Law or Malo arrived to the rock and joined Aaron. Malo devoted himself to preaching and in due course became Bishop of Aleth (Saint-Servan) He was succeeded by Saint Gurval who had a church built in honour of his predecessor. This church, burnt by Charlemagne's lieutenants in 811, was rebuilt in 816 by bishop Hélocar and was given the name of the deacon saint Vincent d'Espagne who had been martyred in 304 by Diocletian. In the middle of the 9th-century, the Breton king Nominoë nominated Aleth as the location of the episcopacy and called it Pagus Alethensis.
Several elements of de Châtillon's 12th-century building remain today including part of the cloisters, the nave and the transept crossing. The choir was constructed in the 13th-century and the construction of the tower started in the 12th-century, and was finished in 1422. The south side of the cathedral and the three chapels in the choir area date to the 15th-century. Between 1583 and 1607 the north side of the cathedral was reconstructed and the north transept enlarged. In the 18th-century the south chapel was built and the façade of the cathedral was reconstructed between 1772 and 1773. A door, previously kept in the courtyard of the Hôtel-Dieu in the rue Saint-Sauveur, was brought to the cathedral in the early 17th-century and a portal from the Chapelle Sainte-Anne-des-Ursulines was placed in the south-west of the cathedral.
The layout of the cathedral follows that of the Latin cross. The vaulting of the choir and the south aisle is ogival (gothic), the vaulting for the north aisle is groin vaulting and the ceiling of the south chapel is decked with modern paneling. Overlooking the ambulatory is a stone 12th-century sarcophagus containing the relics of Jean de Châtillon, the first bishop of Saint-Malo.
At the base of the chevet is a chest containing the relics of a 2nd-century martyr Saint Célestin, given by the pope Pie VII to Saint-Malo's last bishop Monseigneur Courtois de Pressigny. In 1422 rebuilding of the tower was started using the foundations of the earlier tower. In August 1858 Napoleon III and Empress Eugénie were passing through Saint-Malo and were persuaded by Abbé Jean-François Huchet to finance the addition of an arrow to the tower spire which would be visible from the sea. There is a statue of Abbé Jean-François Huchet in the cathedral by Jean-Marie Valentin.
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Carcassonne, France - A Walk Around the Castle
Carcassonne is located in the south of France, about 80 kilometres east of Toulouse. Its strategic location between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea has been known since the neolithic era (New Stone Age).
The town's area is about 65 sq km (25 sq mi). The rivers Aude, Fresquel and the Canal du Midi flow through the town.
Entrance to the castle cost 9-euro for an adult. First Sundays of each month is free.
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On visite une magnifique église en Allemagne dans la région de Munich
Carcassonne clocher de l eglise St Vincent panoramique
254 marches pour 54 M de haut , ça calme !
Ce site est ouvert au public, gratuit pour les Carcassonnais et 2 euro pour les touristes. Une brochure et un numéro au format A2 ( au cas ou vous vous perdriez ^^ ou pour votre identification si ça s'écroule ) est remis en bas des marches . Je le déconseille quand même a toutes personnes fragiles du cœur ou aillant des soucis de santé physiques.
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tvcarcassonne.com : La fête de la St Vincent a tenu cette année encore toutes ses promesses, samedi à Carcassonne.
Entre le défilé des confréries bachiques, la bénédiction du vin, les vendanges tardives et le succulent repas servi sous les halles Prosper Montagné, son organisateur, Alphonse CARAVACA avait de quoi être heureux.
Démolition de l'église Saint-Joseph (quartier Saint-Sauveur), Québec - 9 novembre 2012
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Sunday Mass at Courtenay, Loiret, France Part 1.divx
Pastór de Lasala improvises during Sunday Mass on 4 July 2010 at the parish church of Ss Pierre et Paul in town of Courtenay, Loiret, France. The video is in two parts: Part 1 - Church Bells and two preludes; Part 2 -- Offertoire, Communion and Sortie. In this live recording it was not possible to remove extraneous noises from the nave. Apart from the recently restored 1850 organ by Loiret, the church, itself, has been lovingly restored. The false ceiling over the nave was removed to reveal an original and very beautiful barrel-vaulted celing which enhances the acoustics. The rerdos, hidden from view so time ago, was brought to life with the restoration of its original colours.
Les Cloches de l'Église St Anne de Chicoutimi-Nord QC
L'église de Sainte-Anne, visible de loin, surplombe le Saguenay et l'arrondissement de Chicoutimi. La première phase a été réalisée en 1874; l'agrandissement puis l'achèvement en 1901, grâce aux soins de l'architecte David Ouellet. Désigné et reconnu comme centre de pèlerinage diocésain, le sanctuaire dédié à Sainte Anne connut dès 1878 la faveur populaire. Aujourd'hui, plus de 20,000 personnes s'y rendent en juillet pour la neuvaine et la fête.
L'intérieur de ce temple est d'une grande beauté avec sa voûte en coupole, son riche mobilier, son architecture traditionnelle et son agencement minutieusement étudié. Remarquons, par exemple, son orgue à tuyaux, ses verrières, les tableaux du peintre italien Francisi et la statue de Sainte Anne, oeuvre de la Maison Pétrucci.
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Arles, France 2 Cathedral
The former cathedral of Arles, called Eglise San Trophime, has a fantastic series of Byzantine sculptures around the door on the façade that have been recently restored to their pristine beauty. The interior is also from the Byzantine, older than the Gothic. It's quite a church, and another UNESCO World Heritage site.
Be sure to find the Cloister of San Trophime, tucked away around the corner. This cloister is like an open-air museum with architecture and sculpture spanning a 300-year period: gothic pointed arches on one side, and older, Romanesque barrel-vaulting on the other side.
The open court in the center is surrounded by beautiful columns, each with different, detailed stone carvings on their capitals, and corner columns especially noted for their realistic, gothic statues representing various saints. It's a calm and peaceful place. Arles, in Provence, in the south of France.
Carcassonne, France
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La rénovation de l'église continue …
Travaux de l'église Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Onnaing
Catholic Church in Paris, France_(360p)
The bell rings in Eglise St. Germain l' Auxerrois which near Musée du Louvre and River Seine.
Cloches de l'église Saint-Pierre de Jacou
Sonnerie des 3 cloches de l'église Saint-Pierre de Jacou (centre œcuménique), un dimanche matin avant l'office.
Le village de Jacou a la particularité de posséder un centre œcuménique construit en 1991, avec plusieurs salles de prières dont une église (Saint-Pierre) et un lieu de culte protestant.
Le clocher moderne abrite trois cloches de volée : une provient d'un temple protestant des Cévennes, la seconde a été rapatriée de l'Algérie et la troisième a été offerte par la mairie de Jacou en 1991. La plus grosse semble avoir quelques difficultés dues à l'usure. Défauts que je n'ai pas oublié de signaler à la paroisse.
Pierre Queval plays Dupré's Cortège et litanie (St-Ignace, Paris)
Pierre Queval, titular organist at Saint-Ignace, Paris (6th arrondissement), plays Cortège et litanie, by Marcel Dupré.
BIOGRAPHIE
Né en 1988, Pierre Queval se forme aux Conservatoires de Nantes et Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, auprès de Michel Bourcier, Eric Lebrun et Pierre Pincemaille, puis étudie au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (cnsmdp), dans la classe d’orgue de Michel Bouvard et Olivier Latry et dans la classe d’improvisation (orgue et piano) de Thierry Escaich, Laszlo Fassang, Philippe Lefèbvre et Jean-François Zygel. Il est récompensé d’un prix de contrepoint, d'un master d’orgue-interprétation et d'un master d’improvisation.
Titulaire du grand orgue Cavaillé-Coll/Haerpfer-Ermann de l'église Saint-Ignace à Paris (6ème) depuis novembre 2014, Pierre Queval est le septième « young artist in residence » à la Cathédrale Saint-Louis de New Orleans (USA) entre novembre 2015 et avril 2016.
Il donne des récitals dans toute la France ainsi qu'aux Etats-Unis, en Angleterre, Italie, Finlande, Pologne notamment.
A Paris, il se produit dans des lieux privilégiés (Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Eustache, Sainte-Clotilde, Saint-Denis, La Trinité, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Thomas d'Aquin…) et est l’invité de plusieurs festivals renommés, tel que « Radio-France et Montpellier/Languedoc-Roussillon », le Festival de la Roque d'Anthéron, le Festival de la Chaise-Dieu, « Annecy Classic Festival », le Festival « Toulouse les Orgues », le Festival Orgue en Jeu de Lyon, les « Soirées estivales » de la Cathédrale de Chartres, le « Festival de Musique Sacrée de la Cathédrale de Saint-Malo », les Estivales de la Cité à Carcassonne, le Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez...
Pierre Queval consacre une part importante de ses activités à l'improvisation, accompagnant régulièrement, à l’orgue ou au piano, des projections de films muets.
Egalement musicien chambriste, il fonde le trio « Meigma » avec la flûtiste Charlotte Berthomé et la violoniste Mathilde Gandar.
Enfin, en tant qu’enseignant, il enseigne l’orgue aux Conservatoires de Laon et de Soissons
BIOGRAPHY
Pierre Queval was born in 1988. He has studied at the Nantes and Saint-Maur-des Fossés Conservatories (France), with Michel Bourcier, Eric Lebrun and Pierre Pincemaille, then he went to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris to study with with Michel Bouvard and Olivier Latry for the organ, with Thierry Escaich, Lasalo Fassang, Philippe Lefèbvre and Jean-François Zygel for organ and piano improvisation, and Pierre Pincemaille for the counterpoint. He got a master's degree in each discipline.
Titular organist of the Cavaillé-Coll organ in St. Ignatius Church in Paris since 2014, Pierre Queval is the seventh young artist in residence at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans (US) from November 2015 to April 2016.
He is performing in many prestigious places in France and abroad (US, England, Italy, Finland).
In Paris, he plays recitals to Notre-Dame, Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Eustache, Sainte-Clotilde, Saint-Denis, La Trinité, Saint-Séverin, Saint-Thomas d'Aquin... and participates to several festivals such as Radio-France et Montpellier/Languedoc-Roussillon, La Roque d'Anthéron, La Chaise-Dieu, Annecy Classic Festival, Toulouse les Orgues, Lyon Orgue en Jeu, Chartres, Saint-Malo, Carcassonne, L'Alpe d'Huez...
Pierre Queval also regularly plays the piano or the organ to accompany silent films and movies.
He has founded the Meigma Trio with the flautist Charlotte Berthomé and the violonist Mathilde Gandar.
Best Tourist Attraction Places in France. -- Traveling Video
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1, Milau Bridge
The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed bridge that spans the gorge valley of the Tarn near Millau in Southern France. In an Anglo-French partnership, it was designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and English architect Norman Foster.
2, Arles
Arles is a city on the Rhône River in the Provence region of southern France. It's famed for inspiring the paintings of Van Gogh, which influenced the contemporary art displayed at the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh. Once a provincial capital of ancient Rome, Arles is also known for many remains from that era, including Arles Amphitheatre (les Arènes d'Arles), now hosting plays, concerts and bullfights.
3, Carcassome
Carcassonne, a hilltop town in southern France’s Languedoc area, is famous for its medieval citadel, La Cité, with numerous watchtowers and double-walled fortifications. The first walls were built in Gallo-Roman times, with major additions made in the 13th and 14th centuries. Château Comtal, a 12th-century castle within the Cité, offers archaeological exhibits and a tour of the inner ramparts.
4, Prague
Prague, capital city of the Czech Republic, is bisected by the Vltava River. Nicknamed “the City of a Hundred Spires,” it's known for its Old Town Square, the heart of its historic core, with colorful baroque buildings, Gothic churches and the medieval Astronomical Clock, which gives an animated hourly show. Completed in 1402, pedestrian Charles Bridge is lined with statues of Catholic saints.
5, Loire
The Loire is the longest river in France and the 171st longest in the world. With a length of 1,012 kilometres, it drains an area of 117,054 km², or more than a fifth of France's land area, while its average discharge is only half that of the Rhône.
6, Gorge Du Verdon
The Verdon Gorge (in French: Gorges du Verdon or Grand canyon du Verdon), in south-eastern France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), is a river canyon that is often considered to be one of Europe's most beautiful. It is about 25 kilometers long and up to 700 meters deep.
7, Mont Saint Michel
Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island and mainland commune in Normandy, France. The island is located about one kilometer off the country's northwestern coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and is 7 hectares in area.
8, palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles was the principal royal residence of France from 1682, under Louis XIV, until the start of the French Revolution in 1789, under Louis XVI. It is located in the department of Yvelines, in the region of Île-de-France, about 20 kilometres southwest of the centre of Paris
9, St. Tropez
Saint-Tropez is a coastal town on the French Riviera, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France. Long popular with artists, the town attracted the international jet set in the 1960s, and remains known for its beaches and nightlife. The cobblestoned La Ponche quarter recalls its past as a fishing village, although yachts now outnumber fishing boats in the Vieux Port (Old Port).
10, Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
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Places to see in (Avila - Spain ) The Walls of Avila
Places to see in (Avila - Spain ) The Walls of Avila
The Walls of Ávila in central Spain, completed between the 11th and 14th centuries, The Walls of Avila are the city's principal historic feature.
The work was started in 1090 but most of the walls appear to have been rebuilt in the 12th century. The enclosed area is an irregular rectangle of 31 hectares with a perimeter of some 2,516 meters,including 88 semicircular towers. The Walls of Avila have an average breadth of 3 metres and an average height of 12 metres. The nine gates were completed over several different periods. The Puerta de San Vicente (Gate of St Vincent) and Puerta del Alcazar (Gate of the Fortress) are flanked by twin towers, 20 metres high, linked by a semicircular arch. The apse of the cathedral also forms one of the towers. The fortifications are the most complete in Spain.
It is possible to walk upon the Walls of Avila themselves for roughly half their circumference. Whilst some of the Walls of Avila will never be navigable in this way because of their integration into other structures, there is a large stretch of the Walls of Avila that have yet to be made safe for pedestrians. The Walls of Avila was registered as a National Monument in 1884. In 1985, the old city of Ávila and its extramural churches were declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO.
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Saydnaya Geographic Notre Dame de Saydnaya - Syrie
#Syrie #NotreDame #Seidnaya
Seidnaya (en arabe صيدنايا c'est-à-dire Notre-Dame) est un village du Mont-Liban au Nord de Damas en Syrie
Seidnaya est située sur une haute colline riche en vignobles. Elle abrite des couvents, des monastères, des églises et des lieux saints. C'est un très important centre de la chrétienté.
Ce village date du VIe siècle avant J.-C.
Le Monastère Notre-Dame de Saidnaya est un important monastère orthodoxe antiochien, qui fut fondé par l'Empereur byzantin Justinien Ier en 547.
Quand Constantinople est devenu le centre du commerce mondial, par terre ou par mer, la Syrie a fait prospéré ses propres commerce et industrie. La Perse menaçant avant même les Arabes les vieilles routes commerciales fiables en Asie Centrale, l'empereur Justinien eut la bonne idée de contourner l'obstacle par le sud, en Mer Rouge, érigeant le long de cette nouvelle voie, comme il était traditionnel de le faire, une chaîne de forteresses, des citadelles et de haltes fortifiées. Le monastère de forteresse de Seidnaya, bâti au VIe siècle, a pu faire partie de cette chaîne. Selon la légende, alors que Justinien faisait une halte pour chasser par les champs de blé, d'oliviers et de vignobles dans le Kalamun, juste à l'est des montagnes de l'Anti-Liban, sa poursuite d'un cerf l'aurait mené sur un promontoire désolé et rocheux. Là, l'empereur était sur le point de bander son arc quand, tout à coup, l'animal se vit transformé en la Vierge Marie, qui commanda alors que Justinien lui construise un couvent sur le bord de la falaise. Le site, aurait-elle ajouté, avait été choisi par Noé lui-même, qui avait planté là une vigne, juste après le fameux déluge (Voir : William Dalrymple, Depuis la Montagne Sainte, Londres,
C'est l'un des lieux de pèlerinages chrétiens les plus importants du Proche-Orient. Son architecture s'inscrit dans la tradition byzantine la plus pure.
A visiter Le célèbre monastère Notre Dame de Seidnaya perché sur une colline de rocaille, est un lieu de pélerinage tant pour les chrétiens que pour les musulmans.
L'église Saint-Pierre, située à proximité de Notre Dame de Seidnaya, du côté sud-est, date de l'époque romaine, elle est très bien conservée.
Le monastère de Saint-Thomas, qui à l'origine était un temple romain.
Le monastère des Chérubins, situé à 8 km au nord-ouest de Seidnaya
Fêtes La fête de Notre Dame de Seidnaya est la plus importante des fêtes religieuses qui se déroulent dans cette ville. Elle est célébrée les 7 et 8 septembre. Chrétiens et musulmans venus de tous le Moyen-Orient assistent à cette fête.
Comment y aller?
Ce village est situé à 30 km de Damas. Vous pouvez y aller en voiture, en taxi ou en minibus.
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Places to see in ( Limoges - France ) Cathedrale St Etienne
Places to see in ( Limoges - France ) Cathedrale St Etienne
Limoges Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Limoges, France. It is a national monument and the seat of the Bishop of Limoges. The cathedral is in the Gothic, Renaissance and Romanesque architectural styles. The construction of the church began in 1273 and finished only in 1888, when the nave was connected to the belltower. It is noted for its Renaissance rood screen built in 1534, and for the fine, partly octagonal, bell tower.
The main artistic works in the cathedral are its Renaissance rood screen, now moved to the western end of the nave and the tomb of the bishop Jean de Langeac, with sculpted scenes of the Apocalypse. The cathedral contains two Renaissance works of great quality: a loft custom made by Bishop John Langeac, and the tomb of this bishop on which are carved scenes of the Apocalypse, inspired by Dürer.
The walls of Romanesque crypt have beautiful frescoes representing Christ in glory. Some medieval paintings are still visible in some chapels (including representatives of angelic musicians) but almost all are frescoes of the 19th century. The Cathedral of Limoges has two organs. Hauptwerk, which was inaugurated by Gonzalez in 1963 and the Choir organ, installed in 1850. Every summer, the association of the cathedral organizes organ concerts to highlight the major organs of this building.
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