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Discovering gard
Discover tourist sites and cultural cities...
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Enter in the arenas of nimes
 Traverse Nimes and its area the five directions in awakening. The splendour of the Roman monuments. The rustle of the scrubland and clamours of the férias. Scents of the markets of Provence. Kitchen with the olive oil. The heat of the stones heated by the sun. These last years a wind of modernity blew on the city. While passionately wishing to respect their past, Nīmois deliberately opened their city with the influences of the contemporary architecture by calling upon the largest designers and architects French and foreign. Today the prints of modernity strew the ancient city in the respect with its old inheritance
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Discover the town of roquemaure
Roquemaure is located in the Valley of the Rhone, in the middle of the vineyards of one of the five southernmost vintages of the Coasts of the Rhone: vintage LIRAC Thanks to its geographical situation, Roquemaure has a historical past and an inheritance out of the commun run. A history of Love links Roquemaure with Saint Valentine, owner of in love one. Each year, saturdays and Sunday nearest to February 14, Roquemaure finds its face of the XIX° century, to commemorate the arrival of the Relics of Valentine Saint in 1868. True hyphen between Provence and Languedoc, this small peaceful city of 5000 inhabitants, is near prestigious sites (Bridge of Gard, Chartreuse of Villeneuve-lez-Avignon, Palais of the Popes of Avignon, Théātre Ancient of Orange, Nimes, Gorges of Ardeche
) and of demonstrations of international class (the Festival of Avignon, Choregies d'Oranges
). On its Internet site (www.ot-roquemaure.com), the Office of Tourism of Roquemaure will be happy to propose a precise description to you of: lodgings (rural lodging, room of hosts, camp-site, hotel), restaurants, sports activities and cultural, pedestrian leisures, excursions and practical information, to allow you to pass a pleasant stay to Roquemaure.
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Discover vigan
The city seems to be founded by Volques. Avicantus, at the time Roman is located at the active junction of the way of the countries of Ruthčnes in Nimes and that going from Gévaudan to Lodčve. It is extremely probable that Vigan is the seat of évźché of Arisitum founded in VIIčme century and devastated by Buckwheats during first half of VIIIčme century. Vigan then loses its influence until the arrival of the Benedictines in XIIIčme century. Around the Saint-Pierre priory, formerly founded by the monks of the abbey Victor Saint of Marseilles, the new city develops. From 1556, the Protestante reform is preached in Vigan, conversions are numerous, the catholic party then starts a savage fight against the Protestants who grows blurred with the introduction of the freedom of conscience guaranteed by the Edict of Nantes. In spite of the peace of Alais guaranteeing the freedom of worship once again, the royal capacity sends into 1629 capuchins to convert protested them nts by preaching. Their convent shelters the public library today. Persecutions begin again with the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, the Protestants lose their place of worship and the freedom of conscience. With part of this period the royal troops occupy the area to take care of the application of the Edict. Camisards do not make an incursion into the city. Little by little the religious competitions grow blurred. The Viganaise nobility provides officers to the royal army, the such knight of Assas, died with Clostercamp into 1760. With the revolution, Vigan becomes place chief of district, the confrontations between revolutionists and against revolutionists multiply. The army of the Revolution receives Viganais, Pierre Triaire, who becomes sergeant in the army sent in Egypt with Bonaparte. Whereas Bonaparte left Egypt, the French move back, the fort of El-Arish is taken, Triaire is locked up in the explosives magazine and makes jump the fort and part of the Turkish troops. A statue raised during the XIXčme century in front of the Town hall pays homage to him. At the XIXčme century, Vigan knows a great prosperity thanks to industries of silk, this specialization marks the local economic activity for many decades. At the time of the second world war, the area of Vigan knows a strong activity of resistance to oppression Nazi, the battle of Vigan in August 1944, which sees the death of the Marceau Chief, testifies to this engagement.
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Visit st ambroix in pays de ceze
City strengthened as of the Middle Ages, with the banks eroded by waters running and limestones of Cčze, the city of Volo Biou has many pilot vestiges of the last richness of the site. The old city with its picturesque streets invites to the daydream and fact of St Ambroix a stage city impossible to circumvent on the circuit sea/mountain.
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Welcome to camprieu
Although one of widest department of Gard, the canton of Trier east one of being less populated. Its economy rests primarily on agriculture, the breeding, the forestry development and tourism.
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