Tarascon : the home of the mythic monster, the Tarasque

The Provence of legends and mythical characters...

   

Les étapes :

 
Eglise Ste-Marthe

Eglise Ste-Marthe

The stone is engraved. The latin text gives evidence of it's consecration in 1197.

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Château du roi René

Château du roi René

The Rhône is of course, a very important line of communication halfway between Spain and Italy.

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Hôtel de ville

Hôtel de ville

It has been enlarged and reconstructed to correspond with the needs of public affairs and in consideration of the towns beauty.

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Cloître des Cordeliers

Cloître des Cordeliers

At that time Tarascon housed almost twenty religious orders.

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Théâtre

Théâtre

Originally it was a roman church, built in the 15th century on the initiative of the Precheurs friars, also known under the name the Dominicans .

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Souleïado

Souleïado

Built in the 17th century, it was originally a mansion, the mansion Aiminy, from the name of the family who owned it.

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Maison de Tartarin

Maison de Tartarin

To write this novel, Daudet was inspired by the behaviour of one of his cousins. Initially he called his character De Barbarin.

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