Looking for churches and other France adventures.
Posted in Drome - Other Items of Interest, Uncategorized on Jun 28th, 2007
It was a thrilling two weeks in France–the first one in Drome Provencale and the other spent with friends in Ardeche. It’s always a little sad to be back, but it will be fun to post our adventures and talk about the new churches we have seen as well as recounting tales of [...]
Posted in Dining Delights From All Over, Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 28th, 2007
There’s nothing like starting out a church hunt with a stop at a market for lunch supplies and shopping therapy. But it’s also possible to miss out on markets when combining unfamiliarity with an area and a propensity to sleep late (but of course you are on vacation!)
Here’s my list for our area of the [...]
Posted in Dolmens & Other Archeological Tidbits, Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 24th, 2007
Here’s another handy reference list for the local archeological museums:
Old Donzere friends’ museum
30, Grande Rue
26290 DONZERE
Phone number. 04 75 51 71 50
Settled in a XVIth century house, with a Renaissance façade and French ceilings, the Museum presents the Donzere and surroundings history from Prehistory to the XXth century.
History & Archaeology Museum
8, rue Toesca
26110 NYONS
The museum [...]
Posted in Drome - Churches, Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 23rd, 2007
La Garde-Adhémar is an ancient village just several miles away from our rental house. In addition to being labeled one of ‘the most beautiful villages in France’, it has not one, but TWO Romanesque churches. The Romanesque beauty atop the walled village, perched on a promontory overlooking the Rhone, is Eglise of St. Michel. It [...]
Posted in Dining Delights From All Over, Drome - Churches, Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 23rd, 2007
I found this list of interesting nice restaurants, in case we decide to venture out for some local dining. There’s some lovely options, but in the spirit of this blog I must note in particular this one:–note the “small vaulted dining room” –perhaps a little more than we like to spend but 3 courses plus [...]
Posted in Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 21st, 2007
This very interesting ancient building is in the back roads of the Baronnies, a wild, less populated, higher elevation area to the east of our house. <>
This building dates to medieval times when it functioned as a toll house to collect a toll from travelers on this road.
Posted in Drome - Other Items of Interest, Roman Ruins on May 18th, 2007
Across the way from the Romanesque Cathedral in St Paul Trois Chateaux is the Musee Archeologique de Tricastin. Besides the usual array of local “finds” the museum also houses pieces of a Roman mosaic floor.
And we brake for mosaics!!
There’s other items of interest as well!
Posted in Dining Delights From All Over, Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 15th, 2007
Today, let’s look at a castle, not a church.
In nearby Suze-la-Rousse, the 12th-14th century Chateau de Suze-la-Rousse towers over the village. The chateau has tall windows, thick buttresses, and storybook crenelated toweres. There is also an interesting park just adjacent to the chateau.
On the grounds of the chateau is a internationally recognized University of Wine. [...]
Posted in Drome - Other Items of Interest on May 14th, 2007
Nyons Bridge
Over to the east of our house is the olive town of Nyons. We will also be able to traverse this handsome Romanesque bridge when we are there. The tourist office promises many Romanesque churches and chapels. To be continued…