Interesting Activities and Visits in the Languedoc
Town: Marseillan
Postal Code: 34340
Department: Herault
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Full Description: Down the ages, the barrels of wine have been transported by boat, even travelling on the bridge of ships, exposed to the sun and spray. It was through this happy coincidence that the beneficial effect of transportation on wine was discovered. After the combined action of time and the elements, it was noticed that its flavour became fuller, its colour more amber... During the last century, Joseph Noilly decided to recreate this natural process in order to develop an original production method. This was how, in 1813, he developed the first formula for dry French vermouth. |
http://www.noillyprat.com/gb/marseill/info.htm
L'Oulibo Olive Oil Co-Op
Town: Bize Minervois
Postal Code: 11120
Department: Aude
Full Description: L'Oulibo is a cooperative that produces some of the best olives and olive oils in France. Historically, the oils of the region were made primarily from blends of olives, but today the co-operative makes some outstanding single variety oils. The two most prominent varieties in the area are the tiny picholine and the larger lucque with its pointy ends and irregular shape. Lucque olives fare are significantly longer than they are wide and curved like a crescent of the moon, strongly curved and pointed at its end, of color dark green. Cultivated only in the West of Languedoc-Roussillon. It is gathered green from September in mid-October. It is an excellent green table olive, with fine and consistent flesh. They are collected black, from November to January, and they give a fine, soft and fruity oil. The olives are picked by hand and brought to the mill as soon as possible.
http://www.loulibo.com/accueil.html
The
Limoux fête is generally called a Carnaval in French, but
its real name is Fécos, the local name for its
characteristic dances. It starts with a parade of the
organising committee dressed up in comic masks, white baggy
shirts and trousers, wearing red scarves and clogs, and
carrying whips. These Meuniers (Millars) receive His
Majesty, the King of the Carnival, a stuffed dummy, who
will preside in a theoretical sort of way over the
proceedings over the coming months. Each weekend there will
be more parades in the main square, stopping at cafés to
entertain and annoy the customers.
Every Saturday and Sunday (and on Shrove Tuesday - Mardi
Gras) a bande will make a number of outings in and around
the town's main square. Each bande consists of a group of
masked pierros and their accompanying musicians who follow
the pierrots from one café to another in the square,
playing as they walk along, through a tunnel of spectators
lining the ancient arcades.
Pierrots wear a sort of uniform, the forerunner of our
modern clown outfit. Each bande has its own distinctive
colours, often based on the traditional Limoux version:
black with brilliant shiny bands. Pierrots wear a curious
expressionless white mask. They each carry a long,
flexible, decorated wand called a carabéna, and a large bag
of confetti.
Have
a look at this great site about Culture in the Aude. It is
in French, but does contain everything you need to know
about Culture in the Aude,Languedoc
http://www.audeculture.com/
Museums
in the Languedoc
Museums in the Aude département (11)
Musée de l'Ecole, Imaginarium
Carcassonne,
Aude département
Museum dedicated to the Cathar Wars.
Musée de la Chevalerie.
Carcassonne,
Aude département
Museum concerned with the Medieval period, located at the
foot of the City ramparts.
Musée "Mémoires Moyen Age"
Carcassonne,
Aude département
Museum of the Middle Ages.
Catha-Rama
A spectacle projected onto three screens, Catha-Rama
provides an introduction to the Cathars: the story of the
Crusades, and the creation of the Inquisition. Available in
English, it is designed to help you to understand the
Cathar sites you may visit later.
Information:
Catha-Rama
Domaine de Sautès
RN 113
11000 Carcassonne
Tel: 33 (0)4 68 78 77 98
Fax: 33 (0)4 68 78 51 66
e-mail: catharama@d-av.com
Website:
www.catharama.d-av.com
also:
47, avenue Fabre d'Eglantine
11300 Limoux
Tel : 33 (0)4 68 31 48 42
Amphoralis
Sallèles
d'Aude
A museum of Gallo-Roman pottery located on the excavation
site at Sallèles d'Aude, not far from the
Canal du Midi.
It overlooks the excavated remains of Roman ceramics
workshops dating from the 1st to the 3rd centuries A.D.
Roof tiles were made here, along with a variety of pots,
including amphorae.
Opening
Times:
1 October to 30 June: Tuesday to Friday 14:00-18:00.
Saturday and Sunday 10:00-12:00 and 14:00-18:00.
1 July to 30 September: daily 10:00-12:00 and 15:00-19:00.
Closed Mondays and 1 January, 1 May and 25 December.
Information
Musée Amphoralis
Allée des Potiers
11590 Sallèles d'Aude
Tel: 33 (0)4 68 46 89 48
Fax: 33 (0)4 68 46 88 11
Website:
http://www.audetourisme.com/museesalleles.html
Musée de la Chapellerie
Hat-making
Museum, Near Narbonne, beside the
Canal du Midi.
6500 hats and associated hat making equipment are on
display. The collection spans the period from 1850 to
the present day and includes military and ecclesiastical
headgear, tradition, costume, and contemporary hats.
Opening Times:
1 June to 30 September: 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-19:00
1 October to 31 May: 14:00-18:00. Sundays 14:00-19:00
Information:
Musée de la Chapellerie
Le Somail
11120 Ginestas
Musée du Quercorb
The
Museum of Quercorb (Aude département) covers the Quercorb
region including its landscapes, traditions and
handicrafts. It is in the village of Puivert, a short walk
away from the Château. The Instrumentarium in the
castle-keep is home to a collection of replica 14th century
musical instruments (corresponding to stone cavings of the
same instruments in the same room).
Information:
Musée du Quercorb
16, rue Barry du Lion
11230 Puivert
Tel: 33 (0)4 68 20 80 98
Museums in the Gard Départment (30)
Musée du Désert
The
Museum of the Desert, in the centre of a typical Cevennes
hamlet, illustrating the history of the Huguenots and
Camisards in the Cévennes. THe House is the one where
Rolland, leader of the Camisards, was born. Learn about the
persecution of Protestants during the "Désert" period - the
interval between the revocation of the Edict of Nantes and
the Edict of Toleration (1685-1787), and the War of the
Camisards.
There are also 18th century artefacts and typical
handicrafts from the area, as well as weapons and maps from
the War of the Cévennes, and collections of bibles,
engravings and paintings.
Opening
Times:
The museum is open daily from 1 March to 30 November
Information:
Musée du Musée du Désert
Le Mas Soubeyran
30140 Mialet
Tel : 33 (0)4 66 85 02 72
Fax : 33 (0)4 66 85 00 02
E-mail: musee@museedudesert.com
Web:
http://museedudesert.com
Musée Archéologique
Archaeological
Museum, Nimes.
Information
Musée Archéologique
13, boulevard Amiral Courbet
30000 Nimes
Tel: 33 (0)4 66 76 74 80
E-mail: musee.archéo@ville-nimes.fr
Website:
www.nimes.fr
Museums in the Hérault Départment (34).
Musée de Lodève
The
Museum of Lodève (Hérault), housed in the former mansion of
the Fleury family. Collections are arranged in two large
sections: Fine arts from the middle ages to the 20th
century; and geology, palaeontology, prehistory, and
archaeology: This section ocuses on the history of the
Lodève region from 540 million years ago until the
Gallo-Roman period.
Opening Times:
Open daily except Mondays, 0900-1200 hrs and 1400-1800 hrs
Information:
Musée de Lodève
Tel : 33 (0)4 67 88 86 10
Fax : 33(0)4 67 44 48 33
Website:
www.lodeve.com/
Agropolis
The
Agropolis Museum in Montpellier
The museum provides educational activities to students and
members of research institutes in Languedoc-Roussillon.
Subjects covered include ecology, agriculture and the
history of food production. The Agropolis-Museum is
intended to forge links between the scientific community
and the public. It is also a research centre, providing
information on the history of nutrition, with exhibits on
agriculture and food-production.
Information:
Agropolis-Museum
951 Av. Agropolis
34394 Montpellier Cedex 5
Tel : 33(0)4 67 04 75 00
Fax: 33(0)4 67 04 13 69
e-mail: museum@agropolis.fr
Website:
http://museum.agropolis.fr
‘Musée Languedocien’
Montpellier
The Museum of Languedoc is owned by the Montpellier
archaeological society, founded in 1833. It houses
collections of prehistoric and Gallo-Roman artefacts, Greek
and Etruscan ceramics, medieval sculpture and paintings,
and local crafts and works of art relating to the history
of the region.
Opening
Times:
The Museum is open daily (except Sundays and public
holidays) 1400-1700 hrs. 1 July to 31 August.
Information
Musée Languedocien et Société Archéologique de Montpellier
7 Rue Jacques Coeur
34000 Montpellier
Tel: 33 (0)4 67 52 93 03
Fax: 33 (0)4 67 66 02 08
Musée Fabre
The Fabre Museum, Montpellier
Paintings from the Italian School (Veronese) and the
Spanish (Zurbaran), place this in the first rank of French
museums. It was founded in 1825, funded by a donation from
the Montpellier painter, François-Xavier Fabre (a pupil of
the artist David). The collection of major works was
assembled by local patrons such as Alfred Bruyas, a friend
of Gustave Courbet. (A painting ‘Bonjour Monsieur Courbet’
formed the first in the collection.)
Opening Times:
Monday to Friday 0900-1700 hrs, Saturday and Sunday
0930-1700 hrs
Information:
Musée Fabre
Boulevard Sarrail
34000 Montpellier
Tel: 33 (0)4 67 14 83 00
E-mail: musee.fabre@ville-montpellier.fr
Museums in the Lozère Départment (48).
La Filature, Calquières Museum
The
spinning mill, Langogne, Lozère You see ancient art of wool
spinning at the Calquières Museum, the only centre for wool
production in Languedoc-Roussillon.
This is a working museum - the mills turn and the machines
hum. Educational but also enjoyable.
The museum passes on skills and knowledge through school
visits and weaving workshops.
Opening Times:
all year round.
Prices: Adults €5, Children €3
Information:
La Filature: Tel: 33 (0)4 66 69 25 56
Tourist Office: Tel: 33 (0)4 66 69 01 38
Museums in the Pyrénées-Orientales Départment (66).
Tautavel Museum.
Tautavel
(P-O)
European Centre for Prehistory in a village near which
Tautavel Man lived 450,000 years ago in the caves of Caune
de l'Arago. This museum traces the daily life of
prehistoric hunters and their cultural evolution using
interactive technology, 3D reconstructions, films, and
models, together with the archaeological findings.
Opening times:
July and August, daily 09:00-21:00
Information:
Musée de Tautavel
Centre Européen de Préhistoire
16 route de Vingrau
66720 Tautavel
Tel: 33 (0)4 68 29 07 76
E-mail: tautavel.mairie@wanadoo.fr
Website:
http://www.tautavel.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/tautavel/francais/homme-fr.htm
Hyacinthe Rigaud Museum of Fine Art
Perpignan
(P-O)
This museum, located in a town house in the centre of
Perpignan, displays a collection of paintings from the
Catalan Gothic period Works by Rigaud, Clavé, Maillol,
Manolo, Dufy, Picasso, Ingres, Géricault, Greuze, Bausil,
Brune, Daura, Monfreid, Terrus and Violet.
The museum also houses a collection of contemporary works
by 210 different artists. There are also paintings by
Aléchinsky, Appel and Linström, supporting the museum’s
claim to one of the finest collections of the paintings
from the COBRA movementin the world.
Opening Times:
1 October to 30 April: 1100-1730 hrs. Closed on Tuesdays
1 May to 30 September: 1200-1830 hrs. Closed on Tuesdays
Information:
Musée des Beaux-Arts Hyacinthe Rigaud
16 rue de l'Ange
66000 Perpignan
Tel : 33 (0)4 68 35 43 40
Musée d’Arts et Traditions Populaires du Roussillon Casa
Pairal
Casa
Pairal Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions of the
Roussillon, Perpignan.
Nine themed rooms The museum gives an insight into rural
and traditional Catalonia. It also contains the symbolic
flame of St John, sacred to the Catalans. From the terrace,
you have views over Perpignan, the Roussillon plain, the
sea and Pyrenees, with the Canigou mountain standing out in
bold relief.
Opening Times
1 October to 30 April: 1100-1730 hrs. Closed on Tuesdays
1 May to 30 September: 1000-1830 hrs. Closed on Tuesdays
Information
Musée d’Arts et Traditions Populaires du Roussillon Casa
Pairal
Le Castillet
Place de Verdun
66000 Perpignan
Tel : 33 (0)4 68 35 42 05
Musée Numismatique Joseph Puig
Joseph
Puig Museum of Coins and medals, Perpignan
Thhe only museum
of its kind in France, containing a collection of coins and
medals from all periods and locations, with an series of
coins from Catalonia and Roussillon, some of them very
rare.
Opening
Times
1
October to 30 April: 11:00-17:30
1 May to 30 September:
12:00-18:00
Closed Sundays, Mondays and public
holidays
Information:
Musée
Numismatique Joseph Puig
42 Av. Grande Bretagne
Villa des
Tilleuls
66000 Perpignan
Tel: 33 (0)4 68 66 24 86
Website:
www.mairie-perpignan.fr/index.php?np=207
Banyuls
Sur Mer. Maillol Museum.
Sculptures,
paintings, lithographies, Artist's studio:
Tel 04 68 88 57
11
Ceret,
Modern Arts Museum
Matisse,
Juan Gris, Chagall, Dali, Picasso, Dufy, Miro, Max Jacob.
Tel 04 68 87 27 76
Ille-Sur-Tet.
Sacred Arts Center:
Roman
and Baroque Art. Paintings, fresco painting, sculptures.
Tel 04 68 84 28
Prades:
Pablo Casalls Museum:
Museum
dedicated to the composer.
Tel 04 68 05 41 02
Bages:
Naive Arts Museum:
International
Museum, paintings from around the world and from all
periods:
Tel 04 68 21 71 33
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