The Story of Balaguer: Heritage of the Arab and Berberian Conquests The origins of the history of Balaguer (Spain, Catalonia, Pyrenees) start at the beginning of the VIII century AD, and they are associated with the appearance of Arab and Berberian troops…

Susanna Simon, Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley, management department’s director: The cultural heritage of the Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley (Andorra, Pyrenees) Although the natural heritage of the Valley is extraordinary, it is its cultural heritage that was…

The Verges castle (cat. El castell de Verges) was the original town of Verges, in the Baix Empordà, Girona province, Catalonia, Spain. The castle was located at the top of a hill, in the place where the walled town centre of the medieval town was located…

Agel Castle (fr. châteaux D’Agel) is a medieval castle in the center of the Languedoc region with a long history stretching back before the Cathar period. Château d’Agel is an ancient fortress dating from the early 17th century, transformed in the 16th and…

The history of the Pyrenees Prehistory The first documented human presence in the Pyrenees is found in Bauma Margineda (Andorra) dated to the Epipaleolithic period, the same place also documented the occupation during the Neolithic periods and the Bronze…

The Puivert Castle (Languedocien: Castèl de Puègverd) is a Cathar castle located in the Puivert commune, in the Aude Department (Occitania, France). The castle has the status of being a monument of the history of the French Ministry of Culture since 1907…

The Canal du Midi (Occitan: Canal del Miègjorn) is a 240 km long canal in Southern France (Occitania). Originally named the Canal royal en Languedoc (Royal Canal in Languedoc) and renamed by French revolutionaries to Canal du Midi in 1789, the canal is considered…

History of Narbonne (France, Occitania) The town rose on the hill of Montlaurès, northwest of the present city, and was a settlement of the tribe of the Elisyces. The first urban settlement dates from the 6th century BC and took advantage of its good position…

The National Archives of Andorra has been expanded with a documentary about the witch-hunt by the historian Pau Castell. “Andorra, the Land of the Witches” is an online study by Cebrià Baraut Obiols, made in 2015. Pau Castell – historian and associate professor…

Pyrenees: transport, logistics and how to get to? The transport of the Pyrenees is based around two facts: it is a rock massif that clearly divides the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe; and you have to overcome it. All commercial, public and private…

The Abbey of Caunes-Minervois (fr. Abbaye Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul de Caunes-Minervois) crosses time, from its famous Romanesque bedside to the Maurist cloister. You can also visit the archaeological remains of the medieval cloister and the Carolingian church…

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Train 4A 01 The Train 4A was low power piston engine for light aircraft, produced in France. It was inverted, air-cooled in-line engine. In the 1930s Train introduced a series of air-cooled, inverted in-line piston engines for light aircraft. The T series…