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…