Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Larressingle

We proceeded on to the bastide town of Larressingle, which bills itself as France's smallest fortified town and as a mini-Carcassone. It was nice, very scenic, but nano-Carcassone would have been more accurate. I did get my Armagnac tasting, however, and more.
Au Camp du Siege Medievale; a nano-themepark, closed,
alas














Entrance to Larressingle















One of the more interesting facets of
Larressingle, its very old half-dome church



















Carving in the church














OK, the mermaid stained glass is perhaps not
Medieval



















Exterior of church


















Walls and tower


















Larressingle is definitely on the Camino de Santiago
pilgrimage route; some few pilgrims use donkeys
(and transistor radios)














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