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Secret history of French villages: Village des Bories

True story of the farmers’ stone houses of Bories...This month we explore the real, hard-life history behind the very pastoral stone huts built by peasant farmers in the Vaucluse

Secret history of France: Auch

Treasure and tragedy in Gascony’s historic capital: In her series revealing the history of France’s cities, art historian Julia Faiers reveals the cultural treasures tucked away in Gers capital, Auch

French local history: Lourdes

What turned a quiet quarry town into a pilgrims’ hotspot: The Connexion reveals how five words changed the history of Lourdes

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How restored French city of Carcassonne got its name

The Connexion also reveals how the modern medieval citadel in the south of France was given a near-total 19th-century makeover

Secret history of France: Mont St Michel

Millennium of miracles, faith and tourism: in her series revealing the hidden histories of France’s cultural hotspots, art historian Julia Faiers turns the spotlight on Mont-Saint-Michel

French local history – November 2019

France’s favourite village an ancient English landing site. The Connexion looks back at the war-trodden history of picturesque coastal town Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, not far from Cherbourg

French local history – October 2019

The last earthly remains of villages that died for France - The Connexion recounts the history of nine Meuse villages that were destroyed in the First World War, but live on in French memory

Secret history of France's cities: Rouen

In the first of a series revealing the hidden histories of France’s cities, art historian and medievalist Julia Faiers turns the spotlight on Rouen in Normandy

Secret history of French villages - June 2019

The remarkable story of Turenne, in the Corrèze, which was an independent fiefdom for more than 750 years

Secret history of French villages - May 2019

The carpenter’s tales that laid open village’s secrets - or what a 19th-century artisan’s diaries, hidden under the floor of a Hautes-Alpes château, said about rural life

Secret history of French villages - April 2019

The ancient monastery that turned into a village: a look at the long religious history of the tiny Loire commune that was born shortly after the Revolution

Secret history of French buildings - November 2018

From Huguenots to Jews, the village of Chambon-sur-Lignon has a centuries-old record of aiding the oppressed, writes Jane Hanks

Secret history of French villages: Rocamadour

Miracles and swords bring a million visitors... Jane Hanks is a regular visitor to Rocamadour herself but each time the perched village yields ever more secrets from its rich history

Secret history of buildings - August 2018

A church in a Bourgogne village houses an intriguing clutch of empty stone coffins. Jane Hanks discovers their origins

Secret history

Secret history of French villages: Village des Bories

Secret history of France: Auch

French local history: Lourdes

How restored French city of Carcassonne got its name

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Secret history of France: Mont St Michel

French local history – November 2019

French local history – October 2019

Secret history of France's cities: Rouen

Secret history of French villages - June 2019

Secret history of French villages - May 2019

Secret history of French villages - April 2019

Secret history of French buildings - November 2018

Secret history of French villages: Rocamadour

Secret history of buildings - August 2018

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