Showing posts with label Mistral (Frédéric). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mistral (Frédéric). Show all posts
24 June 2019

Frédéric Mistral in Grambois, Vaucluse (84)

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At the side of the church in Grambois is a quotation from Frédéric Mistral's Lis Óulivado  (1912) – meaning 'Les Olivades', ...
10 June 2019

Frédéric Mistral in Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire (04)

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Espace Frédéric Mistral, with a monument created on the hundredth anniversary of the death of Mistral and erected on the initiativ...
9 June 2019

Charles Gounod in Saint Rémy-de-Provence (13)

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Charles Gounod (1818-93) was a composer who is perhaps most well known for his operatic interpretation of Frédéric Mistral's M...
6 June 2019

Frédéric Mistral in Pertuis (84)

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La Santo-Estello is the Félibrige festival-cum-congress which takes place in a town in one of the thirty-two départements in the south...
5 May 2019

Frédéric Mistral: Mireille (1859)

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Frédéric Mistral's epic narrative rural poem  Mireille was and still is considered a major work of literature by many writers and ...
21 June 2018

Frédéric Mistral in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, Bouches-du-Rhône (13)

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Mirèio , or Mireille in French, is the name of Frédéric Mistral's epic novel in verse (1859) of the star-crossed lovers  Mirè...
20 July 2017

Frédéric Mistral, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône (13)

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On the steps leading up to the Basilique de Notre-Dame de la Garde – a building which dominates the marseillais skyline) is a plaque d...
16 June 2017

Paul Arène in Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04)

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An interpretation plaque in Sisteron, where Paul Arène was born, states among other things that he left Sisteron to study Philosophy in Mar...
11 June 2017

Charles Galtier in Mollégès, Bouches-du-Rhône (13)

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The draught horse statue in Mollégès has four lines of poetry (dated 1989) at its base. The author of it, Charles Galtier (1913–2004)...
19 August 2016

Frédéric Mistral in Maillane (13)

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The Centre Frédéri [ sic ] Mistral in Maillane, with an impressive bust of the poet at the side. Maillane is a small village, and...
6 August 2016

Frédéric Mistral at Le Mas du Juge, Maillane (13)

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Le Mas du Juge is just a little outside Maillane on the road to St-Rémy-de-Provence. Mas  is a Provençal word for a farm-cum-house, and...
18 July 2016

Le Pavillon de la Reine Jeanne, Les Baux-de-Provence (13)

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The beautiful old village Les Baux-de-Provence is, invitably, a tourist trap. But that of course doesn't make it any the less beautifu...