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Perhaps not… He was also ignoring his owner human companion who was calling from the cafe two doors away…

12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 19th 2012

Legend has it that Princess Carcas, wife of the Saracen, Balaak, seeing Chalamagne lift the siege of her town, ordered the bells to be rung.
From Wiki:

History says that Charlemagne’s army was at the gates of the city facing the Saracens. A princess was at the head of the Knights of the City after the [...]

18 Comments CherryPie on Jul 17th 2012

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12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 16th 2012

Fragments of the knights’ fresco can be seen on the barrel ceiling above the cross seen in the previous post.  This is the only room of the castle to have kept a fragment of its medieval decor (thought to be late 12th century).

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2012

Click here to view the cross in full.

12 Comments CherryPie on Jul 13th 2012

16 Comments CherryPie on Jul 11th 2012

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