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CIAO ADRIANO
Bazas & Sauterne Country
October 2007
THE ROUTE TO DATE WITH MAPS OF FRANCE AND OF ITS MEDIEVAL PILGRIMAGE ROADS
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Bazas is now a quiet market town on the via Lemovicensis from Vezelay to Santiago de Compostela, though one look at the setting and facade of the cathedral confirms the fact that back then this was once no quiet little backwater !
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Sure enough, the right (south) portico still has a few recognizable Zodiac signs left in place
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Paring something |
Leo - July |
| Sything Crops ? | Virgo - August | |
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(Missing: Libra - September) Treading Grapes |
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The nave is a light and happy feeling place - or maybe that was the photographer
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The monastic buildings of the cathedral (now replaced by a well cared for garden) were right up against the southern rampart of the town. This photo was taken from the terrace of the Restaurant "Les Remparts" further round the rampart, whose height makes one wonder how many hundreds of thousands of medieval wheelbarrow hours went into its construction.
Incidentally, the restaurant provided the best pumpkin soup ever plus a good osso buco - all for €12 including wine - a good example of the value of lunch deals at this time of year, also the rewards of moving away from the monopoly "view of the cathedral" joint in the square, which here unbelievably insists that single diners sit at tiny single tables perched uncomfortably on the edge of the dining area, even when the restaurant is half empty!
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Bazas marked the southernmost point of our pilgrimage road journey this time round - next it's back up the via Podiensis to le Puy-en-Velay, but before that there was a quick diversion to be made to the village of ....... |
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where teams of pickers were busy gathering the botrytis affected liquid sunshine (in foreground) of tomorrow - Chateu d'Yquem is near here, but it eluded us
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