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Pastel blue in Toulouse

The flowers are yellow, but it robed kings in royal blue throughout the Renaissance! Known since Antiquity for its medicinal virtues and the dyeing properties of its leaf, this small plant (Isatis Tinctoria) called “dyers’ pastel” or more commonly “woad” put Occitanie on the map (and made it a fortune) from the 14th to the 17th century. This tiny little plant shaped the fate of whole towns and…

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Jeux de couleurs // variation bleue // La Comédie, Montpellier, Occitanie ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• #layers #occitany #blue #seagull #sea #sunset #sunrise #montpellier (à Montpellier, France) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cev3XZ3LzgL/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=