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Airvault, usine du ciment francais.
Wind mill in Mouilleron-en-Pareds, Poitou region of France
French vintage postcard
🔵 LÉGENDE | Une église de Vendée entièrement bâtie par une horde de farfadets ? Pourquoi bâtir une église loin de son village ? C'est le mystère de Saint-Paul-en-Pareds. 🪨 𝐔𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞́𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞́. Voulant s'émanciper, les habitants lancent les travaux au Moyen Âge. Mais chaque matin, les fondations ont disparu et les pierres sont déplacées à un kilomètre de là. 👺 𝐋𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐚̂𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞 𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐭. À l'affût, les villageois découvrent l'impensable : une armée de farfadets transporte les blocs dans des hottes ! Face aux esprits, ils cèdent. #Église #Vendée #Poitou #Farfadet #Folklore #Mystère #Légende #histoire #France #patrimoine #FrancePittoresque 👉 Pour en savoir plus sur cette légende, rendez-vous sur http://bit.ly/Eglise-Farfadets
The Baudet du Poitou, also called the Poitevin or Poitou donkey, is a large French breed of domestic donkey. The exact origins of the Poitou breed are unknown, but donkeys may have been introduced to the Poitou region of France by the Roman Empire. The Baudet de Poitou and the Mulassière horse breed were developed together for the use of producing superior mules. In the Middle Ages, owning a Poitou donkey may have been a status symbol among the local French nobility. In the mid-1800s, Poitevin mules were "regarded as the finest and strongest in France", and between 15,000 and 18,000 were sold annually. In 1884, a studbook was established for the Poitou donkey in France. During the first half of the twentieth century, the mules bred by the Poitou and the Poitevin continued to be desired throughout Europe, and were called the "finest working mule in the world". As mechanization increased around World War II, mules became outmoded, and the Poitou donkey population fell dramatically. After a a breed census in 1977 found only 44 Poitou donkeys worldwide, conservation efforts were led by several public and private groups in France and Portugal. These efforts proved successful and today around 2,000 Poitou donkeys are known. With females reaching 4.6 (1.4m) tall at the shoulders, and males reaching 5.2ft (1.56m), the Baudet is a one of the largest breeds of domestic donkey with only the Catalan, Mammoth Jack, Andalusian, and Balearic breeds reaching similar or larger sizes. They have large, long heads, strong necks, long backs, short croups and round haunches. The limb joints and feet are large, and the legs strong.The temperament has been described as "friendly, affectionate and docile". In Poitou, the coat of the Baudet was traditionally – and deliberately – left ungroomed; with time, it formed cadenettes aka long shaggy locks somewhat like dreadlocks. The coat is typically dark brown to black but may also by silver, dark grey, or red.
Toujours à la recherche de Mélusine, je termine ma première session de résidence à @moulin_boissard !
...On peut dire que Mélusine c'est un peu mon mermay 🐍+🧜♀️ à moi ?
Étape 4.1 , plus de photos avec mon arrivée aux Ormes. Je loge chez l'habitant : André. Cette semaine, il a eu l'annulation d'un Belge qui était parti de Bruxelles, qui devait rallier Compostelle et qui malheureusement s'est cassé une cheville sur mon étape 3 (celle avec les hautes herbes...) il a dû attendre 1h00 pour être pris en charge par les pompiers. Pour ma part, j'ai toujours mes coordonnées UTM avec mon smartphone au cas où. Ce soir je dîne avec André, un passionné de chemin de fer. Je pense qu'entre la SNCF et la randonnée on aura plein de choses à partager. Lui aussi fait partie d'une grande famille (11) comme moi (13). Belle rencontre.
Château de la Mothe-Chandeniers (13ème-19ème), Les Trois-Moutiers, Vienne, Poitou