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unusual facts about Amat d'Oloron


Amat d'Oloron

Kriston Rennie, Law and Practice in the Age of Reform: The Legatine Work of Hugh of Die (1073–1106) (Turnhout: Brepols, 2010), p30.


Cataline

Other biographies like the one written by Sperry Cline, who knew Cataline personally, say he was born at Oloron-Sainte-Marie in Béarn, once a kingdom of France, near the Spanish border.

Martial Singher

Martial Singher (August 14, 1904 - March 9, 1990) was a French baritone opera singer born in Oloron-Sainte-Marie, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

Ostabat-Asme

It was the meeting point of 4 European ways to Santiago de Compostela, 3 of them joining together there, namely Paris - Tours - Poitiers - Dax, from Center - Europe linking to Limoges, from Genoa and Lyon through Moissac, the fourth one the Toulouse way, linking Central Italy with the Languedoc region, the Toulouse region and linking though the Béarn region, via Lescar-Oloron to Somport, Spain, and the Spanish Pyrénées.

Pau–Canfranc railway

The section between Oloron-Sainte-Marie and Canfranc was indefinitely closed in March 1970 due to an accident where the railway bridge of L'Estanguet near Accous was destroyed.

The Enormous Room

When they finally did arrive, they agreed to allow Cummings, as an official "suspect", a supervised release in the remote commune of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.


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