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8 unusual facts about Aude


Besalú

The town's importance was greater in the early Middle Ages, as capital of the county of Besalú, whose territory was roughly the same size as the current comarca of Garrotxa but sometime extended as far as Corbières, Aude, in France.

Cassole

Cassoles are still made in the traditional way at Issel, near Castelnaudary.

Leuciscus burdigalensis

It is recorded both from Atlantic and Mediterranean drainages - from Loire to Garonne, and from Tech to Aude, respectively.

Pomy

Pomy, Aude, a commune of the Aude département, in France

Prince Ranieri, Duke of Castro

He remained head of the house until his death on 13 January 1973 in Lacombe.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Carcassonne-Narbonne

St. Peter of Castelnau, the Cistercian inquisitor martyred by the Albigenses in 1208, St. Camelia, put to death by the same sectarians, and St. John Francis Regis (1597-1640), the Jesuit, born at Fontcouverte in the Diocese of Narbonne, are specially venerated in the Diocese of Carcassonne.

Toques et Clochers

It has taken place each year since 1991 during the weekend of Palm Sunday in the area of Limoux and Saint-Hilaire.

Toques et Clochers is an annual gastronomy festival in Aude, France sponsored by the Sieur d'Arques wine cooperative.


À la Table de Spanghero

À la Table de Spanghero, commonly known as Spanghero, is a French meat processing company based in Castelnaudary, Aude.

Brassite

Villanière (slag locality), Salsigne, Mas-Cabardès, Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Château de Saint-Martin de Toques

The Château de Saint-Martin de Toques is a partly ruined, mountaintop castle in the Bizanet commune in the Aude département of southern France.

Joël Prévost

Joël Prévost (born Richard-Jacques Bonay, 16 February 1950, Narbonne, Aude) is a French singer, best known for his participation in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest.

Judith Arndt

In two years she finished third in the Grande Boucle (sometimes referred to as the "women's Tour de France)" in 2003, won the Tour de l'Aude twice (2002 and 2003), and added a silver medal in the road time trial at the 2003 world championship in Hamilton, Ontario.

Louis Belmas

He was then made vicar of Saint-Michel de Carcassonne, a role he successfully filled until 1782, when he became a prebendary at the collegial church of Saint-Vincent de Montréal and was summoned by bishop M. Chastenet de Puységur to head the seminary at Carcassonne.

Susan Audé

Audé entered the news business 12 years before the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Woodside School, Ooty

The school motto is 'Sapere Aude' (Dare to be wise), a quote from the writings of the Greek philosopher Horace.


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