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unusual facts about Vals, Ariège


Aloysius Varsi

He was educated at St. Teresa's College in Cagliari, and he went to Turin, Toulouse and Vals for advanced training in literature and philosophy.


Aycart del Fossat

Aycart or Aicart del Fossat or Aicardo de Fossato (fl. 1250–68) was a troubadour from Le Fossat in Ariège.

Aynat

Bédeilhac-et-Aynat, a commune in the Ariège department of southwestern France

Critérium du Dauphiné

The cities that have hosted a start or finish most often are: Grenoble (44 times), Avignon (32 times), Saint-Étienne (23 times), Annecy (22 times), Chambéry (21 times), Gap (21 times), Lyon (19 times), Aix-les-Bains (18 times), Valence (16 times), Briançon (15 times) and Vals-les-Bains (15 times).

Darío Gómez

Darío de Jesús Gómez Zapata, also known as El Rey del Despecho, (born February 6, 1951 in San Jerónimo, Antioquia) is a Colombian singer and composer of vals, corridos and boleros.

El Último Vals

"El último vals" (The Last Waltz) is the first single from the album A las cinco en el Astoria by the Spanish pop/rock group La Oreja de Van Gogh.

Gaston Pierre de Lévis

Gaston Pierre de Lévis, known as the duc de Lévis-Mirepoix (Charles Pierre Gaston François; 1699–1757), maréchal de France (1757) and ambassador of Louis XV, was a member of a house that had been established in Languedoc as seigneurs of Mirepoix, Ariège since the 11th century.

Jocelyne Villeton

Jocelyne Villeton (born September 17, 1954 in Vals-les-Bains, Ardèche) is a retired long-distance runner from France, who won the bronze medal in the marathon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Joseph Pérez

Joseph Perez (also spelled Pérez) was born in Laroque-d'Olmes in the Ariège department, which is in the south of France near the Spanish border.

Luis de Lacy

He burned several villages in the French province of Ariège in retaliation for French incendiarism in Spain, and levied tribute from Acs and other towns.

Port de Lers

The Port de Lers (or Port de l'Hers or Port de Massat, 1,517 m.) is a high mountain pass in the French Pyrenees in the department of Ariège, between the communities of Aulus-les-Bains (west), Massat (north) and Vicdessos (east).

Rafael Merry del Val

The del Vals were an Aragonese family originally from Zaragoza, claiming descent from a twelfth-century Breton crusader; the surname Merry came from a line of Irish merchants from County Waterford, Ireland, who settled in the late eighteenth century in Seville, Spain.

Roger-Bernard III, Count of Foix

He died at Tarascon-sur-Ariège on 3 March 1302 and was buried in Boulbonne beside his ancestors.

Saint Lycerius

As Saint Lizier he is the patron of a number of places in south-western France, notably Saint-Lizier, where the cathedral is also dedicated to him; Saint-Lizier d'Ustou (Ariège); and Saint-Lizier-du-Planté (Gers).

SOMAIR

Uranium deposits were also discovered in sandstone formations in other locations in Niger such as at Abokurum (1959), Madaouela (1963), Arlette, Ariege, Artois and Tassa/Taza (1965), Imouraren (1966) and Akouta (1967).

Tomme des Pyrénées

First mentioned in the 12th century, it was eaten by the nobles of St-Girons in Ariège and King Louis VI of France also knew the cheese of the Pyrenees.

Vals, Tyrol

The valley stretches out to the Ziller Valley Alps (Zillertal) for about seven kilometers and ends with the peaks Kaser, Olperer, Schrammacher and Hohe Wand.


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