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Tag Archives: Languedoc Albi

Real Devilry: The Trials, Tribulations and Joys of Languedoc

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Inscape Cultural Study Society

From the hill above, Conques is either like a dream from the brothers Grimm, or like a town from an early Cubist painting by Picasso or Braque: soft brown slopes and cones of roves, rippling with tiles, their supporting walls … Continue reading →

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