Mire poix is only 45 minutes from Toulouse, where I live. Sunday April 29th was a sunny day, quite warm for the month of April, so we decided to have an afternoon out. After a lovely drive through the valley of northern Ariège, we finally arrived at Mirepoix, just in time for lunch :-). Mirepoix is a medieval Market Town, founded in around the 13th C. Although some of the buildings have obviously been restored and painted in modern paint, the wooden beams of the arcades still exist. One can esaily imagine the medieval folk going about their daily business in the square. Of particular interest to any curious traveller or historian would be the Cathedral of St. Maurice (14th - 16th C). The cathedral has the widest nave in France, and is the second
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