Towards the Medieval Gate

Medieval Market Town

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April 29th 2007
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 obvio ... read more

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