Toulouse: Who was executed rue des Bûchers?

1659360832 Toulouse Who was executed rue des Buchers

By hanging, quartering, decapitation or immolation, executions in public places were de rigueur in the time of the Capitouls. From the Middle Ages to 1789, the latter, city magistrates, condemned criminals who had committed serious acts to this tragic end. Specific places in Toulouse were even dedicated to it, but is this really the case … Read more

Graines de rue festival in Haute-Vienne: art is public

Graines de rue festival in Haute Vienne art is public

24th edition of a festival which from year to year has been able to settle in the Limousin cultural landscape. The Pentecost weekend is a traditional event in Haute-Vienne for all lovers of street arts. In the north of the department, Bessines-sur-Gartempe has been transformed into a giant stage and has been for nearly a … Read more

Mauve: Flaming Sorcery at Rue de Sèvres Editions –

Mauve Flaming Sorcery at Rue de Sevres Editions

Even more so when a foreigner, named Mauve, arrives at college. Everything is falling apart! As if the entire town had something to blame on two families in particular!! Evil has taken place and it will take courage and “magical” unity to discover the truth… Mauve, third part of a bewitching youth and pre-adolescent series, … Read more