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FAYENCE Kommunens officielle website i engelsk udgave er her: Fayence.
If
you travel along the D562 between Draguignan and Grasse,
you'll see Fayence perched on a hill top to the north, surveying the plains to
the south. Fayence was a fortified town and, in spite of its size, it has kept
the charm of its medieval origins. This is a center for tourists and visitors,
with plenty of hotels, garages, and shops. In the spirit of Beyond, you
can consider it a gateway to the more isolated interior. North of Fayence, the D563
road goes through oak-forested hills to Mons, and beyond to the Route Napoléon.
As you get closer to Mons, you'll discover deep gorges cutting through the hills,
with rocky cliff faces showing here and there through the green vegetation. Name History Medieval:
The Saracen invasions devastated Fayence, leaving the town deserted, although
the Monks of Lérins
had an important convent here (at the Notre-Dame-des-Cyprès) from the 11th
century on. In the 12th century, Alphonse 1st d'Aragon gave the fief of Fayence
to the bishops of Fréjus.
In the 1391, Turenne destroyed the village of Callian, 5 km to the east, and the
fleeing people came to Fayence, repopulated it for the first time since the
Saracens had passed through. In the 18th century, Monsignor de Fleury decided
the château of Fayence was too expensive and useless, and had it destroyed. Dates,
Numbers Office
de Tourisme - tel: (33) 494 76 20 08; fax: (33) 494 76 18 05 Market
day: Tue, Thur, Sat Foire
à la Brocante: beginning Aug Foire:
mid Aug Fête:
end June; 13-14 July Fête: 8 Sept (4 days) Ovenstående tekst om byen er hentet fra http://www.beyond.fr/villages/fayence.html
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Sidst opdateret : 02 marts 2010
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