Occitanie is an administrative region in the south of France on the border with Spain and the Mediterranean Sea. The region is made up of thirteen departments Ariege, Aude, Aveyron, Gard, Gers, Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrenees, Herault, Lot, Lozere, Pyrenees-Orientales, Tarn and Tarn-et-Garonne. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1805/00/00 | Maximilian Godefroy | Refugee | After imprisonment in the fortress of Bellegarde (above the town of Le Perthus in Pyrenees-Orientales) as an anti-Bonaparte activist, Godefroy is exiled from France by Napoleon and migrates to the United States. | |||
| 1927/05/00 | Pauline Pfeiffer | Bride | Pauline Pfeiffer marries Ernest Hemingway. They honeymoon Le Grau-du-Roi in southern France. | Marriage of Pauline Pfeiffer and Ernest Hemingway | ||
| 1927/05/00 | Ernest Hemingway | Groom | Pauline Pfeiffer marries Ernest Hemingway. They honeymoon Le Grau-du-Roi in southern France. | Marriage of Pauline Pfeiffer and Ernest Hemingway |
| Physiographic Features | Type | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Gorges de l'Ardeche | Canyon, Gorge | |
| Monte Perdido | ||
| The Causses and the Cevennes, Mediterranean agro-pastoral Cultural Landscape | Cultural Area | |
| The Gavarnie Cirque | Cirque |
| Particulars for Occitanie: | |
|---|---|
| Locale type | Region of France |
| Vicinage | Type | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| Departement du Gers | Department of France | |
| Departement du Tarn | Department of France | |
| Gard (department), FR | Department of France | |
| Hautes-Pyrenees | Department of France | |
| Pyrenees-Orientales, FR | Department of France | |
| Tarn-et-Garonne | Department of France |
| Theme | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|
| Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book (short story) | Short Story |
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M R James | St Bertrand de Comminges is a decayed town on the spurs of the Pyrenees, not very far from Toulouse, and still nearer to Bagneres-de-Luchon. In the spring of 1883 an Englishman comes specially from Toulouse to see St Bertrand's Church. |
| The Beautiful Troublemaker | Film | Jacques Rivette | Filmed in Assas, Herault, France (just N of Montpellier), "The Beautiful Troublemaker" inspires artist Frenhofer to create a masterpiece. | |
| The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether (short story) | Short Story | Edgar Allan Poe | DURING the autumn of 18--, while on a tour through the extreme southern provinces of France, my route led me within a few miles of a certain Maison de Sante or private mad-house, about which I had heard much in Paris from my medical friends. | |
| Vagabond | Film | Agnes Varda | Vagabond is set in Languedoc-Roussillon wine region in the south of France, winter, filmed near Vendargues, Herault |
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