Normandy from the 11.C became a center for monaticism !among the most famous of course the Mount Saint Michel and Trinity at Caen (abbey of the women ,commissionned by Mathilde ,the wife of William the Conqueror ) but also lesser known
but nevertheless very charming such as Cerisy la Forêt or Longues sur Mer !enjoy the visit !
La Tour de l'horloge de Sélestat
Selestat, France -- Romanesque Church -- and Pretzels!
Selestat, Alsace, France was where I saw this Romanesque church. There's a gorgeous Gothic church right nearby.
This city is mixed, and I saw Muslim women in full veil.
Signs of the Zodiac are often found in old churches. A lot had to do with the seasons, and the Zodiac signs were handy symbols. I get angry a bit when people find out I read runes professionally -- Astrology and all that -- that's Satan! They probably don't even know that Gothic church architecture was created under Abbé Suger to honor Lucifer, the Light Bearer.
When I asked the little girls why they were climbing, they paused -- would they get in trouble? I asked one what she was eating, and it was a pretzel, a staple food in this region. I even saw a stone pretzel over a door in Kaysersberg nearby. 16th century!
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