Thomas Aquinas' skull is kept beneath the altar of the church of the Jacobin's. This was where the where the Dominican Order was founded.
Simon DeMontfort, (who established a university in Leicester), was killed near to Najac.
In Britain after the Romans left, London went to rack and ruin. People forgot how to make bricks, and how to live civilised lives. Not so in Toulouse.
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| St Sernin - What an amazing church. |
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| My Girls |
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| Mum and Elizabeth with a large bowl of Cassoulet |
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| The other Pont Neuf |
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| The Jacobin Monastery. |
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| The Cathedral An extraordinary interior: asymmetric Chancel and Nave. |
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| An extraordinary exterior: A jumble of facades |
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| Breakfast at 'Face B'. (Discussion about what Face B might mean.) Cathedral in the background |
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| A route up to Richard and Sally's house. |
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| Here it is- their house |
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| Into the garden |
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| The new 'old' centre of Najac |
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| A fine interior |
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| 'Relaxing' in Najac |
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| The famous Castle- Well worth a visit |
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| Shopping in Villefranche De Rouergue |
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| The Market spills out all over the town |
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| You've got to have a flag. Midi- Pyrenees in Catalan colours |
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| Farewell to Richard and Sally |
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| Final view of Najac from the train station. |
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