Provins
December 14th, 2008
Yesterday I went to a medieval town at Seine et Marne, called Provins. Just for the records, this town is registered in the world’s patrimony of UNESCO. On the XII and XIII century, it was 1 of the biggest European commerce, and the golden age of faires and Counts of Champagne.
I went there to see the live creche of Christmas. This show is to retrace the life of Saint-François d’Assise, who accompanied his father, a rich Italian draper, to the faire of Champagne at Provins, which was made for the first time to represent the nativity in 1223 close to Greccio.
The show took place in the center of the collegial Saint-Quiriace and regroup not less than 50 actors and about 20 animals. Among the traditional sheep, cow, and shepherd dog, we were lucky to see 2 beatiful camels, and had a falcon flied above our heads. It was simply a beautiful sight.
The rest of the old city is always good for a visit, since it keeps some part of the old ramparts and some monuments of the era, in a very good condition. I know it sounds like an advertisemet, but it really is a nice place.
Other speciality of the place is : hypocrase, a medieval recipe of wine with spices, it tastes almost like hot cinnamon wine but more flavoured. I, who am not a bog lover of wine (I know, shame on me ..), thank to this I’m learning to love .. the wine ..
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Merci de partager ainsi ce bon moment. Je ne connaissais pas du tout Provins et son histoire, c’est très intéressant !
Très belles photos ! Je ne connaissais Provins que de nom, grâce à toi, j’en sais un peu plus sur cette ville, merci.
La ville est surtout connue pour son festival médiéval en été.
que dire après ces commentaires ! tout est dit mais je répète après les autres ,
les photos sont superbes , c’est bien expliqué ,
attention , l’abus d’alcool est dangereux surtout quand on reprend la route
j’adore les chameaux , c’ est un animal qui me fascine , quant aux faucons , en effet cela devait être impressionnant ,beau week end bien employé !