Those of you who know me know of my passion for fountain grotesques and mascarons, which I see as contemporary genii locorum (“spirits of the
What happens when you see a werewolf in Puy-de-Dôme? Here’s a fascinating account from a 19th-century travel memoir.
Oral storyteller Christine Butot has been entertaining diverse audiences in France with her repertoire of folktales and legends for decades. I first met her through, a Annie
Auvergne boasts some of the oldest werewolf legends in Europe. Here’s what a 19th-century priest had to say about werewolves in Auvergne.
In the early twentieth century a haunting in Clermont-Ferrand made national news. Visit Auvergne takes a look at the long-forgotten tale.
In 1908, Aubière — a town bordering Clermont-Ferrand — fell into the clutches of a particularly aggressive group of wine-loving ghosts.
Neglected but not beyond repair, the last castle of Clermont-Ferrand stands alone on a quiet square, straddled between residential buildings.
In the 1800s, Royat become one of the world’s premier spa destinations. Local historian Johan Picot tells us how.
“Archaeologically speaking, Auvergne is one of the richest regions in France.” -Elie Rafowicz, Assistant Director of the Bargoin Museum Druids, Romans, Vikings, wars and ravages
Visit Auvergne talks wine and wellbeing and visits the village of Boudes with Annie Sauvat of the Domaine Sauvat wine estate.
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