| Photo Information |
| Copyright: michel Dery (lecosmoclock) (98) |
| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-07-26 |
| Categories: Architecture |
| Camera: nikon D 50, 17-55mm |
| Exposure: f/7.1, 1/200 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-08-20 8:39 |
| Viewed: 278 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French] |
The picturesque rue des Halles has kept its Mediaeval arcades. Today the only ones in the Bouches du Rhône, they were the site of a covered market. In the Middles Ages, the Rue des Halles was divided into three parts :
Carriera del Portal de la Reyna (Queen’s Gate Street or Madame’s Gate, one of the main gates), from the beginning of the street to the Square of the Coals (Place Frédéric Mistral);
Carriera del Pos del Cros (Street of the Cros Well where people went to fill their “dourgo” or jug with fresh water), from the corner of he said square to the Rue Esquiros, and the covered section, which is as it was in the 14th century, going towards the City Hall.
The covered market took place under the arcades : on the left, the “peyssonaria” or fish market; on the right, the “mazel” or butcher’s market.
The fish market was quite large. At that time, large quantities of fresh water fish from the Rhône were on sale : eels, carps, pike, sturgeons …Some houses have Gothic vaulting, others older have barrel vaulting. The arcades were built so that they enlarged the houses without narrowing the street or taking away the light. (from http://www.tarascon.org ) |
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