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May 30, 2009
Villefranche-de-Rouergue 120300 12200
Aveyron Midi-Pyrénées
44.351 2.033 323 m

The Archangel.

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L'Archange, work of the sculptor Casimir Ferrer, on the bridge of the Consuls of the 14th century, in Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

Casimir Ferrer, painter scultpor and engraver, was born in 1946 in Trébas close to Albi.

Villefranche-de-Rouergue is a french commune, located in the department of Aveyron of the Midi-Pyrénees area, populated of 11919 Villefranchois in 1999, distributed out of 46 km², that is to say 259 hab./km².

In 1252, to thwart the town of Najac, seat of the seneschalsy of Rouergue remained too faithful to the county of Toulouse after the takeover of Capétiens, Alphonse of Poitiers decided to create to few kilometers, a new city, to fix at it the seat of his administration, and frank, i.e. equipped with tax exemptions, which broke the prosperity and the influence of Najac.

Located on banks of the Aveyron river, it is a "bastide", city built on a squared level around a central place, bordered of arcades. One finds there many beautiful residences of Gothic style or Renaissance.

My images of Villefranche-de-Rouergue.

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