Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Mende

The small Aérodrome Mende - Brenoux is located up on "Mont Mimat" a large "causse" (limestone plateau, alt. 1000 ms). This is, where the "Festival les aériennes" takes place. Shuttle buses transport the visitors up the hairpins to the venue, high up over the city. It´s a long story about a clavichord and the specific sound of a clavinet that let me come across the name of Hervé Salters, the keyborder and vocalist of "General Elektriks". I was lucky to see them on stage in Mende. Fantastic musicians - all of five them! Here is the sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuSjoHXIzU

The small Aérodrome Mende - Brenoux is located up on "Mont Mimat" a large "causse" (limestone plateau, alt. 1000 ms). This is, where the "Festival les aériennes" takes place. Shuttle buses transport the visitors up the hairpins to the venue, high up over the city. It´s a long story about a clavichord and the specific sound of a clavinet that let me come across the name of Hervé Salters, the keyborder and vocalist of "General Elektriks". I was lucky to see them on stage in Mende. Fantastic musicians - all of five them! Jordan Dalrymple (Akai MPC), Touski (drums) Here is the sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuSjoHXIzU

The small Aérodrome Mende - Brenoux is located up on "Mont Mimat" a large "causse" (limestone plateau, alt. 1000 ms). This is, where the "Festival les aériennes" takes place. Shuttle buses transport the visitors up the hairpins to the venue, high up over the city. It´s a long story about a clavichord and the specific sound of a clavinet that let me come across the name of Hervé Salters, the keyborder and vocalist of "General Elektriks". I was lucky to see them on stage in Mende. Fantastic musicians - all of five them! Touski - drums and vibraphone Here is the sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuSjoHXIzU

The small Aérodrome Mende - Brenoux is located upon "Mont Mimat" a large "causse" (limestone plateau, alt. 1000 ms). This is, where the "Festival les aériennes" takes place. Shuttle buses transport the visitors up the hairpins to the venue, high up over the city. It´s a long story about a clavichord and the specific sound of a clavinet that let me come across the name of Hervé Salters, the keyboarder and vocalist of "General Elektriks". I was lucky to see them on stage in Mende. Fantastic musicians - all five of them! Fltr: Jordan Dalrymple, Hervé Salters, Touski The red large keyboard is a Hohner Clavinet. Here is the sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuSjoHXIzU

The small Aérodrome Mende - Brenoux is located up on "Mont Mimat" a large "causse" (limestone plateau, alt. 1000 ms). This is, where the "Festival les aériennes" takes place. Shuttlevbuses transport the visitors up the hairpins to the venue, high up over the city. It´s a long story about a clavichord and the specific sound of a clavinet that let me come across the name of Hervé Salters, the keyborder and vocalist of "General Elektriks". I was lucky to see them on stage in Mende. Fantastic musicians - all of them! Hervé Salters Here is the sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuSjoHXIzU

The small Aérodrome Mende - Brenoux is located up on "Mont Mimat" a large "causse" (limestone plateau, alt. 1000 ms). This is, where the "Festival les aériennes" takes place. Shuttle buses transport the visitors up the hairpins to the venue, high up over the city. It´s a long story about a clavichord and the specific sound of a clavinet that let me come across the name of Hervé Salters, the keyborder and vocalist of "General Elektriks". I was lucky to see them on stage in Mende. Fantastic musicians - all of them! Fltr: Jessie Chaton, Jordan Dalrymple, Hervé Salters, Touski, Eric Starczan Here is the sound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuSjoHXIzU

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat". I had found the "Le Paradis du Chien" already 8 years ago - and was a little disappointed to find the paradis locked up. Given up! But no! The paradise had moved away probably due to the sucess to larger premises. I found at facebook, that dog-owners love the paradise. The PiP has the old shot.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat". The owners of the boulangerie (founded 1936) did keep up with the times and invested into a vending machine.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat". The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. The center is bordered by boulevards which took the place of the ancient walls. It looks like Julien has already left Mende already some time ago.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat". The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. The center is bordered by boulevards which took the place of the ancient walls - and the 15 towers around Mende. The "Tour des Pénitents" was part of this old fortifications, built in 1161 by Bishop Aldebert. In 1593 was restored and in the 17th century, an adjoining chapel was built for the "Confrérie des Pénitents Blancs" (Brotherhood of the White Penitents). As the tower from then on served as a bell tower it got the present name then.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat". The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. The center is bordered by boulevards which took the place of the ancient walls - and the 15 towers around Mende. The "Tour des Pénitents" was part of this old fortifications, built in 1161 by Bishop Aldebert. In 1593 was restored and in the 17th century, an adjoining chapel was built for the "Confrérie des Pénitents Blancs" (Brotherhood of the White Penitents). As the tower from then on served as a bell tower it got the present name then.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat". The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. A church existed here already in Merovingian times. The cathedral is actually the fourth church on this spot. Pope Urban V, who was born in the Lozere, strongly supported the erection of this cathedral, that started mid 14th century, when Pope Urban V resided in Avignon. The construction was near completion, when a fire destroyed the cathedral. Then Pierre Morel, who had worked in Chaise-Dieu, took over the construction site. The death of Urban V in 1370 interrupted the work for about for more than 60 years. The main altar was consecrated in 1467. The cathedral has two different bell-towers. The higher one (84m) was paid for by the Bishop, the lower one (65m) by the Canons. During the Wars of Religions Mende was conquered (on Christmas 1579) by huguenot troops led by Matthieu Merle. As the troops needed ammunition, the melted down all bells of the cathedral below the bells was "Non-Pareille", the largest bell in Christendom at that time. In 1581 Merle was back in Mende again. He ransomed the population to collect 4000 Ecu and swore to destroy the cathedral in case the people could not raise the money. As the people were unable to raise the sum, he carried out his threat with great efforts. The pillars of the nave were weakend and then huge fires were started inside the nave so the ceiling collapsed. The cathedral was rebuilt from 1599 to 1605. Around 1620 new stained glass windows were installed. They got destroyed in the turmoil of The French Revolution, when the smaller tower was used as a prison. Major rebuildings and renovations started in 1840, when the cathedral got on the list of historic monuments. The cathedral is the home of "Notre-Dame de Mende", a "Black Virgin". Legends tell that she was brought to Mende between 1212 and 1222 by bishop and crusader Guillaume de Peyre. She is first mentioned in 1249. Originally she was covered by a silver gilt and hold Jesus on her lap. During the Wars of Religions, the Protestant troops intended to burn her, but she was saved by courageous church ladies. At that time she had already lost baby Jesus and her hands.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. A church existed here already in Merovingian times. The cathedral is actually the fourth church on this spot. Pope Urban V, who was born in the Lozere, strongly supported the erection of this cathedral, that started mid 14th century, when Pope Urban V resided in Avignon. The construction was near completion, when a fire destroyed the cathedral. Then Pierre Morel, who had worked in Chaise-Dieu, took over the construction site. The death of Urban V in 1370 interrupted the work for about for more than 60 years. The main altar was consecrated in 1467. The cathedral has two different bell-towers. The higher one (84m) was paid for by the Bishop, the lower one (65m) by the Canons. During the Wars of Religions Mende was conquered (on Christmas 1579) by huguenot troops led by Matthieu Merle. As the troops needed ammunition, the melted down all bells of the cathedral below the bells was "Non-Pareille", the largest bell in Christendom at that time. In 1581 Merle was back in Mende again. He ransomed the population to collect 4000 Ecu and swore to destroy the cathedral in case the people could not raise the money. As the people were unable to raise the sum, he carried out his threat with great efforts. The pillars of the nave were weakend and then huge fires were started inside the nave so the ceiling collapsed. The cathedral was rebuilt from 1599 to 1605. Around 1620 new stained glass windows were installed. They got destroyed in the turmoil of The French Revolution, when the smaller tower was used as a prison. Major rebuildings and renovations started in 1840, when the cathedral got on the list of historic monuments. Following the information given here, the crypt dates to the third century! Down here is the tomb Saint Privat an early missionary martyred in his hermitage on the "Mont Mimat". The first church was built over this grave

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. A church existed here already in Merovingian times. The cathedral is actually the fourth church on this spot. Pope Urban V, who was born in the Lozere, strongly supported the erection of this cathedral, that started mid 14th century, when Pope Urban V resided in Avignon. The construction was near completion, when a fire destroyed the cathedral. Then Pierre Morel, who had worked in Chaise-Dieu, took over the construction site. The death of Urban V in 1370 interrupted the work for about for more than 60 years. The main altar was consecrated in 1467. The cathedral has two different bell-towers. The higher one (84m) was paid for by the Bishop, the lower one (65m) by the Canons. During the Wars of Religions Mende was conquered (on Christmas 1579) by huguenot troops led by Matthieu Merle. As the troops needed ammunition, the melted down all bells of the cathedral below the bells was "Non-Pareille", the largest bell in Christendom at that time. In 1581 Merle was back in Mende again. He ransomed the population to collect 4000 Ecu and swore to destroy the cathedral in case the people could not raise the money. As the people were unable to raise the sum, he carried out his threat with great efforts. The pillars of the nave were weakend and then huge fires were started inside the nave so the ceiling collapsed. The cathedral was rebuilt from 1599 to 1605. Around 1620 new stained glass windows were installed. They got destroyed in the turmoil of The French Revolution, when the smaller tower was used as a prison. Major rebuildings and renovations started in 1840, when the cathedral got on the list of historic monuments.

Mende´s historic city center developed around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. A church existed here already in Merovingian times. The cathedral is actually the fourth church on this spot. Pope Urban V, who was born in the Lozere, strongly supported the erection of this cathedral, that started mid 14th century, when Pope Urban V resided in Avignon. The construction was near completion, when a fire destroyed the cathedral. Then Pierre Morel, who had worked in Chaise-Dieu, took over the construction site. The death of Urban V in 1370 interrupted the work for about for more than 60 years. The main altar was consecrated in 1467. The cathedral has two different bell-towers. The higher one (84m) was paid for by the Bishop, the lower one (65m) by the Canons. During the Wars of Religions Mende was conquered (on Christmas 1579) by huguenot troops led by Matthieu Merle. As the troops needed ammunition, the melted down all bells of the cathedral below the bells was "Non-Pareille", the largest bell in Christendom at that time. In 1581 Merle was back in Mende again. He ransomed the population to collect 4000 Ecu and swore to destroy the cathedral in case the people could not raise the money. As the people were unable to raise the sum, he carried out his threat with great efforts - but unfortunately pretty successful. The cathedral was rebuilt from 1599 to 1605. Around 1620 new stained glass windows were installed. They got destroyed in the turmoil of The French Revolution, when the smaller tower was used as a prison. Major rebuildings and renovations started in 1840, when the cathedral got on the list of historic monuments.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat", from where this shot was taken. The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. A church existed here already in Merovingian times. The cathedral is actually the fourth church on this spot. Pope Urban V, who was born in the Lozere, strongly supported the erection of this cathedral, that started mid 14th century, when Pope Urban V resided in Avignon. The construction was near completion, when a fire destroyed the cathedral. Then Pierre Morel, who had worked in Chaise-Dieu, took over the construction site. The death of Urban V in 1370 interrupted the work for about for more than 60 years. The main altar was consecrated in 1467. The cathedral has two different bell-towers. The higher one (84m) was paid for by the Bishop, the lower one (65m) by the Canons. During the Wars of Religions Mende was conquered (on Christmas 1579) by huguenot troops led by Matthieu Merle. As the troops needed ammunition, the melted down all bells of the cathedral below the bells was "Non-Pareille", the largest bell in Christendom at that time. In 1581 Merle was back in Mende again. He ransomed the population to collect 4000 Ecu and swore to destroy the cathedral in case the people could not raise the money. As the people were unable to raise the sum, he carried out his threat with great efforts - but unfortunately pretty successful. The cathedral was rebuilt from 1599 to 1605. Around 1620 new stained glass windows were installed. They got destroyed in the turmoil of The French Revolution, when the smaller tower was used as a prison. Major rebuildings and renovations started in 1840, when the cathedral got on the list of historic monuments.

The city of Mende (pop. ~ 12000) is situated in the high valley of the Lot, within the area of the "Grands Causses" (limestone plateaus). One of these plateaus is the "Mont Mimat", from where this shot was taken. The historic city center is all around the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Privat. The center is bordered by boulevards which took the place of the ancient walls.

Well, we do not own a dog. So, when we were in Mende, we did not have a dog with us, what was good, as the "Paradis du Chien" in Mende was closed. Judging from the old wooden door and the stairs (right), the building probably looked pretty different, before it was changed into a paradise. But - on the other hand - can a paradise close at all? Shouldn´t a paradise not be open all day and night? Does hell has opening hours too?