An old door in the Ecusson

In the Ecusson, you will find a lot of famous hôtels particuliers whose inner courtyards sometimes include such architectural treasures as this old "door frame".

Click on the photo to see the details of the elements above the door. I need to inquire about their meaning.

Have a nice Sunday!

Andante Macadam

Montpellier is one of the major "cities of art" in France. Festivals of all kinds take place here all year round: cinema, theater, music, dance. As soon as the temperature reaches 22°C (or maybe earlier) and people can sit at the terraces of the numerous cafés of the city, musicians start singing in the streets. Not in the rain like Gene Kelly as it doesn't often rain in Montpellier. Like trouvères and troubadours rather.

The other day, on the Place de la Canourgue, a cameraman from a Swedish TV channel was filming a group of musicians.

Actually they were street musicians, dancers, mimes, clowns. I watched them perform. I liked what I heard and saw.

Andante Macadam (name of the group) have a website :

http://www.musicanu.com/pages/andantequipe.html

You can even hear them :

http://www.musicanu.com/pages/andanteson.html

The last photo is a view of the Place de la Canourgue. I'd like to change the layout of my messages but I've been unable to do so so far.

Saint-Pierre Cathedral (2)

The oldest parts of Saint-Pierre cathedral date back to the 14th century. Originally it was the chapel of a Benedictine monastery. It became a cathedral in 1536. It is a very impressive, massive building.

It is the only church in Montpellier which survived the Wars of Religion between Protestants and Catholics.