What's Special About Moissac, France? Episode 354
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 September 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Moissac is "only" a minor city in the southwest of France, but if you're interested in the Saint Jacques de Compostelle pilgrimage or the churches connected to it, you must make it one of your stops! In this episode of the podcast, tour guide Elyse Rivin explains how Moissac became so prominent, how it is a Unesco World Heritage Site and a great place to visit today!
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Discussed in this Episode
- Saint Jacques de Compostelle
- The largest library in France and a major scriptorium
- The golden age of Moissac
- Moissac during the war against the Cathar heresy
- Moissac during the French Revolution
- The Abbey of Moissac becoming a historic monument
- Moissac protecting Jewish children during WW2
- Visiting the abbey today: the remarkable architecture of the doorway
- Church and cloister
- The cloister of Moissac: the first capitals that tell stories
- Walk around the capitals with the list in hand
- The romanesque doorway
- The tympanum of the Moissac cathedral
- A gothic church in the south of France
- Visiting Moissac and local gastronomy
- How life in France can resume thanks to the French Health Pass
- New travel rules are implemented in September 2021 but vaccinated visitors still welcome in France
This episode features my frequent guest Elyse Rivin. You can book a tour with her through her website and you can also support her on Patreon.
Full show notes for this episode are here: https://joinusinfrance.com/354
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the podcast, |
| 0:02.0 | in France episode 354. |
| 0:05.0 | Trot Saint-C-C-C-C-C-C-Cattre. |
| 0:07.0 | Bonjou, I'm Annie Sergeant, and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France. |
| 0:12.0 | Great places to visit in France, French culture, history, |
| 0:16.1 | gastronomy and news related to travel during the pandemic. This week there's a big change, it only affects unvaccinated visitors from the US. |
| 0:27.0 | Today I bring you a conversation with Elise about Moisac, a city in the southwest of France where we both live and you might be |
| 0:36.2 | wondering you know what is this place you've probably never heard of it. |
| 0:39.5 | Elise has done guide work in Moisac and I visited it recently so we have some things to |
| 0:45.4 | share that will make it possible for you to choose whether or not you'd like to |
| 0:49.6 | make it one of your stops. After my chat with Elise, I'll tell you how the Health Pass is making it possible |
| 0:57.1 | for French associations to get back to normal at last. As you can guess, all soccer clubs, choirs, theatre groups, sewing groups, |
| 1:08.0 | as well as a million of other clubs all had to cancel everything since March 2019. Well they're back thanks to the |
| 1:16.6 | Health Pass and I'll let you in on how that works in France. If you like what we do |
| 1:22.4 | here I join us in France. If you like what we do here at Join Us in France, consider supporting us by |
| 1:25.6 | visiting join us in France.com for slash boutique to check out my cookbook. |
| 1:31.0 | Join us at the table, my Paris Tours on the |
| 1:34.0 | tours on the voice map app and my very popular itinerary review service |
| 1:40.0 | where I help you craft the best vacation in France specifically for you. |
| 1:46.0 | Follow addicted to France on Instagram to see my photos of Moisac. |
| 1:51.0 | I will post them this week. And the best way to stay in touch with me and with the |
| 1:55.4 | podcast is to sign up for the newsletter at join us in France.com for a |
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