. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . ~ja» ^ 11^. 26o THE VALLEY OF THE TET AND CANIGOU fountain. The village belonged to the abbey from theninth century. In 1342 a charter gave the placecomplete municipal organization. Till a few years agoa gate belonging to the fortifications might still beseen. Many interesting buildings are within easy reach ofPrades. Of these the first to be visited will probably be the Abbey ofS. Michel de Cuxa inthe Valley of theRibereta, called alsothe River of Taurinya—anciently the Llit-era. Opposite Codalet
. Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon . ~ja» ^ 11^. 26o THE VALLEY OF THE TET AND CANIGOU fountain. The village belonged to the abbey from theninth century. In 1342 a charter gave the placecomplete municipal organization. Till a few years agoa gate belonging to the fortifications might still beseen. Many interesting buildings are within easy reach ofPrades. Of these the first to be visited will probably be the Abbey ofS. Michel de Cuxa inthe Valley of theRibereta, called alsothe River of Taurinya—anciently the Llit-era. Opposite Codaletthe Font de Lliteramay still be valley comprisesthe territories of Co-dalet and Taurinya,with the abbey,founded in 878 or 879,and one of the mostflourishing in the dis-trict. The Abbot wasaccorded episcopalhonours, and hadjurisdiction over fifteen parishes, of which he was tem-poral lord also. The will of Abbot Protasius (f 879)shows that it then possessed a library of thirty volumes.
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