St Antonin Noble Val on the River Ariège, Rouerge, France
ST-ANTONIN-NOBLE-VAL. The town of St Antonin, originally known as Condate and later as Noble-Val, is situated on the western edge of the Rouerge province. Legend has it that the abbey of Saint-Antonin was founded in the ninth century in honour of the saint who brought Christianity to the province. The saint however later decided to go to convert Pamiers, his home town in the Pyrenees, but local disaffection with the message he preached is said to have brought about his beheading and his body being thrown into the river Ariège. St-Antonin-Noble-Val is one of the oldest bastide towns in the region. Master tanners and furriers made the town prosperous during the 13th century and its tradition of craft industries is still firmly established there. St-Antonin-Noble-Val also has very large outdoor Sunday market. The screen adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ book, ‘Charlotte Gray’, starring Cate Blanchett was filmed in St-Antonin-Noble-Val. The award winning film was released in 2002.
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