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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃tmaʁi d(ə) la mɛʁ], alternatively with the definite article Les Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, lit. "(the) Saint Marys of the Sea", locally Les Saintes, [le sɛ̃t]; Provençal: Lei Santei Marias de la Mar (classical norm) or Li Sànti Marìo de la Mar (Mistralian norm)), is the capital of the Camargue (Provençal: Camarga) natural region in ...
Saint Sarah, also known as Sara-la-Kâli ("Sara the Black"; Romani: Sara e Kali), is the patron saint of the Romani people in Folk Catholicism.The center of her veneration is Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, a place of pilgrimage for Roma in the Camargue, in Southern France.
The bishop then made a pilgrimage to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in 1357. [11] That same year, Arnaud de Cervole, known as the Archpriest, headed for Avignon via the Camargue with his Anglo-Gascon bands. The relics contained in the church were sheltered at Sainte-Baume and Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer saw its fortifications reinforced. [4]
She was born in Pasadena, California, [3] on June 16, 1926. She is of French descent. [3] Her family name comes from Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, in Provence. [3] She studied English and art at the University of California.
The French town of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is the subject of a series of paintings that Vincent van Gogh made in June 1888. When Van Gogh lived in Arles, he took a week-long trip to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer on the Mediterranean Sea, where he made several paintings of the seascape and town.
The gang de la Brise de Mer was one of the most powerful Corsican criminal organizations.Based in Northern Corsica, the gang controls various activities (racketeering, slots machines traffic, laundering, night clubs, gambling clubs, casinos, etc.) in Corsica, but also in the South of France, in Paris, in Italy, in Occidental African countries (Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, etc.), and in Latin ...
Arch of Germanicus and the Charente. Saintes is on the banks of the river Charente, in the center-eastern part of the department.The city is based 60 km southeast of La Rochelle, [8] 33 kilometers northeast of Royan, [8] and about 100 km north of Bordeaux [8] (to which it is linked by the A10 autoroute).
Communauté d'agglomération de Saintes (since 2023: Saintes - Grandes Rives - L'Agglo) [1] is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Saintes. It is located in the Charente-Maritime department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France. Created in 2013, its seat is in Saintes. [2]