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Valentine's Day : history of the lovers' day

At least three different saints are called Valentine in Catholic tradition: Valentine of Rome, Valentine of Terni and another martyr who lived in North Africa So there are several versions of the life and martyrdom of Saint Valentine. When did this date become the Lovers' Day? The date of Fe ...

31
Jan
2008

The Carob tree: the tree with small horns

a tree of about five to seven meters (exceptionally 15 meters), which takes its origins in the Mediterranean regions: southern Europe, the Near East, North Africa, the Canary Islands. It is a dioic tree, i.e. mono-sexual (each foot bears male or female flowers) that belongs to the fabaceae family. ...

20
Apr
2012

Candlemas: the world tour of pancakes in 5 specialties

spicy sauces. Copyright: Yosomono 2- Baghirs in the Maghreb The baghirs, also known as thousand-hole pancakes, are a culinary specialty of North Africa. Unlike our Breton Pancakes or American pancakes, they are not prepared exclusively from wheat flour, but from wheat flour and semolin ...

01
Feb
2022

The Robert Tatin Museum: an unusual visit in Mayenne

ore becoming an artist, has traveled the world. This insatiable creator wears the hats of painter, ceramist, sculptor and draftsman. He travels in North Africa, Europe, New York and South America before returning to his native region. It was in 1962 that he returned to Mayenne and decided to s ...

26
July
2022

Palm tree, coconut tree or date tree: how to recognize them?

Still in the large palm family, another species is also primarily grown for its fruit: the date palm or Phoenix dactylifera. This species native to North Africa and Western Asia is one of the few palms to grow in the desert or rather in oases. A little hardier than the coconut palm, the date palm ...

18
Nov
2022

Violin spider in France: Should we be concerned?

smopolitan species, which has been introduced by humans to all continents except the polar regions. Originally, it was found only in Southern Europe, North Africa, Western Asia, and Afghanistan. Today, Loxosceles rufescens is present in Canada and the United States up to Hawaii, in Mexico, Peru, Au ...

01
Oct
2024