After 3 years of renovation, the Ingres Bourdelle museum reopens its doors tomorrow in Montauban. It is housed in the former 17th century episcopal palace in Montauban. Montauban where we are this morning in the Words of Oc.
Montauban who comes from Occitan Montalban. Is pronounced tanben locally Montauban. Montalban o Montauban, that means the white hill. Mountain, in this case, it is the hill (not the mountain). Alban o Auban which comes from latin Albanus and which means white. So Montalban: the white hill. A pauc d’istòria brave mond: aquò’s Amfós de Jordan that founded Montalban in 1144 / founded in 1144 by Alphonse Jourdain, count of Tolosa, Montauban, is established on a land devoid of any construction. Made of pink brick, it prefigures the country houses with its regular plan organized around the central square. Montauban will experience significant economic development in the Middle Ages / Montalban builds up a brave economic crisis at Edat Mejana.
A word on the coat of arms of Montauban?
Òc-ben, i podètz veire an albar, a white sause se est est mai! On the historic coat of arms of Montauban, you can see a willow. Alara, perched on which tree? Yes, why this tree? Well because at one time, some people will think that Montalbar means “ the hill of white willows ”: Mount Albar. Precisioneta: in that case, Albar, to speak of the white willow, is written with an R at the end but is not pronounced. What if / whatever it is, it is not. Montauban originally means well: the white hill.
An example of an Occitan sounding name in Montauban?
E ben escotatz: n’i a bodre! They are very numerous ! You have for example the Faubourg Lacapelle. Lacapelle noted in one word in French. While originally, it’s good the and further capela. La capela, this is the chapel. May of 61,000 visitors to Montalban / more than 61,000 inhabitants in Montauban. Aqueste matin, fasèm a good farewell-siatz to all Montalbaners who listen to France Bleu Occitanie on 97.2 / 97.2.
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