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🇫🇷 Sete a town founded in 1666

🇫🇷 Sete a town founded in 1666

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🇫🇷 Sete a town founded in 1666

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Location: Sète, Montpellier, Occitania, France

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1. Castellas Redoubt – Robinson Beach loop from Agde

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2. La Redoute du Castellas – Robinson Beach loop from Sète

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3. View of Sète – Lighthouse at Étang de Thau loop from Marseillan-Plage

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Marcus

September 6, 2024

An incredibly great city that is definitely worth a day trip.

Surrounded by water, crossed by canals: Sète is the "Venice of Languedoc" - and the best mix of beach, city and lifestyle in the Midi

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Marcus

September 6, 2024

about jousting:

Brief chronological overview
Before the jousting competitions, there is a parade of jousting competitors, all dressed in white and accompanied by traditional music.

The jousting competitors then line up on the boat's platform to begin the tournament.
At the moment of the attack, the two boats (red and blue) touch on the right side to allow the jousting competitors to use their shield and lance to bring down their opponent. The winner is the jousting competitor who stays on his platform.

For a week in August, the Saint-Louis Festival (Sète's patron saint's festival) offers spectacular jousting tournaments!
The festival has been celebrated since the port of Sète was created on July 29, 1666. This was also the day that the first traditional jousting tournament took place in Sète.

The swimmers' crossing of the Sète is also a popular spectacle. Entertainment, shows, bars on the quays, sports tournaments and fireworks also contribute to the exceptional atmosphere that reigns throughout Sète during this week.

The bravest get up at dawn to reserve seats in the stands for family and friends.

In the late morning, buoys and boats appear on the canal and children in particular have fun diving and swimming in the canal. They spend the day together by the water.

Some, including the steers, go out in white to eat the macaronade, as is the tradition. The aim is not to get dirty.

Then the parade starts from the place of the "Pouffre" (fountain in the shape of an octopus) and goes to the Cadre Royal. There, steers, rowers, helmsmen and musicians prepare to get into the boats. An oboe and a drum, a helmsman and eight to ten rowers per boat.

The tournament begins at 2pm with a beautiful waltz from the boats and a first salute from the steers.

The winner is the one who remains on the standing platform, but to qualify, you still have to "put three people in the water", as they say. The big winner of the Saint-Louis festival receives the prize on the town hall square. The club that won this prize then celebrates the victory of their steerer!

Source:
de.tourisme-sete.com/la-saint-louis.html

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Marcus

September 6, 2024

Market in Sete:

On Wednesdays, all year round, the downtown market in Sète takes place around the Halles Centrales. You can stroll through the streets of the city and find various products, including many local products and even local dishes to take away.

The market halls - the center of city life are open every day until 1 p.m.,

The traders' tables bend under the fresh fish, the numerous local shellfish specialties and the sun-ripened fruit and vegetables.

Not to be forgotten are the specialties that the Italians brought with them when they settled in Sète throughout history.

The market halls are even open on Sundays. Don't miss the big weekly market, every Wednesday around the market halls and in the squares of the city!

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Location: Sète, Montpellier, Occitania, France

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🇫🇷 Sete a town founded in 1666

1. Castellas Redoubt – Robinson Beach loop from Agde

2. La Redoute du Castellas – Robinson Beach loop from Sète

3. View of Sète – Lighthouse at Étang de Thau loop from Marseillan-Plage

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