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メザンはアルブレ地方の中心部にある古い中世の町で、その遺産、アーケード、コルク産業に関連する歴史で知られています。城壁の遺跡、美しい石造りの家々、そして村の真の中心であるアルマン・ファリエール広場を発見するでしょう。

ネラックでは、アンリ4世城がバイーズ川を穏やかに見下ろし、伝説となった王の物語を伝えています。 アルブレ領主のかつての居城であり、ルネサンス期にはナバラ宮廷の中心でした。 ここが、後のアンリ4世となるアンリ・ド・ナヴァールが育ち、その運命を確固たるものにした場所です。 現在、城と博物館は、偉大な歴史とガスコーニュのライフスタイルを巡る旅へと誘います。 川沿いの散策、優雅なギャラリー、そして王家の思い出が互いに響き合います。 ネラックとアルブレの魂を理解するためには欠かせない場所です。

かつて列車の終着駅であり始発駅であったネラック駅は、現在、古い鉄道用地に整備されたアルブレの緑の道（Voie Verte de l’Albret）の特別な通過地点となっています。 かつて貨車が行き交っていた場所に、今では歩行者やサイクリストがアルブレの村々を結ぶ快適なルートに沿って、安心して進んでいます。 谷の産業と鉄道の過去の証人である駅は、鉄道の記憶と今日の快適な移動手段との間の、成功した移行を、バイーズ川の風景の中心で示しています。

ネラックのアンリ4世城は、アルブレ領主のかつての居城であり、この街の豊かなルネサンス期の過去を物語っています。 バイーズ川を見下ろすこの城は、未来のアンリ4世王の生活の場の一つであり、今日でもアルブレの歴史を発見するための必見の場所となっています。

Nérac Castle was founded in the 14th century, within a medieval town surrounded by walls and backing onto the Baïse River. Beginning in 1491, Alain d'Albret modernized this first tower and had three wings built. The west wing included the drawbridge and service rooms, the north wing housed Jeanne d'Albret's apartments, and the east wing constituted the main building of the castle. It was in this castle that Marguerite de Navarre, sister of Francis I and author of the Heptaméron, lived. A committed humanist, she brought Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples, nicknamed the French Erasmus, to Nérac. Jeanne d'Albret, her daughter, was also sensitive to the ideas of her time and brought Théodore de Bèze to her court, before converting to Protestantism. It was in this context that Henry III of Navarre, the future King Henry IV, lived. He lived in this château for about ten years with Queen Marguerite de Valois, known as Queen Margot. The latter was responsible for the creation of the 3000-Step Avenue in the Parc de la Garenne, along the Baïse. This avenue, punctuated over the years with new fountains, was then surrounded by walls and accessible from the château by a bridge. The years following the assassination of Henri IV by Ravaillac in 1610 marked the decline of the château, first due to royal reprisals against Protestants and then due to the destruction caused by the French Revolution in 1793, when the château was declared national property. After the revolutionary destruction, only the north wing of the château remained, with its twisted columns so characteristic of the Renaissance style. The château was divided into lots and inhabited by several owners. Gradually, the municipality became interested in restoring the château, and a restoration project was drawn up by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, whose sketches are on display in the museum. However, it wasn't until 1925 that the city became the owner of the entire building and began a restoration project to house the municipal museum. Since then, the royal residence and writer's home, the Château-Musée Henri IV, has offered visitors a permanent exhibition dedicated to Henri IV and the d'Albret family on the first floor, and the art of living during the Renaissance on the ground floor through various themes.

この美しいグリーンウェイ沿いにあるかつての駅（Sos駅）の1つ。大雨の後、いくつかの区間は非常にぬかるんでいます。

Nérac is, like Amboise, a royal city insofar as the commune is the fief of the lords of Albret who became king of Navarre in the 15th century. It is also the epicentre of Protestantism. After the massacre of Saint Bartholomew, a treaty between the two religions was born in this city. This is the Edict of Nérac which restored rights for Protestants. It was signed on 28 February 1579 between King Henry III and the religionists. After the death of Henry III in 1589, the city lost its influence, because having no descendants, it was Henri de Navarre-Bourbon-Albret who became king of France under the name of Henri IV. It is then said that when the doors of Paris opened to Henry, those of fame closed for Nérac.

Fources is a small medieval village with some nice architecture. Small but worth a visit.