Nérac

Nerac is a commune with 7106 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Lot- et- Garonne in the Aquitaine region. The city is the administrative center of the eponymous arrondissement and canton of Nerac Nerac.

Geography

Nerac lies on the River Baise, a left tributary of the Garonne. The municipality is located in Buzet wine region.

History

  • The highlight of the city lies in the 16th century, when the family d' Albret, who settled here in the 11th century, as a result of the marriage of John of Albret with Catherine of Navarre, in 1484 the kings of Navarre were.
  • 1527 married her son Henry II, the sister of Francis I, Marguerite of Angoulême, one of the first writers in the French language ( Heptaméron ). She pulled in Nerac many humanist and writer.
  • His daughter, Johanna III. , Married in 1548 Antoine de Bourbon and converted to the Protestant religion.. Johanna III, the Queen of Navarre ( a Protestant ), and Catherine de Medici, Queen of France ( Catholic ), married in 1572 her children: Henry III. of Navarre and Margaret of Valois ( Queen Margot ). Died shortly before, Johanna is no longer present at this " Blood Wedding ": Catherine uses the arrival of the Protestant leaders in Paris and ordered the massacre of St. Bartholomew. She holds her son in the Louvre caught to 1576. After his release he returned to Nerac and led 1578-1579 negotiations with Catherine de 'Medici, from which the Edict of Nerac, an early precursor of the Edict of Nantes (1598 ) emerged, which regulated the freedom of religion. Later, Henry III. of Navarre - Albret Bourbon king of France under the name of Henry IV, after Henry III. died of France without issue ( 1589 ). You know the saying of those affected: "Paris is worth a mass! "
  • In the 17th century leaned the city under Louis XIII. on and was taken in 1621 by Henri de Lorraine, duc de Mayenne and razed its fortifications.

Attractions

  • Museum of the d' Albret family in Nerac Castle
  • Old bridge over the Baise
  • Kai- plants on the Baise

Twinning

  • Madridejos, Toledo Province, Spain

Personalities

  • François Darlan (1881-1942), French admiral and politician
  • Michel Polnareff ( b. 1944 ), French Pop
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