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Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. It is a member of the ''Les Plus Beaux Villages de France'' ("The Most Beautiful Villages of France") association. ==History== In 72 B.C. the Roman General Pompey, while on the way back to Rome after a military campaign in Spain founded a Roman colony there. The goal was to defend the passage to the Aran Valley and the Iberian peninsula. The colony was named ''Lugdunum Convenarum'' and had reached around 30,000 people at its highest point. It is believed to have been the place of exile from 39 AD of Herod Antipas, with his wife Herodias, under Caligula's orders. In 408 the Vandals sacked the city and forced the peasantry to move to the citadel and in 585 the Burgundians, led by Guntram, entirely razed the site in the course of their pursuit of Gundoald. It would remain deserted for nearly five centuries. In 1083 a knight related to the Counts of Toulouse, Bertrand de l'Isle-Jourdain, canon of Saint Augustine in Toulouse, was nominated bishop of Comminges. He ordered the construction of the cathedral and of the Romanesque cloister. The place became used by pilgrims as a stage on the route to Santiago de Compostela. Bertrand de l'Isle was canonised and became known as Saint-Bertrand in the 13th century and Lugdunum Convenarum became known as ''Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges''. The term ''Comminges'' itself comes from the Latin word "Convenae", meaning "those who came together" at Pompey's new settlement. Commingle has the dictionary definition of 'to bring together', 'to blend' or 'to mix' and encompasses people, foodstuffs and high finance transactions. In July 19, 2012, during the 99th edition of Tour de France, was one of the villages which cyclists passed by. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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