Brulhois

The Brulhois /br üjwa/( Gascon Brulhés /br üljes/in ) is an area of the north of the Gascogne, vis-a-vis the Agenais on left bank of the the Garonne mainly in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.

It is bordered by the Pays of Albret or Nérac board in the west and the Lomagne in south-east.

It draws its name from brogilo , a word Gaulois meaning “slope, borders”, “coppice”, " edge of river boisé". It is all this ground section located between the Gascon Garonne and slopes and which was covered with wood.

The historical capital of Brulhois is Laplume (47); among the other cities let us quote: the Sérignac-on-Garonne which has a superb twisted bell-tower, Holy-Dove-in-Bruilhois borough connected with the church i.e. which was built around a church, Brax, Roquefort and Françounette small the fadette of Bruilhois celebrates poême JASMINE, Moncaut, Marmont-Pashas, Moirax and its priory clunisien, Estillac and the castle of Blaise of MONLUC junior by Gascogne, Montagnac on Auvignon, Montesquieu having belonged to the family SECONDAT and which gave her name to our famous man of letters Pergain-Taillac, Gimbrède, Holy Mother (32), Cuq and its windmill, Fals, Layrac and its priory, Saint-Nicolas-of-the-Balerme, Saint-Sixth, the country house of Caudecoste, Astaffort fatherland of Francis CABREL, the country house of Donzac and its Museum of rurality, Dunes village martyr, Holy Wolf, Sistels, Holy Cirice, Auvillar and its circular market, (82).

Geography

Brulhois is a country of terraces and slopes fluviatile bordering the the Garonne.

It east is an wine-producing area where one produces the black wine of Brulhois (Côtes name of Brulhois), a typical wine of Gascogne worked out with the type of vines Tannat, Cabernet-franc, Cabernet-sauvignon, Merlot, Côt and Iron Servadou.

History

Populated as of prehistory, Brulhois kept testimonys in particular bronzes average. It does not have escaped with the Celtic expansion of the second age of iron.

The Viscount of Brulhois appears with Xe century (960?). Its history merges with that of

the Gascogne
of the Béarn starting from 1134
of the Armagnac starting from 1290
of the Duché of Albret starting from 1515

Brulhois suffered much from the wars of religion.

Culture

Brulhois is of tradition Gascon. Country of transition towards the surface Languedocien (Guyenne), the language Gascon does not start to give up some of its features. It keeps nevertheless its two principal specificities there: the treatment of F out of H and that of - ellus/a in - eth/- will era.

See too

Cellar of Goulens-in-Brulhois

(published on August 4th, 2007 by pH. Terrieux, the old quoted address gave one 404)

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