Rules of the game: every Saturday and Sunday from 11h to 12h, go “In search of the golden cicada“. A first cicada is hidden in a commune region, then a second in a precise place of the municipality in question. Listeners call 04 42 38 08 08 and make their proposals live until they find our golden cicadas!
To win this Saturday
For the first riddle : a gift voucher of 50 euros at the Ravel d’Aubagne Pottery.
And for the second riddle : Your participation in a santon-making workshop in Aubagne with a santonnier craftsman, the Santons Flora. For more than an hour, you will learn how to make the santon you have chosen yourself, the santon will then be cooked and offered to you. Everyone leaves with the santon they have made!
The “common” enigma of Saturday 19 December
Identify this commune of Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence or Hautes-Alpes, to win :
Thanks to the Pope but beware of the Cardinal! At noon, on the path of the plaited carts, the pale-skinned survivor stretches his arm towards the colored facade where a beautiful trumpet tune is played by the luthier.
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Reply : Greenhouses.
This municipality of 1300 inhabitants of Hautes-Alpes is located on the road between Sisteron and Grenoble. Nestled against the rock of the Pignolette, the village, labeled “Small city of character” has picturesque alleys and a remarkable heritage.
This Saturday takes place the Christmas market of know-how and specialties of Buëch and Provencal Baronnies, under Christmas lights with Father Christmas and above all a huge driftwood nativity scene, on the Place de la Liberté. If you go there today for the Christmas market, or later during the holidays, do not miss the Chemin des Crèches, a hundred nativity scenes in the shops, outdoors, at every corner of the lane and at every doorstep. … A Chemin des Crèches in the magical setting of the village of Serres which will be illuminated from this afternoon at 4 p.m. and is to be seen every day until January 6.
- Thanks to the pope : when Pope Clement V moved to Avignon in 1309, Serres was on the road linking Avignon to Lombardy and northern Italy, which encouraged its development, with the organization of many fairs for example.
- Station : Serres has a station on the line between Aix-en-Provence and Briançon, located between Laragne and Veynes-Dévoluy.
- Watch out for the Cardinal : Cardinal Richelieu had the Citadel which dominated the village destroyed in 1633 and which could have made Serres Sisteron’s little sister.
- A midi : Serres has the only Hautes-Alpes marble meridian, a sort of sundial, on the facade of the primary school, which, since 1882, has been showing the midday instant.
- On the way of the carts : A charrière is a path through which the carts pass, and the main street of Serres, bordered by old prestigious residences, is called the “Grande Charrière”.
- Braided : the Buëch crosses Serres, the Buëch being a braided river, divided into many channels giving the impression that it is woven around gravel banks.
- The survivor reaches out : the geographer Alexandre Corréard is one of the survivors of the frigate La Méduse which ran aground off Mauritania. On the Raft of the Medusa, Géricault represents him stretching his arm towards the horizon. Alexandre Corréard was born in Serres in 1788.
- Pale complexion : reference to the Torrent de Blême.
- The colorful facade : the mansion of the Constable of Lesdiguières (the leader of the Protestant armies of Dauphiné, born in the Champsaur and lord of Serres in 1576) has on its facade magnificent polychrome plasterwork unique in France.
- A beautiful air : reference to the Torrent de Bel-Air.
- Trumpet : Serre-Trompette is a place called Serres at the foot of a small nipple.
- Luthier : Jean-Marc Siaud is the luthier of Serres, he makes magnificent electric guitars in wood by hand and will be our guest at 12:20 on France Bleu Provence.
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The enigma “place” of Saturday December 19
Now, identify a specific place in the town of Serres:
Drive up to the old signs to see the scale model come alive between the two shores.
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Reply : The Estanco Museum.
Michel Mouttet is a true fan of mechanics. Its museum has a private collection of vintage vehicles, including a bicycle from 1898, its oldest piece. Motorcycles, cars, bicycles, sidecar, small agricultural equipment, enamel signs, road signs as well as an animated model of the Marseille Transporter Bridge and even a road roller from 1949 are on display there.
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The good addresses of Serres: Le Hang’Art
“100% local” artisans, creators and producers to find rue Roger Tessé at Hang’Art.
The good addresses of Serres: Papécaster and Le Taillandier
Jean-Marc Siaud is cutler and luthier in Serres.
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