Like the oldest house in France. This hidden gem is located in Aveyron, a department in the region of Occitania, Southern France, named after the river Aveyron. This site has several culturally ...

Photo by J. Irmišová et al. (2025.) Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble. While it might not seem like ...