Street of Guiche

by | Jun 14, 2022

Place of memory The street of Guiche was recently renamed by the city hall of Pau. What is it called now? On October 27, 2018 the Rue de Guiche changed its name to Rue des Républicains Espagnols en Béarn. Starting in 1936, Pau welcomed many Spanish Republican refugees...

Museum Bernadotte

by | Jun 14, 2022

From Pau to Stockholm, Bernadotte’s journey The Balagué house, built around 1730, was the birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte went far to seek an extraordinary destiny: a French soldier, he became King of Sweden in 1818 after having...

Hymns and anthems

by | Jun 13, 2022

Flags on the Boulevard! Nicknamed the “Promenade des Anglais” by some, because it was inspired by the one in Nice, the construction of the Boulevard des Pyrénées started in 1891. The French engineer Jean-Charles Alphand was inspired by the city of Nice. He...