French legends

Roland (; ; or Rotholandus; or Rolando; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became an epic hero and one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.

fictional character

legendary magical horse in chivalric romance

hoard of "cursed" treasures pillaged from Greece and left in the Tolosa lakes

legendary and allegorical figure of Carcassonne

Bishop of Rouen

seven natural and man-made sites and monuments located in the Dauphiné former