There was a village in the South of France, near the Pyrenees, called Roncevaux. Like most French villages, its narrow stone streets were flanked by ivy-covered stone walls. A river snaked through the town, where a mill blessed by Cardinal Richelieu once stood. In the center of town, near the old well, Roncevaux was also the home of a unique landmark, a stone statue of Roland, the first literary hero of France, a lieutenant of Charlemagne and a symbol of the fighting spirit of France and Christendom the world over.
A Song for Roland
A Song for Roland
A Song for Roland
There was a village in the South of France, near the Pyrenees, called Roncevaux. Like most French villages, its narrow stone streets were flanked by ivy-covered stone walls. A river snaked through the town, where a mill blessed by Cardinal Richelieu once stood. In the center of town, near the old well, Roncevaux was also the home of a unique landmark, a stone statue of Roland, the first literary hero of France, a lieutenant of Charlemagne and a symbol of the fighting spirit of France and Christendom the world over.