But cotton eventually became the dominant crop and the one with which the South was identified. By 1850 the American South grew more than 80 percent of the world's cotton. Slaves were used to cultivate all these crops, though cotton most of all.
The complex is located on the Ila de la Cite, right in the heart of Paris City. La Sainte-Chapelle is known as the only building from Capetian royal palace that survives as well as the highest pinnacle of Rayonnant period achievements.
Lourdes (French: [luÊd]; Lorda in Occitan) is a small market town lying in the foothills of the Pyrenees. It is part of the Hautes-PyrÃ©nÃ©es department in the Occitanie region in south-western France. Prior to the mid-19th century, the town was best known for the ChÃ¢teau fort de Lourdes, a fortified castle that rises up from a rocky escarpment at its centre.