Lacoste, Vaucluse still. The oldest building in the town, the Maison Forte, dates back to the 9th century while the nearby Pont Julien remains one of the oldest standing examples of a working 1st century B.C. Roman bridge. Finnbar Mac Eoin, author of "Two Suitcases And A Dog" lives in Lacoste. He was the last person to drive across The Pont Julien before it closed to traffic in 2005. A plaque states, "We do not know who was the first person to cross, but an Irishman was the last". Lacoste is best known for its most notorious resident, Donatien Alphonse Francois comte
Saint Alphonse, Manitoba Saint Alphonse, Manitoba Saint Alphonse is a small English speaking Belgium community in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Saint Alphonse is part of the Rural Municipality of Lorne. The village of Saint Alphonse was founded in the early 1880s by immigrants mainly from Belgium and some from Quebec. Other Belgian immigrants settled further north and founded the village of Bruxelles. The school of Saint Alphonse opened in 1883. It hosted Belgian children of which two thirds were Walloons and from Brussels and a third of Flemish origin. The common language of instruction for all students was only French. In 1959,