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
Alphonse Allais of Alphonse Allais" (UK). In the United States, Doug Skinner has translated eight books by Allais, including "Captain Cap" and his only novel Honfleur has a street, "rue Alphonse Allais", and a school, "Collège Alphonse Allais", named for him. There is a "Place Alphonse-Allais" in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The "Académie Alphonse-Allais" has awarded an annual prize, the , in his honor since 1954. Alphonse Allais Alphonse Allais (20 October 1854 – 28 October 1905) was a French writer and humorist, who was born in Honfleur, Calvados, and who died in Paris. He is the author of many collections