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 Péron Gafsa. The first part, an "Overview of physical geography", was published in 1907. The second part, "Stratigraphy of the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic terrains", was published in 1908. Péron was President of the Société géologique de France (SGF) in 1905. Publications by Alphonse Péron included: Alphonse Péron Alphonse Péron (29 November 1834 – 2 April 1908) was a French soldier and amateur naturalist. He used his spare time to pursue his interest in paleontology, and authored or coauthored several important works on the geology and paleontology of France and Algeria. Pierre-Alphonse Péron was born on 29 November 1834 in Saint-Fargeau, Yonne.