Day: July 19, 2022

Fraxinetum. An Arab settlement in Southern France, Italy and Switzerland more than 1000 years ago

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Fraxinetum or Fraxinet (Arabic: فرخشنيط, romanized: Farakhshanīt or فرخشة Farakhsha, from Latin fraxinus: “ash tree“, fraxinetum: “ash forest”) was the site of a Muslim fortress in Provence between about 887 and 972. It is identified with […]