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 […]