A colony of Saracens led by Emir Youssouf was established in Balazuc around 734 after the Battle of Poitiers but on the other side of the river.
Although the ochre of its facades standing out against the green of wild fig trees have often encouraged comparisons with a Moorish village, this is just a coincidence. The name of the Saracen window, the three-lobed windows that decorate certain houses, is also not connected to the Saracens . bées qui ornent certaines maisons ne doit rien aux sarrasins.
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