Beyond, on the highest point of the peninsula of St. hospice, is a round tower, the remains of the fortifications razed by the Duke of Berwick in 1706. The more ancient crumbling masonry around belonged to a stronghold of the Saracens, whence they were driven in the 10th cent.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
From the hospice the road traverses several galleries, and passes by a mine of anthracite coal not far from the village of Lauzet.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
The whole of her property she gave to the poor; among other good deeds she founded a hospice for the shelter of the destitute.
"Women of Early Christianity Woman: In all ages and in all countries, Vol. 3 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain Mitchell Carroll