Sarras

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Overview

Sarras is a mystical island to which the Holy Grail is brought in the Arthurian legend. In the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, Joseph of Arimathea and his followers visit the island on their way to Britain; while there Joseph's son Josephus is invested as a bishop and shown the mysteries of the Grail by Christ himself. The party wins many converts, and moves on to Britain where they establish a great line of kings. After they achieve the Grail the knights Galahad, Percival, and Bors return the object to Sarras aboard Solomon's ship, but they find the residents fallen back to paganism. The Grail knights restore the people's faith and preside over them benevolently for a year, but Galahad dies in ecstasy when the Grail is taken to Heaven by God, and Percival follows him later. Bors alone returns to Arthur's kingdom to tell the tale.

Geography

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Climate

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Notable people from here

Diane de Poitiers

French noblewoman and courtier (1500-1566)

Marie Victor de Fay, marquis de Latour-Maubourg

French general (1768-1850)

Laurent Amodru

French physician and politician (1849–1930)

André Buffière

French basketball player (1922–2014)

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Ange de Saint-Priest

Barthélemy Laffemas

French economist

Benjamin Recoura

French basketball player

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Christophe Blanc

French film director

Désiré Valette

French politician

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Fernand Tardy

French politician

Franck Sérusclat

French politician (1921–2006)

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Jean Broussolle

French singer and singer-songwriter

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Jessica Clémençon

French basketball player

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Ludovic Gros

French association football player

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Malik Chibane

French film producer, film director and screenwriter

Noël Cessieux

rugby union player

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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Geography & sun

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