Sunday, November 23, 2014

Marais D' Tarascon


Marais D'Tarascon is an old Spanish plantation town from the mid 1500s revitalized in the past two decades or so by the French.   It is named after the Tarascon family which currently owns and runs the nearby sugar plantation.  Most families in the town work as freehold farmers working a plot of land rented from the Tarascons, or are trappers and hunters working the nearby wilderness.

To the North is Etang Saumatre (english: "Brackish Pond"), a 13-mile long semi-saltwater lake

To the West is the salt water marshes/swamps, currently flooding high, allowing passage only through certain winding footpaths.

To the East is an abandoned Spanish plantation,Tristepas, and beyond that, more of the Etang Saumatre

To the South are more swamps leading into highlands and mountains.

1. Full Moon Inn - This and the Church (9) and old cemetery (11) were the only buildings left from the Spanish era.

2. Bakery

3. Carpenter

4. Cemetery Caretaker cottage

5. Constable's cottage

6. Mordu the Scribe's cottage

7. General store

8. Blacksmith

9. Old Church (originally Spanish, refurbished by the French)

10. New Cemetery (French)

11. Old Cemetery (Spanish)

12. Barricaded home, affixed with crosses and strange plants

13. Tarascon Townhouse - Used by the Tarascon Family while in town, or for their guests.

14. Tailor

15. Tarascon Sugar Plantation

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