# 2024-08-18 09:29:59.038898 UTC (+0000)

Brcon2024: Sunday Tours

On Sunday 2024-08-11 the last day of brcon2024 happened. We had a long
exhausting but happy and interesting day walking around Vitre, learning
about its history.

Did you know, that Vitre was once the region where 75% of all French
coin gold came from? They used the hemp production of their valley, where
they could soak the hemp to be usable and their fibres, to produce ship
utilities, which the Spanish needed for their world empire. All traders
had to go through this road, where Vitre was founded. Additionally it was
a border town on the Briton side to France, so the rulers put money into
it to impress.

This created the marvelous old rich town we see today. But their downfall
also gives us a view into the past. Because the Vitresse people were not
able to afford to make all their streets look like Paris, we have a mix
of old medieval houses with tries of new French style buildings.

The fortress had many iterations of rebuildings of different
accomodations for the noble.

And finally, the salt. Because the Britons have the exclusive exemption
from salt tax, here you can get salty butter and salty caramel. :-)

Please see examples of pictures I made during the day:

	gophers://bitreich.org/1/con/2024/vitre-tour

If you look closely, you can find cat-v - cat-vitre. :-D

Thanks for everyone who came!

It is always worth to visit this town with its history beginning in 900.

Have fun!


Sincerely yours,

20h
Chief Tour Officer (CTO)