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The most ancient(former) mention of the village of Mus which one can find is in the cartulaire of Our Lady of Nîmes
in the date of 1060 under the name of "Walls villa in valle Anagia" (Walls farm of the valley of Swimming).
In 1165, in the cartulaire of Psalmody's abbey, one finds the mention " Perreria de Muris " (the perrières of Walls). Indeed, Mus possessed formerly subterranean careers, exploited(run) by them Romains during the construction of Nîmes's arènes
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Mosaics having been discovered(found) not lon from there, certain historians gave in Mus a Roman origin : "villa Musaicum". The others claimed that this name was Celtic and meant "hidden", what countered little likely given the place of the village. The others finally, make divert the name of Mus of Latin "Muri" who means "shanties". It is only in 1589 when the current shape of the name of Mus appears : the Latin shape of Walls, Muris.
At the end of Moyen-Age, Mus was a part of the fief of Calvisson given to Guillaume de Nogaret by King of France Philippe Le Bel.
In the second half of the XVI-th century, the totality of the population of Mus kissed(embraced) the ideas of the Reformed Claimed Religion. The life of the village is going, during more than three centuries (XVII-th , XVIII-th and XIX-th century), to be strongly marked by him(it,her) protestantisme. The Roman Catholic Church of the village, built in the XII-th century, made(did) the expenses of it. Indeed, she(it) was destroyed(annulled) then reconstructed repeatedly to take her(its) current aspect in the XVIII-th century. This church possesses a nef bent in cradle, a Romanic inside and a gate(portal) redone in neo-classic.
Every year, the village livens up around its votive holiday which takes place the weekend according to July 14, but also during the organization of pedestrian journeys(shopping) the first weekend of June. For this same month, a fair in fleas(chips) and a secondhand trade take place.
Pour any information, please, contact the City hall of Mus.
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