A sign or pancarte outside an entrance to Lourdes.

pancarte (pahn-kart) noun, feminine
    : sign, notice, road sign; placard

French definition by Petit Larousse: une pancarte: "[un] Panneau, [ou] plaque portant une inscription ou un avis destiné au public."

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A Day in a French Life… by Kristin Espinasse

In the intermission between yesterday's Lourdes story and tomorrow's conclusion, here are 8 things that are prohibited at the holy lieu de pèlerinage*:

Interdits à Lourdes (Prohibited at Lourdes):

1. Les chiens ("dogs" … or animals in general)

2. Les cornets de glace ("ice cream cones" … or snacks)

3. Les cigarettes ("cigarettes")

4. Les vêtements de plage ("beach clothing")

5. Les téléphones portables (mobile phones)

6. Interdit de mendier ("begging is prohibited")

7. Attention aux voleurs ("watch out for pickpockets")

8. Pas de bicyclette ("no bikes")

… I should add that asking the candle-machine refiller guy (a contemplative frère?*) for his photo is prohibited too (but feeling super duper dumb and déplacée* for asking is not).

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un lieu (m) de pèlerinage = place of pilgrimage; un frère (m) = a brother; déplacé(e) = out of line (misplaced)

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