croissant au beurre...

...for breakfast at the Boulangerie just down the road ( and all roads in this village involve an up and down as the ramparts, porches and 11th century church rise in a town that rises up the hill  as a 'circulades'.
The first written references to Magalas dates to to 1060 under the name Castrum Magalatium.

Meanwhile back to breakfast.
I learned today that croissant made with butter are straight in shape while a crescent shaped croissant may be made with butter but also made with margarine, depending on the boulangerie..

Today in France, bakeries are required by the “Le Décret Pain” or Bread Decree to shape the croissant ordinaire into crescent shapes to distinguish them from the croissant au beurre which holds a much straighter form