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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. The cloister.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. The cloister.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. The cloister.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. The cloister.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. The cloister.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. The cloister.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Montmajour Abbey is a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 13th century five kilometers north of Arles. The stones came from the nearby Alpilles quarries. The Abbey  was an important pilgrimage site during the Middle Ages. Until the late Middle Ages Montmajour was an island surrounded by marshes and accessible only by boat. Beginning in the third millennium BC the island was used as a cemetery. A legend said that the graves carved into the rock were those of soldiers of Charlamagne who had fought against the Saracens.
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  • Les Baux. Today the quarry at Sarragan  is the only working mine in operation. It uses modern day equipment to replace the once 300 quarry workers who worked in the mines of les Baux during the great period of manual<br />
mining. The mining of the stone quarries at Les Baux dates back to the antiquity period. This soft stone was later mined by the Romans in open-pit quarries. Due to the facility with which the stone can be worked and sculpted it was used for heavy brickwork but also for decorative architectural elements in the nearby town of Arles.
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  • Les Baux. The Chaîne des Alpilles is a small range of mountains in Provence, southern France. Much of the range is bare rock or stony ground covered with scrub and maquis.
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  • Les Baux, in the back the Camargue. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. The village gives its name to the aluminium ore Bauxite which was first discovered there in 1821. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. The village gives its name to the aluminium ore Bauxite which was first discovered there in 1821. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. The village gives its name to the aluminium ore Bauxite which was first discovered there in 1821. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. The village gives its name to the aluminium ore Bauxite which was first discovered there in 1821. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. The village gives its name to the aluminium ore Bauxite which was first discovered there in 1821. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. During the Middle Ages the lords of Les Baux controlled 79 towns and villages. Les Baux is now one of the most picturesque villages in France.
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  • Les Baux, this renaissance window is a reminder of the Huguenot influence in the 16th century. Located on a rocky plateau in the heart of the Alpilles, Les Baux de Provence has been patiently restored and now boasts a historical and architecture heritage consisting of 22 listed buildings.
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  • Tarascon. The King René's castle, the castle of Tarascon, was started in 1401 and was completed in 1449 by his second son, René I of Naples.
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  • Tarascon. The King René's castle, the castle of Tarascon, was started in 1401 and was completed in 1449 by his second son, René I of Naples.
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  • Tarascon. Cloître des Cordeliers, 16th century cloister.
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  • Les Baux. The Chaîne des Alpilles is a small range of mountains in Provence, southern France. Much of the range is bare rock or stony ground covered with scrub and maquis.
    em7302315.jpg
  • Les Baux. Today the quarry at Sarragan  is the only working mine in operation. It uses modern day equipment to replace the once 300 quarry workers who worked in the mines of les Baux during the great period of manual<br />
mining. The mining of the stone quarries at Les Baux dates back to the antiquity period. This soft stone was later mined by the Romans in open-pit quarries. Due to the facility with which the stone can be worked and sculpted it was used for heavy brickwork but also for decorative architectural elements in the nearby town of Arles.
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  • Les Baux. Located on a rocky plateau in the heart of the Alpilles, Les Baux de Provence has been patiently restored and now boasts a historical and architecture heritage consisting of 22 listed buildings.
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  • Aigues-Mortes, Abrivado con i tori sotto le mura.
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  • Aigues-Mortes. La presenza di mura e porte alla fine di ogni strada caratterizza i 16 ettari intramuros in cui vivono circa 3000 persone.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • Aigues-Mortes. La presenza di mura e porte alla fine di ogni strada caratterizza i 16 ettari intramuros in cui vivono circa 3000 persone.
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  • Aigues-Mortes conta una cinta muraria medioevale praticamente intatta.
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  • La Tour  Carbonnière, vicino ad Aigues-Mortes, è stata una delle prime fortificazioni volute da Luigi IX.
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  • Aigues-Mortes. Panorama del borgo murato dalle Salins du Midi. Caratteristico il colore rossastro degli stagni.
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, il portale dell'abbazia benedettina. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, resti dell'abbazia originale lunga 98 metri. All'interno è conservata una spettacolare scala a chiocciola soprannominata La Vite" di St Gilles. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, resti dell'abbazia originale lunga 98 metri. All'interno è conservata una spettacolare scala a chiocciola soprannominata La Vite" di St Gilles. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, resti dell'abbazia originale lunga 98 metri. All'interno è conservata una spettacolare scala a chiocciola soprannominata La Vite" di St Gilles. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Saint Gilles, resti dell'abbazia originale lunga 98 metri. All'interno è conservata una spettacolare scala a chiocciola soprannominata La Vite" di St Gilles. Per secoli il culto di St Gilles è stato il terzo pellegrinaggio cristiano dopo Roma e Gerusalemme, poi grazie a Cluny è diventato una tappa del Cammino di Compostela
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  • Abbazia di St Gilles, la criprta originaria in cui nel XIX secolo è stata ritrovata la tomba del santo. Immagine di Luigi il Santo.
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  • Abbazia di St Gilles, bassorilievo degli Apostoli conservato nel museo locale.
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