What does "Provence" mean?

Provence, located in the southeast of France, is the blue coast near the Mediterranean and the hometown of lavender. This area produces high-quality wine.

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Provence is the "city of knights" and the birthplace of medieval knight love poems. Famous towns include Marseille and Aix.

Provence, bordering Italy, is a hilly area extending from the Mediterranean coast to the inland. There is a big river in the middle. The Rhone River flows southward from the Alps through Lyon, divides into two tributaries near Provence, and then flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

Provence is a world-famous hometown of lavender, producing high-quality wine. Provence is also the "city of knights" in Europe, and it is the birthplace of knight lyric poetry, an important literary genre in the Middle Ages.

Provence has famous cities such as Aix and Marseille, as well as towns such as arles, Gade, avignon (also translated as avignon) and Nimes. This area is rich in products and sunny. Since ancient Greece and Rome, it has attracted countless tourists and is still a tourist attraction.

history

The geographical scope of Provence has changed greatly in history. In ancient Rome, Provence was a province that reached the Alps in the north and the Pyrenees in the south, including the whole of southern France. During the Roman Empire, Provence was listed as its province.

/kloc-During the Great Revolution at the end of 0/8, France was divided into five different administrative provinces, and Provence was one of them.

In 1960s, the administrative province was reorganized and divided into 22 regions, and then the Provence-Alpes region was founded. Before and after the moderate university town of Aix and the papal town of avignon, there are small medieval villages and ancient mountain cities that have escaped the changes of the century.

Scenic spots/tourist attractions

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The flower field of Sauter monastery in Luberon is the most famous lavender viewing place in this area, and it is also the story background of Provence, which is known as one of the most beautiful valleys in France.

There is a monastery in the 12 century on the mountain. There is a large lavender flower field in front of senac Monastery, which is planted by monks in the yard, and there are different colors of lavender.

Schmieja (Simiane-la-Rotonde, Simille) is a unique mountain city. At the top of the hill stands a castle in Luo Teng, which was built in 12 to 13 centuries, and is surrounded by a large lavender flower field. Standing in the town of Schmieja, purple flower fields can be seen everywhere.

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Luberon is the southern part of the province of Vokretz, and the place written in Peter Meyer's A Year in Provence is here. Luxiyong is a colorful village, with pink, bright orange and bright yellow houses scattered around the village like angels' toys.

Gordes is a rock villa, and there is also a lavender museum in Gordes village, with an old-fashioned lavender oil press at the door. The museum shows all kinds of utensils in lavender farmland.

Aix is the hometown of painter Paul Cézanne. It has been a university town and a famous "Spring City" since the Middle Ages. This is the ancient capital of Provence in Rome.

The city is famous for its unique cooking, rose wine and Provence dialect (the language of Tebe). In oranges, you can sit in the Roman amphitheater and watch the play; In Al, you can spend an afternoon sitting in a coffee shop.

Every July, the fashionable Stone Town will hold an international photography festival, which will display great photographers and romantic figures who are creating trends in Stone Gu Xiang and Little Square.

3. Bo Castle

Transportation: Take the bus from Yael bus terminal to Marseille and get off at Les Baux. There are four buses every day.

Tickets: Bocheng History Museum tickets 6.5 euros.

Opening hours: 9: 00 ~ 20: 30 in peak season (July and August); Other time is 9: 00 ~ 19: 30.

Bocheng Castle refers to the ruins of the ancient fortress of Les Baux de Provence near Yael. Bocheng was once the fortress of the hero Bocheng clan, and was called "vulture clan" by the poet Mistra. Later, I experienced countless wars.

Fighting for the baptism of smoke, Bocheng Castle was destroyed by war during the reign of Louis 13, and the ruins of the castle were reserved for tourists to visit.

The entrance to Bocheng Castle is the bocks Museum, which shows the historical materials and cultural relics of the castle in its heyday. Standing at the top of the castle, you can see the surrounding scenery of Yael ancient city. It is said that the tile Denffer in the north is the place that triggered Dante to write The Divine Comedy: Hell.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Provence