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Villages · Vaucluse
Gordes
This village perched on a promontory seems to stand guard over the Apt valley and the Cavaillon plain.
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Perched on their ochre hills or nestled in the hollow of the valley, the villages of the Luberon are among the most photographed in Provence, with pale stone, coloured shutters and views of the mountain.
This selection brings together the most emblematic villages of the massif, several of them listed among the Most Beautiful Villages of France.
A list set to grow: several flagship villages of the Luberon (Bonnieux, Cucuron, Oppède-le-Vieux) are still to be added to the catalogue.
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Villages · Vaucluse
Roussillon
This village is world-famous for the 18 shades of red ochre of its Fairies' valley and the tormented relief of its old quarries, cliffs that erosion and the mistral continue to gully.
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Villages · Vaucluse
Ansouis
In the Middle Ages, Ansouis occupied an ideal position to control the road between Aix-en-Provence and Apt.
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Villages · Vaucluse
Lourmarin
It was in the sixteenth century that the inhabitants of the Protestant village were massacred by Maynier d'Oppède.
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Villages · Vaucluse
Ménerbes
It was in the Middle Ages that Ménerbes acquired part of its heritage, such as Saint-Hilaire abbey, a former priory where Saint Louis stopped on his return from the Crusades.
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Villages · Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Simiane-la-Rotonde
Simiane owes its fame to the Rotonde, the circular keep of the castle that crowns the hill on which the village spreads, a witness to a rich history.
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