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Villages · VaucluseWorth a visit
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.
The twelfth-century church keeps its rich decoration. The nearby old cemetery offers a superb panoramic view. The visit of the village continues with the old hospice and, on the Place de l'Horloge, the belfry and its campanile. Ménerbes has many historic buildings: the citadel, the Carmejane where Empire general Robert lived, the old presbytery, home of Count Rantzau, the castelet inhabited by Nicolas de Staël and Picasso's house.
In our itineraries2 days in the Luberon, ochre villages and coloured quarries
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