The hills of Pagnol and the landscapes of Cézanne depict the hectic daily life of its inhabitants, while in the vicinity are other magnificent sites such as the Calanques or inlets from Marseille to La Ciotat through Cassis, and the Sainte-Baume mountain range.
Mary Magdalene later left him to continue his apostolate alone when she withdrew to the solitude of a cave, around which later Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume was built.
a sample of the cloak having belonged to Louis IX of France and preserved in Saint-Maximin, Var, France, which had a verifiable provenance and was woven between 1240 and 1270.
The French tradition of Saint Lazare of Bethany is that Mary Magdalene, her brother Lazarus, and Maximinus, one of the Seventy Disciples and some companions, expelled by persecutions from the Holy Land, traversed the Mediterranean in a frail boat with neither rudder nor mast and landed at the place called Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer near Arles.
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Baume watches also set accuracy records in timekeeping competitions, and particularly the timing trials run by Kew Observatory near London.
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Baume & Mercier has had many celebrity ambassadors including Andy Garcia, Gary Sinise, Ashton Kutcher, Teri Hatcher, Kim Basinger, David Duchovny, Evangeline Lily, and most recently, Gwyneth Paltrow.
Berno of Cluny, also known as Berno of Baume (c. 850-925) - first abbot of Cluny and saint
Prime minister Michel Rocard sent his condolences and all festivities planned for celebrating the Bastille Day on July 14 were cancelled in Baume-les-Dames and replaced with a solemn ceremony to commemorate the victims of the shooting.
Eric Baume was born Frederick Ehrenfried Baume in Auckland, New Zealand in 1900 to a father of the same name who was a lawyer and politician.
The chamberlain of Charles the Bold, Guillaume de la Baume, expanded the castle and when he left in 1470, it was an elegant and comfortable palace.
In 1633, Régis went to the Diocese of Viviers at the invitation of the local bishop, Monsignor Louis II de la Baume de Suze, giving missions throughout the diocese.
Baume was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in January 1992 in recognition of service to the Australian Parliament and upgraded to Companion in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours List.
The density of these baths is measured in degrees Baumé.
The most significant of these caves is the "Baume Bonne", which has been studied by various archaeologists, including Henry de Lumley.