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unusual facts about Baux-de-Provence



2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 season

Lannemezan and Aix-en-Provence earned promotion from Fédérale 1 for the 2009–10 season, while Dax and Mont-de-Marsan were relegated from the 2008–09 Top 14.

Aix Cathedral

In 1750, this organ was replaced by the present "green and gold organ," built between 1743 and 1746 by Brother Jean-Esprit Isnard, a Dominican from the convent of Tarascon, who built several other notable organs in Provence, including that in the basilica of Saint-Maximin.

Amélie Beaury-Saurel

After Julian's death, she bought and laid out "Château Julian", in Lapalud, a village in Provence, in memory of her husband, who had been born there.

André Campra

A state-owned secondary school in the centre of Aix-en-Provence, is named after André Campra, Collège Campra.

Antoine Marc Gaudin

He was educated in Haifa, Versailles, and Toulon, then attended universities in Paris and Aix-en-Provence from which he received his bachelor degrees in 1916 and 1917, respectively.

Boffille de Juge

When John of Anjou, duke of Calabria, was conquered in Italy (1461) and fled to Provence, Boffille followed him.

Borvo

Many of the sites where offerings to Borvo have been found are in Gaul: inscriptions to him have been found in Drôme at Aix-en-Diois, Bouches-du-Rhône at Aix-en-Provence, Gers at Auch, Allier at Bourbon-l'Archambault, Savoie at Aix-les-Bains, Saône-et-Loire at Bourbon-Lancy, in Savoie at Aix-les-Bains, Haute-Marne at Bourbonne-les-Bains and in Nièvre at Entrains-sur-Nohain.

Canton of Marseille – Sainte-Marguerite

Canton of Marseille – Sainte-Marguerite is a canton of France, located within the commune of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.

Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis

The Demoiselles Coiffées de Pontis is a rock formation in Pontis, near Embrun in the French Alps, located on the edge of the Lac de Serre-Ponçon.

Estérel, Quebec

Around 1920, Belgian Baron Louis Empain acquired substantially all the land around Lake Masson intending to build a resort called Estérel, named after the Esterel massif in Provence, south-east France.

Gérard Locardi

He has been mainly a painter who found his inspiration in antique themes, two of his paintings are exhibited in the Chapelle de la Charité in Carpentras, Provence, France.

Giens peninsula

There are extensive vineyards on the peninsula, producing the AOC Côtes de Provence label.

Henri Fluchère

He played an important role in the establishment of an Elizabethan research centre in Aix-en-Provence and contributed to the Golden Guides series a volume on wines.

Honoré Armand de Villars

Don Honoré Armand de Villars, 2e duc de Villars (4 October 1702, Paris - May 1770, Aix), Duke and Peer of France, Prince of Martigues, Grandee of Spain, Knight of the Golden Fleece, Viscount of Melun, Marquis of la Melle, Count of Rochemiley, was a French nobleman, soldier and politician.

IDBUS

Currently, iDBUS serves Aix-en-Provence, Amsterdam, Brussels, Gene, Lille, London, Lyon, Marseille, Milan, Nice, Paris, Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and Turin.

International Bilingual School of Provence

The International Bilingual School of Provence is a mixed day and boarding school situated in Luynes on the outskirts of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France.

Isaac Chueke

In 2001, he was a special guest of France’s Ministry of Culture to consult and share his expertise at the festivals of Aix-en-Provence and Radio France Montpellier.

Italian classical music

Thus, we know that there was a vibrant troubador tradition in the 12th century in the Provence in their language and we know that 1000 miles away on the island of Sicily there was also a vibrant troubador tradition at the Hohenstaufen court of Frederick II, songs sung in the dialect of the people (very much influenced, for example, by Arabic), but it is conjecture as to exactly what either one sounded like.

Jean Jacques Surian

Recently it was noticed while exposing in 2004 a series of painting in Aix-en-Provence on the Divine Comedy of Dante (see some examples on fr:Wikipedia) and took part in 2006 in "the Cézanne year" with an exposure to the museum of the tapestries of Aix-en-Provence, where it reinterpreted the work of the Master of Aix, with much of affection, freedom and creative intelligence.

Jean René Baroux

In August 1944, he landed with allied forces on the beaches around Saint-Tropez, France, as part of Operation Dragoon which launched a 25-mile front onto the German invasion forces in Provence.

Jean-Baptiste van Loo

He was born in Aix-en-Provence, and was instructed in art by his father Louis-Abraham van Loo, son of Jacob van Loo.

Leo Marchutz

Recognizing a kindred spirit in Cézanne, Marchutz took an initial trip to the artist's native Aix-en-Provence, France in the summer of 1928 and emigrated there permanently in 1931.

Leonaert Bramer

In 1614, at the age of 18, he left on a long trip eventually reaching Rome in 1616, via Atrecht, Amiens, Paris, Aix (February 1616), Marseille, Genoa, and Livorno.

Levens

At the end of the 14th century, the destiny of Levens was linked to the whole County of Nice, which parted with Provence to form an alliance with Savoy on the initiative of the powerful John All Saints' Day, baron of Beuil, whose eldest son later became lord of Levens.

LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Three principal route options were considered, mainly concerning the alignment between Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Toulon and Draguignan.

Mahler Chamber Orchestra

The MCO has stable residencies in Ferrara (Ferrara Musica, honorary president: Claudio Abbado), Aix-en-Provence (Festival international d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence), Toblach (Gustav Mahler Musikwochen), Lucerne (Lucerne Festival), Salzburg (Mozartwochen) and Landshut.

Marius Jacob

On April 19, 1900, he escaped from the asylum in Aix-en-Provence with the assistance of a male nurse and took refuge in Sète.

Michael Tigar

He has been visiting professor at the law faculty of the Paul Cézanne University, Aix-en-Provence, and has lectured at law schools in several countries.

Monic Cecconi-Botella

In 2008 she founded the Festival Seasons of the Voice in Gordes, Provence.

Niccolò Antonio Colantonio

His paintings show the mingling of several cultures, as Alfonso V of Aragon had brought to Naples artists from Iberia, including the Valencian Jacomart, Burgundy, Provence, and Flanders.

Nompar

Anne Nompar de Caumont, countess of Balbi (1753–1832), mistress of the count of Provence, who later became Louis XVIII

Pascal Payet

On November 20, 1997, he participated in an attack on a Banque de France armored car in Salon-de-Provence during which a guard was killed.

Perceval Doria

Between 1228 and 1243 he assumed the character of a podestà in several Provençal and north Italian cities, such as Arles, Avignon, Asti, and Parma.

Pierre Ancelin

Born in Cannes, Ancelin studied pedagogy and music history at the conservatories of Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, then followed the course of aesthetics of Olivier Messiaen in Paris.

Provence Power Station

Provence Power Station is a 868 MW coal-fired power station at Gardanne, France.

Punta Marguareis

Administratively the Marguareis is divided between the Italian region of Piemonte (province: Cuneo) and the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (department: Alpes-Maritimes).

Raphaele Shirley

In the early 90s, she enrolled at the Ecole des Beaux Arts of Aix-en-Provence, France.

Romain Gary

He learned to pilot an aircraft in the French Air Force in Salon-de-Provence and in Avord Air Base, near Bourges.

Sadok Chaabane

Moreover, he taught in many universities, namely in Syracuse (Italy), Nice, Aix en Provence and Strasbourg (France), Ben Aknoune (Algeria), and others.

Salonenque

The Salonenque is particularly common in Provence, especially in the Bouches-du-Rhône.

Shabby chic

The term was coined by The World of Interiors magazine in the 1980s and became extremely popular in the US in the '90s with a certain eclectic surge of decorating styles with paints and effects, notably in metropolitan cultural centres on the West Coast of America, such as Los Angeles and San Francisco, with heavy influences from Mediterranean cultures such as Provence, Tuscany and Greece.

Sisteron Cathedral

Sisteron Cathedral, now the Church of Notre-Dame-des Pommiers (Cathédrale or Concathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Thyrse de Sisteron; Église Notre-Dame des Pommiers, or "Our Lady of the Appletrees") is a Roman Catholic church, formerly a cathedral, and national monument of France, in Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

SNCF Class Z 23500

They are mainly used on stopping services around the French Riviera (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), Lille (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) and Lyon (Rhône-Alpes).

Teresa Berganza

Berganza made her operatic debut as Dorabella in Così fan tutte in 1957 at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Terry Phillips

He spent his junior year at l’Institut d’Etudes Françaises in Aix-en-Provence, France, and is fluent in French.

Tibors de Sarenom

Tibors was the daughter of Guilhem d'Omelas and Tibors d'Aurenga, who brought her husband the castle of Sarenom, probably Sérignan-du-Comtat in Provence or perhaps Sérignan in the Roussillon.

Tourism in France

Several cities also attracts a lot of tourists, like Aix-en-Provence, Marseille or Cassis, on the Mediterranean Sea coastline.

Ubayd Allah ibn al-Habhab

But the expeditionary force was expelled from Provence in 737–38 in a joint operation by Charles Martel of the Franks and Liutprand of the Lombards.

Vauvenargues

Vauvenargues, a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France, near Aix-en-Provence

ZChocolat.com

zChocolat.com is headquartered in Aix-en-Provence, France, and has a dedicated logistics center in Forcalquier Alpes de Haute Provence and U.S. office in Ojai, California.


see also

Hell Valley

Val d'Enfer, located near the village of Les Baux-de-Provence in Provence south eastern France

Live in Les Baux de Provence

Live in Les Baux de Provence is a live album by John Illsley with Cunla and Greg Pearle.

Saint-Cannat

In the thirteenth century, villagers turned on their archbishop and pledged allegiance to the Lord of the Baux-de-Provence, and then to the Kings of Sicily (namely, Frederic III of Aragon, or perhaps Louis XIII).