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Village Perché
A village perché is a village perched at the top of a relief, most commonly found in France. Naturally difficult to access, often with ramparts, 'villages perchés' are for the most part fortified settlements dating from the Middle Ages. Many are located in the south-east of France in the present Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, this type of habitat considered typical of Provence. The villages, situated on their "rocky acropolis", have retained their medieval appearance, from the orientation of the facades of their houses - towards the valley or the road of communication - a true front of fortification.Benoit, F. (1975). ''La Provence et le Comtat Venaissin, Arts et traditions populaires.'' Aubanel, Avignon. . Fernand Benoit emphasizes their occasional prehistoric origin by pointing out that Cicero, in reference to the Ligurians who inhabited the region, called them ''castellani'', inhabitants of the castellas (Brutus, LXXIII, 256). Location 'Villages perchés' are found mainl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruis
Cruis is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department The following is a list of the 198 Communes of France, communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department of France. The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2020 ... References Communes of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{AlpesHauteProvence-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Broc (Alpes-Maritimes)
Le Broc may refer to the following places in France: * Le Broc, Alpes-Maritimes, a commune in the department of Alpes-Maritimes * Le Broc, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in the department of Puy-de-Dôme Puy-de-Dôme (; oc, label=Auvergnat, lo Puèi de Doma or ''lo Puèi Domat'') is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in the centre of France. In 2019, it had a population of 662,152. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peillon
Peillon (; oc, Pelhon; it, Peglione) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. Geography The commune is perched on a mountaintop and has stairs instead of roads. Population The inhabitants are called ''Peillonnais''. See also *Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department The following is a list of the 163 communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Barroux
Le Barroux (; oc, Lo Barós) is a village and commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. It had a population of 629 in 2017. History Its current name derives from the Latin ''Albaruffum''. Its castle was built in the 12th century to oppose Saracen and Italian incursions, and went through major overhauls in the 16th and 17th centuries. The castle was damaged during the French Revolution, was repaired in 1929 using private funds, was set on fire by German occupation troops in 1944 as a reprisal for acts of resistance, and restored again after 1960. In its chapel are 18th-century wall paintings that are registered as historical monuments. Its parish Church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist. Outside the village is the traditionalist Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbey named Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux, founded in 1978 by Dom Gérard Calvet (1927–2008). Charles, Prince of Wales spent a week in the village in Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ansouis
Ansouis (; oc, Ansoís) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. INSEE Geography Ansouis is located between the massif and the river.History A fortress was first built in the city in the 10th century, and has since been modified three times: once in the 13th century and again in the 15th and 19th centuries. Ansouis is classified as one of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loggia
In architecture, a loggia ( , usually , ) is a covered exterior gallery or corridor, usually on an upper level, but sometimes on the ground level of a building. The outer wall is open to the elements, usually supported by a series of columns or arches. They can be on principal fronts and/or sides of a building and are not meant for entrance but as an outdoor sitting room."Definition of Loggia" Lexic.us. Retrieved on 2014-10-24. An overhanging loggia may be supported by a baldresca. From the early , nearly every Italian |
Pergola
A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained. The origin of the word is the Late Latin ''pergula'', referring to a projecting eave. As a type of gazebo, it also may be an extension of a building or serve as protection for an open terrace or a link between pavilions. They are different from green tunnels, with a green tunnel being a type of road under a canopy of trees. Pergolas are sometimes confused with "arbors," as the terms are used interchangeably. Generally, an "arbor" is regarded as wooden bench seats with a roof, usually enclosed by lattice panels forming a framework for climbing plants; in evangelical Christianity, brush arbor revivals occur under such structures. A pergola, on the other hand, is a much larger and more open structure. Normally, a pergola does not include integ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigonce
Sigonce (; oc, Sigonça) is a Communes of France, commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departments of France, department in southeastern France. Economy Sisteron lamb Sisteron lamb is native of the departments of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Drôme. Derived from traditional farms, the parent breeds being the Merino d'Arles and the Southern Alps Mourerous, they are kept on their mothers for at least two months in pastures of at least ten hectares, and stocked at fewer than 10 sheep per hectare. These lambs are registered under the ''Institut national de l’origine et de la qualité'' (INAO). The associated regulations end the practice of raising stock in the same conditions but from multiple regions, including all of Provence, the Massif Central, and the Piedmont. Population History Some discoveries attest to an active state of this town dating to prehistoric and Roman eras. Antiquity In ancient times the territory of Sigonce was part of the Sogiontiques, whose te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
