Bastide
[''Bâti'' is a variant. Paneling from the Bâti d'Urfé is now at the ]Metropolitan Museum of Art
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. is a local term for a
manor house
A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...
in
Provence
Provence (, , , , ; oc, Provença or ''Prouvènço'' , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bor ...
, in the south of
France
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, located in the countryside or in a village, and originally occupied by a wealthy farmer. A bastide is larger and more elegant than the farmhouse called a ''
mas
Mas, Más or MAS may refer to:
Film and TV
* Más y Menos, fictional superhero characters, from the Teen Titans animated television series
* Más (Breaking Bad), "Más" (''Breaking Bad''), a season three episode of ''Breaking Bad''
Songs
* Más ( ...
'', and is square or rectangular, with a tile roof, walls of fine
ashlar-stone sometimes covered with
stucco
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or
whitewash
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ed, and often built in a square around a courtyard. In the 19th and 20th centuries, many bastides were used as summer houses by wealthy citizens of
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
. More recently, most bastides in Provence have been transformed into expensive country homes.
One well-known bastide in Provence is the Bastide Neuve, located in the village of
La Treille
La Treille is a ''quartier'' on the outskirts of the 11th ''arrondissement'' of Marseille, in the Department of Bouches-du-Rhône, France. It has approximately 900 inhabitants. At the centre of the ''quartier'' is the seventeenth century hillsid ...
near Marseille, which was a summer house for the family of French writer and filmmaker
Marcel Pagnol
Marcel Paul Pagnol (; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française. Although his work is less fashionable ...
. César Soubeyran, the wealthy farmer in his novels ''
Jean de Florette
''Jean de Florette'' () is a 1986 period drama film directed by Claude Berri, based on a novel by Marcel Pagnol. It is followed by '' Manon des Sources''. The story takes place in rural Provence, where two local farmers plot to trick a newcomer o ...
'' and ''
Manon des Sources'', lived in a bastide.
Other notable bastides include:
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Bastide Bel-Air
The Bastide Bel-Air is a historic Bastide (Provençal manor), bastide in Aix-en-Provence, France. It is located on the chemin des Platanes in the northern section of Aix-en-Provence, in southeastern France.
The bastide was built in the second hal ...
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Bastide Les Brégues d'Or
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Bastide de la Guillermy
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Bastide du Jas de Bouffan
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Bastide d'Orcel
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Bastide de Repentance
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Clos de Villeneuve
The Clos de Villeneuve is a Bastide (Provençal manor), bastide, or Provençal manor house, built in the 18th century, located in the commune of Valensole in the Department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in France. Its gardens are classified among the ...
See also
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Architecture of Provence The architecture of Provence includes a rich collection of monuments from the Roman era, Cistercian monasteries from the Romanesque period, medieval castles and fortifications, as well as numerous hilltop villages and fine churches. Provence was a ...
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Mas (Provençal farmhouse)
A mas (, ) is a traditional farmhouse found in the Provence and Midi regions of France, as well as in Catalonia (Spain) where it is also named ''masia'' (in Catalan) or ''masía'' (in Spanish).
Description
A ''mas'' was the center of a largel ...
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References
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Buildings and structures in Provence
Buildings and structures in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur