Bastide''Bâti'' is a variant. Paneling from the Bâti d'Urfé is now at the

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. is a local term for a

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, in the south of

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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'', and is square or rectangular, with a tile roof, walls of fine ashlar-stone sometimes covered with

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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

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. 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 near Marseille, which was a summer house for the family of French writer and filmmaker

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. César Soubeyran, the wealthy farmer in his novels '' Jean de Florette'' and '' Manon des Sources'', lived in a bastide. Other notable bastides include: * Bastide Bel-Air *

Bastide Les Brégues d'Or The Bastide Les Brégues d'Or is a historic bastide in Luynes, a village near Aix-en-Provence, France. Location It is located on the chemin de la Carrière in Luynes, near Aix-en-Provence, in south-east France. History The bastide was built in t ...

* Bastide de la Guillermy * Bastide du Jas de Bouffan * Bastide d'Orcel * Bastide de Repentance * Clos de Villeneuve

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bastide (Provencal manor) Buildings and structures in Provence Buildings and structures in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

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