The Bastide Les Brégues d'Or is a historic

bastide Bastides are fortified new towns built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony, Aquitaine, England and Wales during the 13th and 14th centuries, although some authorities count Mont-de-Marsan and Montauban, which was founded in 1144, as the first bastides ...

in Luynes, a village near

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence, or simply Aix, is a List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, city and Communes of France, commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the Subprefectures in France, s ...

, 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 the second half of the 18th century.

Architectural significance

It has been listed as an official historical monument by the

French Ministry of Culture The Ministry of Culture () is the ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of France in charge of List of museums in France, national museums and the . Its goal is to maintain the French identity through the promotion and pro ...

since 1989.

References

Houses completed in the 18th century Monuments historiques of Aix-en-Provence 18th-century architecture in France {{France-struct-stub