Saturday, June 16, 2007

June 13 - Les Baux de Provence



Les Baux de Provence is a small village in southern France.in the former province of Provence. It has a spectacular position in the Alpilles mountains, set atop a rocky outcrop crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its names refers to its site — in Provence, a baou is a rocky spur.

It was built primarily as a defence structure as it was high a top the mountain and could easily launch flaming projectiles as a means of defence.

2 comments:

Andrea said...

Bonjour....everything looks beautiful there!!! Glad to hear you're enjoying yourselves and the beaches!!! DRe.

Bruce and Cathy said...

Absolutely beautiful pictures and you both write like you have been doing travel journals all your lives. Looking forward to your next entries.

Bruce and Cathy