TheRoman Temple of Verneguessits in a beautiful glade in the woods, northwest ofAix-en-Provenceand just northwest ofLambesc. Most in ruins, but one tall Corinthian column remains, along with some walls and an adajcent Medieval chapel built into the temple walls.

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TheRoman Temple of Verneguessits in a beautiful glade in the woods, northwest ofAix-en-Provenceand just northwest ofLambesc. Most in ruins, but one tall Corinthian column remains, along with some walls and an adajcent Medieval chapel built into the temple walls.

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Alleins is a fortified Medieval villagewith narrow old streets, picturesque doorways, castle ruins on top and windmills nearby.Alleinsis located just north ofSalon-de-Provenceon the plains of the Durance, about 30 km northwest ofAix-en-Provence. 

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Mallemorte is new on Beyond, an interesting Medieval town with castle ruins and fortified defensive was a much more pleasant place than indicated by the 11th-century origin  of its name, meaning bad-death.

The new bridge across the Durance was built beside the 19th-century suspension bridge, still there and the last of its kind intact across the river.

Mallemorteis located about 30 km northwest ofAix-en-Provence, just south of the Luberon mountain range.

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Meyrargues, 15 km north ofAix-en-Provence, has been added to Beyond. A rather plain town, with a dominating castle and a Roman aqueduct,Meyrargueshas a top-end hotel and good hikes in the nearby Forest of Peyrolles.

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We've addedVauvenarguesvillage and chateau to Beyond. A Medieval village 15 km east ofAix-en-Provence, on the northern side of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire, this was the penultimate home of Pablo Picasso, and his final destination.

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Le Tholonet village, a favorite place ofCézanne, has been added to Beyond. This tiny village, 5 km east ofAix-en-Provence, has a 17th-century chateau, a 16th-century windmill tower, at sits at the foot of the Sainte-Victoire mountain.Cézannedid a lot of his painting in this area, and ate frequently in a restaurant inLe Tholonet. 

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Grillonis one of the four towns in the Pope's Enclave, a “bubble” of the Vaucluse isolated in the Drôme Provencal, once ruled by the Popes of Avignon.

The little fortified village of Grillonis perched on a bump of stone, surrounded by vineyards and farmlands. In the 18th century, gunpowder was manufactured in caves hollowed out beneath the village.

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TheMedieval village of  Taulignanis online in Beyond. Located 25 km southeast of Montélimar, and just north of the Popes' Enclave of the Vaucluse, the village sits amidst lavender fields, vineyards and farmlands. Taulignan is a fortified, walled town, with much of the 13th-century walls and defensive towers still ringing and protecting the old village.

 Taulignan was a trade-route town, and a passage point for early invaders as well as pilgrims on their way to C

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We've added theMedieval fortified village of Grignanto Beyond. Fortified since the 12th century, Grignan is walled around the Renaissance castle, Chateau de Grignan. 

Our photo here is of the Sévigné Fountain, with the statue of the Marquise de Sévigné, made famous from the many letters she wrote.

Grignan is located in the southern Drôme (Drôme Provençal), near the Popes' Enclave withRicherenchesandValréas, and about 40 km north ofOrange.

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