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	Les Baux de Provence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Les Baux de Provence is a small village and commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France, in the former province of Provence.
		Les Baux was joined, along with Provence, to the French crown under the governance of the Manville family.
		The present Marquise des Baux is Princess Caroline of Monaco, heir to her brother, Albert II of Monaco.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Les_Baux_de_Provence (491 words)

	Encyclopedia: Provence
		Provence fared badly in the aftermath of the fall of the Roman Empire, suffering repeated invasions: Visigoths in the 5th century, Franks in the 6th century and Arabs in the 8th century, as well as repeated raids by Berber pirates and slavers.
		Provence is bounded by the Alps to the east and the RhÃ´ne River to the west, with the Mediterranean Sea providing its southern border.
		Les Baux de Provence is a wine AOC in the Provence region of France, near the town of Les Baux.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Provence (3460 words)

	Les Baux de Provence -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The great castle at Les Baux became renowned for its court, which was famed for its high level of ornateness, culture and (Courtesy towards women) chivalry.
		Les Baux was joined, along with Provence, to the French crown under the governance of the (Click link for more info and facts about Manville) Manville family.
		The present Marquise des Baux is (Click link for more info and facts about Princess Caroline of Monaco) Princess Caroline of Monaco, heir to her brother, (Click link for more info and facts about Albert II of Monaco) Albert II of Monaco.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/le/les_baux_de_provence.htm (600 words)

	Les Baux de Provence - Provence - Alpes - Côte d'Azur - Village Terraneo
		The municipality of Les Baux de Provence (500 inhabitants) lies 30 km south of Avignon and 40 km from the sea.
		The municipality of Les Baux de Provence is recognised as being one of "Les villages les plus beaux de France".
		The municipality of Les Baux de Provence is situated in the Alpilles Natural Regional Park, currently in the process of being created.
	www.villageterraneo.org /an/baux-de-provence.htm (315 words)

	Baux-de-Provence travel: Maps, Chateau-Fortress, Museums, Wine, History, France - Provence Beyond
		This area is a high flat ridge on top of the rocky pinicle of Les Baux, with the ruins of the fortified castle extending up in walls and keeps.
		Baux was integrated into the county of Provence, and then became part of France, along with Provence, in 1481.
		Baux became a barony, eventually ruled by Anne de Montmorency who rebuilt the castle and built the social life of the town to royal proportions.
	www.beyond.fr /villages/baux.html (886 words)

	Baux, Les on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Les Baux, France, is a medieval hilltop town that is still spectacular in its ruined state.(Letter to the Editor)
		Dynamique de croissance et de changement a Montreal de 1792 a 1819: le passage de la ville preindustrielle a la ville industrielle.
		Les Baux de Provence a panoramic view from the fortress.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Baux-L1es.asp (753 words)

	Sights in Provence - Les Baux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Les Baux de Provence is unique among the many attractions in Provence.
		Vehicles are forbidden, so when you arrive at Les Baux you must park outside the "Live City", to walk the narrow lanes of this village that clings near the top of its white rock mountain.
		The area surrounding Les Baux is studded with vineyards and olive trees, and there are many places to stop and sample olive oil (the French word for tasting is dégustation).
	www.travelswithfriends.com /Destination_Les_Baux.htm (913 words)

	Les Baux de Provence : Serra
		He chose to paint a modest Provence, The shadows of north-facing motifs rather than the brazen contre-jours, where the scoriae are no longer visible and nature is enhanced.
		Nominated delegate to the "ComitÈ Directeur de l'Union Nationale des Intellectuels" in the dÈpartement in 1945, he participated in various international exhibitions.
		In 1950 at the Salon d'Automne in Paris he exhibited his giant canvas (300 x 250cm) "Midnight Mass at Les Baux" in which he represents the inhabitants of the village attending mass.
	www.lesbauxdeprovence.com /us/cult/peintres/serra.html (489 words)

	Les Baux de Provence
		Les Baux de Provence, are first of all a beautiful sight, staggering of beauty, where on the southern slopes of Alpilles mountains the ground reveals amazing resources.
		They are all year long invaded by a flood of tourists, drawn by the fabulous past of the city and its castle and fascinated by the unique grandiose panorama at the foot of the rock spur.
		Armorial bearings of Baux are making reference to Balthazar and, in its center, to the holy star he followed.
	www.provence-taxi-tourisme.com /LesBaux/Eng_LesBaux.htm (521 words)

	Olive oil from the Valley des Baux in Provence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Living in Provence, feasting daily on a diet liberally doused in the local olive oil, has been, to say the least, one of the high-lights of the life I chose when I married a Provençal chef.
		It is perhaps for this reason that friends and family travelling through Provence in 1959 sought out restaurants promising "cuisine au beurre" feeling that their only other alternative would have been margarine.
		Provence, and more precisely, the Valley des Baux de Provence, is a region now possessed with the coveted AOC (Appelation d'Origine Controlee) for its olive oil.
	www.cuisineprovencale.com /art_oliveoil.html (1049 words)

	Le Prince Noir in Les Baux, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'azur, France - Inns of France
		(5/5) - AH Les Baux is one of the most fascinating areas in all of Provence and it is a very special place to stay (especially when the crowds have all disappeared and you and the few permanent residents have Les Baux to yourselves).
		Le Bijou (for 2 adults and two children) is a cosy apartment nestled at the top of the house, with master bedroom, tiny kitchen, living room with a sofabed and a private terrace.
		The house is an artist's house and the highest residence in the Cite des Baux de Provence, in the heart of the chateau and overlooking the Val d'Enfer and the Alpilles, and the rooms are cut into the rocks.
	innsoffrance.com /hotelview.aspx?h=2025 (464 words)

	Bicycling Provence, France
		The roman arenas, theaters, and monuments are found in the heartland of Provence, the mainly flat, rich farmland near the Rhone River.
		Provence is filled with hotels of all categories, from modest lodgings to palace-hotels; it also contains a multitude of good, inexpensive restaurants, and many others with Michelin stars.
		Check into your lodgings, and then continue to the Fontaine de Vaucluse*** (6 kilometers), where a voluminous stream "miraculously" emerges from a rock face (in later spring, summer and fall, you may be able to discern the top of the cave "without a bottom", from which the spring arises.
	www.mayq.com /Best_european_trips/Provence/Provence.htm (3144 words)

	Les Baux de Provence - Europe for Visitors
		ABOVE: The village of Les Baux de Provence is a former citadel on a massive outcropping of rock.
		Les Baux is a major tourist attraction in summer, when the village's spectacular setting, pretty shops and restaurants, and medieval reenactments make it a popular summer detour from the autoroutes that lead to the Riviera.
		Shopping is another way to spend time in Les Baux; during our visit, the souvenir stores were selling dried lavender, lavender soaps, and other gift items that were typical of Provence if not of the village itself.
	europeforvisitors.com /cruises/reviews/les-baux-de-provence.htm (384 words)

	K&L Wines: 2001 Les Baux de Provence Chateau d'Estoublon Rouge
		Chateau d'Estoublon is a grand chateau in every sense of the word, having been constructed in the fourteenth century as a maison de retraite for the monks of the nearby abbey of Montmajour.
		Sub-Region: Provence - Provence encompasses the southeastern portion of France that borders the Mediterranean.
		The largest appellation in the region is the Cotes de Provence that spans 49,600 acres of land in and around Marseilles.
	www.klwines.com /product.asp?sku=1011484 (676 words)

	Hotel Cabro d'Or (La) - Les Baux-de-Provence - Provence-Alpes-Cote d`Azur - France.com
		Les Baux is a beautiful place and Cabro d'Or ant and was a beautiful place to stay quiet, elegant with lovely service.
		We enjoyed being right in the middle of Les Baux de Provence, which were spectacular, a sight unlike any I have ever seen.
		The nearby chateau des Baux perched on top of a rocky hill is a also a must.
	www.france.com /hotels/hotel.cfm?hotel_id=3325 (829 words)

	Les Baux - As featured in our special feature on Provence Villas
		This idiosyncratic stone villa is built into a rocky hillside outside Les Baux-de-Provence, and has vista-views of vineyards and olive groves from the infinity swimming pool and terrace.
		Les Baux is furnished with a smart-contemporary edge, incorporating built-in banquettes and beds and the owner's South African art collection.
		Les Baux-de-Provence is a major tourist attraction, thanks to the ruined 11th-century citadel set high above it.
	www.cntraveller.com /Special_Features/Provence_Villas/Les_Baux (325 words)

	Saint Rémy, Les Baux de Provence and Pont du Gard by Minibus Avignon Sightseeing from Viator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Saint Rémy, Les Baux de Provence and Pont du Gard by Minibus Avignon Sightseeing from Viator
		Saint Rémy, Les Baux de Provence and Pont du Gard by Minibus
		Journey to Saint Remy de Provence for stop at the Antiques (Triumphal Arch and funeral monument) located in a field of olive trees; a landscape painted several times by Van Gogh.
	viator.com /tours/Avignon/3555VP_03/Saint-Rmy-Les-Baux-de-Provence-and-Pont-du-Gard-by-Minibus (438 words)

	Olivier Gendebien
		Olivier Gendebien, born January 12, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium and died on October 2, 1998 in Les Baux de Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhône departement of France, was a war hero and race car driver.
		Born into a wealthy family, an heir to the industrial holdings of the Solvay family, Olivier Gendebien studied engineering at university but when World War II erupted and the Nazis occupied Belgium, he joined the Belgian resistance movement.
		The duo were a natural fit and together they won the Le Mans race three times, with Gendebien winning it a fourth time, partnered with fellow Belgian Paul Frère.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/o/ol/olivier_gendebien.html (528 words)

	Relax in France - Self catering apartment in village house near Les Baux de Provence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The village of Mouriès lies just south of the magnificent Alpilles range of mountains in the valley of "Baux de Provence." The Alpilles provide a huge variety of walking, cycling and climbing activities and there are 2 superb golf courses within 8 km.
		The beauty of this apartment is its central village location, which provides a perfect base for discovering Provence and comes equipped with facilities to ensure your stay is comfortable.
		It is a beautifully restored, traditional one bedroom (mezzanine) apartment, situated in an 18th century traditional village house.
	www.relaxinfranceonline.com /provence/84003.htm (536 words)

	Baux de Provence, Provence, France
		The village of the Baux de Provence is situated in the heart of the Alpilles on a rocky plateau 245m high.
		Les Baux covers 7 hectares and visitors can discover the main ruins of its dramatic past: the keep, Saracen towers, chapel, old war weapons...
		At the entrance of Les Baux, you can visit the History Museum which will explain village life and history through the centuries.
	www.visit-riviera.com /content.php?id_content=352&content=villesetvillages&type=patrimoine_loisirs (345 words)

	Vacation Rentals in Maussane-Les-Alpilles Provence
		3 Apartments to rent in a warm and quiet 18th century provencal house.
		3 Appartements de charme à louer dans un mas provençal du 18ème siècle.
		Villages near Maussane: Saint-Rémy de Provence, Les Baux, Fontvieille, Eygalières, Mouriès, Aureille...
	massaintroman.free.fr /gbindex.html (67 words)

	Les Baux de Provence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From Saint-Remy to Fontvieille via Les Baux de Provence we will get lost in this pale white rock paradise, one of the most spectacular wonders of nature of France, we will walk though a “typical” village like Fontvieille and we will climb the Montmajour, an abbey ruin where Van Gogh was so enthusiastic about.
		It’s worth, before entering Les Baux, to stay a little while on the D 27 and descend to one of the stone quarries along the col de Sarragan—short before the descent to the “VALEE DES ENFERS”--.
		Being deserted for centuries Les Baux is now—thanks to the tourist industry—“a vivid, lively dead city”, but still a ghost of the past.
	www.jack-travel.com /Provence/Html/les_baux_de_provenceIntrHistory.htm (766 words)

	Arles -> Les Baux de Provence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This Roman temple was built in the 1st century BC and is one of the best preserved in the world.
		This the entrance of the domed Eglise de St-Louis, commissioned by King Louis XIV in 1676.
		The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was commissioned by Napoleon, but construction was stopped when he lost political power.
	www.umbc.edu /ancs/travel/france2002/tsmith/page3.html (267 words)

	Restaurant Oustau de Baumanière, Les Baux de Provence, France. - GourmetVoyageurs.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		We are delighted to report that a meal at (what has to be a restaurant that occupies a special place in the annals of French culinary history) is once again almost back where it belongs.
		We both enjoyed the tender roast breast of duck with a lavender honey sauce that was sitting on a confit of tart lemon and olives.
		Hidden high in the first line of hills that face south to the coast looking over the flat plains of the Carmargue with its olive groves, vineyards and famous white horses, this valley and its village had been abandoned for a long time.
	www.gourmetvoyageurs.com /country-pages/pages-france/provence/oustau-baumaniere/oustau_rest.html (1332 words)

	Les baux de Provence : les carrieres
		The quarries of Les Baux are as ancient as the village itself...
		Later, the white limestone rock was extracted and used for the construction of the castle and village.
		Meanwhile it was not until the 18th century that Les Baux became an important quarrying site.
	www.lesbauxdeprovence.com /us/cult/lieux/carrieres.html (106 words)

	Provence Bicycle Trip: Bicycle tour through Avignon, Chateauneuf du Pape, Saint Remy de Provence, Les Baux de Provence, ...
		Depending on your mood, you may choose to relax, to visit Les Baux, or to ride this 51 km loop which will lead you to Arles, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known for its Roman heritage (its amphitheater is a must-see!).
		Whether you choose to ride or not, time should be put aside to visit Les Baux and its medieval fortress that offers unobstructed views over the Alpilles.
		The village is then filled with colorful displays of Provencal fabrics, sweet scents of lavender, herbs, and spices.
	www.cyclomundo.com /p_villages_celebres_eng.htm (817 words)

	Les Baux : Attractions \| Frommers.com
		Les Baux has two aspects: the inhabited and carefully preserved medieval village and the evocative ruins of its fortress, the "dead" village.
		Brayer also decorated the restored 17th-century La Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, which stands close to the Church of St. Vincent, with frescoes of the Annunciation, the Nativity, and Christ in Majesty.
		The museum is open April through September daily from 10am to 12:30pm and 2 to 6pm, and the rest of the year from Wednesday through Monday 10am to 12:30pm and 2 to 5:30pm.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/lesbaux/0680010029.html (457 words)

	ipedia.com: Les Baux de Provence Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Les Baux de Provence is a small village in the Bouches-du-Rhône département in southern France, in the former province of Provence.
		They traced their ancestry (quite fictitiously) from the Magi king Balthazar and even placed the Star of Bethlehem on their coat of arms.
		It is currently held by Prince Albert, Crown Prince of Monaco.
	www.ipedia.com /les_baux_de_provence.html (513 words)

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