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	The Patrin Web Journal - Saintes-Maries de la Mer
		The narrow streets of Saintes-Maries de la Mer overflow and Camargue gardians on horseback accompany the statues of the Saintes-Maries and Sara into the sea, the frail statues carried by specially chosen men.
		In truth, no one knows who Sara really was, or how the cult of Sara came to Saintes-Maries de la Mer, where pilgrims came to pray well before the French Revolution.
		Many Gitans use the pilgrimage as a family assembly and as a time to baptize their children in the church of Saints-Maries de la Mer.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/5121/stsm01.htm

	Saintes on Encyclopedia.com
		FRANCE, Saintes Maries de la mer: gipsy sleeping.(c) Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos.
		FRANCE, Saintes Maries de la mer: gipsy feast.(c) Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos.
		In Saintes Maries de la Mer (Bouches du Rh??region) a Gypsy Pilgrimage takes place on May 24 and 25 every year, in honour of Saint Marie Jacobone of the patron saint of the city.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/S/Saintes.asp

	holiday in LES-SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER - direct from owners: LES-SAINTES-MARIES-DE-LA-MER
		Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, France, Provence Alps French Riviera - Bouches Du Rh�ne.
		les Saintes Maries de la mer, France, Provence Alps French Riviera - Bouches Du Rh�ne.
		2 rental offers match your criteria - Country: France - Region / Area: Bouches du Rh�ne - Destination: les saintes maries de la mer -
	www.family-holiday.org /EN/fr_paca_13-bouchesdurhone_fr/holiday-in_les-saintes-maries-de-la-mer_r3.asp

	Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Hotels - Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Provence Hotels - ProvenceBeyond
		Saintes Maries de la Mer is the genuine capital of Camargue with welcoming inhabitants, shopping streets, its gipsy parties, a unique nature and protected beaches.
		A pleasant welcome awaits you: In the tranquil setting of a quiet street of the village of Saintes Maries de la Mer located nearby Port Gardian and the sandy beaches.
		It's the typical habitation of our region with the back rounded off on the North and its thatched roof this hut is a model of adaptation to the camargue weather, with all the comfort of a 4 stars.
	www.beyond.fr /hotels/d13stesmariesme.html

	Saintes Maries de la Mer hotels accommodation hotels Saintes Maries de la Mer
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		Saintes Maries de la Mer hotels with Francehotelsearch.
		You can find a wide selection of hotels in Saintes Maries de la Mer,verify the availability and make your reservation on line.
	www.francehotelsearch.com /saintesmaries.htm

	Provence & Riviera travel guide
		Saintes Maries de la Mer, a city in the Camargue, is especially famous for its oldest tradition which consists of being the meeting place for the gypsy people.
		Saint R�my de Provence is an historic village built on one of the oldest archeological sites in Europe.
		Saint Fran�ois-de-Paul landed here in 1481, and the local fishermen carry a statue of him in processions in the adjoining Bormes-les-Mimosas.
	www.webscapades.com /france/paca/region-guide.htm

	Welcome to Saintes Maries de la Mer in Camargue.
		Welcome to Saintes Maries de la Mer in Camargue.
		If it is the Pilgrimage to Les Saintes Maries de la Mer, he undertakes to carry it out under dire conditions of penitence.
		Many Gypsies also take advantage of this family resemblance to baptise their children in the church of Saintes Maries de la Mer.
	www.saintes-maries.camargue.fr /uk/culturfolk/gitans.html

	The Church of the Three Saints
		Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the 'Saint Marys of the Sea', is a small fishing village located on the south-central coast of Mediterranean France in the Camargue region of Bouches-du-Rhone.
		The gypsies that throng to worship her each May believe Sara to have been a powerful local queen who welcomed the tired travelers from the Holy Land, while other sources suggest she may have been an ancient pagan goddess or a black Egyptian woman who was the servant of Christ's mother Mary.
		As the reliquary slowly descends, the crowd of pilgrims, overcome with religious fervor, reaches up their hands, even holding up babies at arm's length, in the belief that to touch the relics before they reach the ground is to receive a wondrous healing and protection from misfortune.
	www.sacredsites.com /europe/france/church_of_three_saints.html

	Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer Hotels - Hotels in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer France - Browse and Book online
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	www.allukhotels.com /en/france/provence_alpes_cote_d-azur/bouches-du-rhone/saintes-maries-de-la-mer-hotels.html

	The Patrin Web Journal - Les Saintes Maries de la Mer - 1997
		he Gypsy pilgrimage begins May 24-26 every year in the southern French town of Saintes-Maries de la Mer to celebrate Saint Sara's annual return to the shores of the Mediterranean.
		The Patrin Web Journal - Les Saintes Maries de la Mer - 1997
		Roma from all over the world gather here to view the reliquary of Saint Sara's remains as it is carried in a procession into the waters of the sea, and perhaps to touch the reliquary which is imbued with miraculous healing powers.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/5121/stsmaries.htm

	Saintes Maries de La Mer Hotel La Lagune Libarna Viaggi Italy French Riviera incoming
		Saintes Maries de La Mer Hotel La Lagune Libarna Viaggi Italy French Riviera incoming
		Located at 1.5 km far from the centre, this 3 stars hotel offers: swimming pool equipped with jacuzzi facility, hamman, air conditioning, parking, petanque, panoramic terrace, restaurant, buffet breakfast.
		Please read carefully our terms and conditions' policy.
	www.libarnaviaggi.com /costazzurra/lagune.htm

	Hotel - Hostellerie du Pont de Gau, Hotel reservations in Saintes Maries de la Mer (France) with immediate confirmation
		Hotel - Hostellerie du Pont de Gau, Hotel reservations in Saintes Maries de la Mer (France) with immediate confirmation
		Index : Europe : France : Bouches du Rhone : Saintes Maries de la Mer : Hostellerie du Pont de Gau
	interhotel.com /france/en/hoteles/161736.html

	Réservation hotel de charme à Arles en Provence. Hotel relais du silence entre Camargue et Provence, Avignon et Nimes. Hotel, organisation de séminaires en Provence.
		C'est un hotel avec piscine à quelques kilomêtres de Avignon, Nimes, Saint Rémy de Provence, Saintes Maries de la mer, les Baux de Provence et les alpilles.
		Bénéficiant du label "relais du silence", notre hôtel à taille humaine vous charmera par la qualité de son accueil.
		Des vastes étendues de la Camargue aux crêtes des Alpilles, entre lavandes et oliviers, c’est toute la Provence qui s’offre à vous au départ du Mas de la Fenière.
	www.lafeniere.com (199 words)

	The Patrin Web Journal - Saintes-Maries de la Mer
		For reasons which are obscure, the legend of Sara was adopted by the local chapel of Saintes-Maries de la Mer, although she was never conferred sainthood by the Catholic Church.
		The narrow streets of Saintes-Maries de la Mer overflow and Camargue gardians on horseback accompany the statues of the Saintes-Maries and Sara into the sea, the frail statues carried by specially chosen men.
		n the week that precedes the celebration Gitans arrive evenings to the fortified chapel of Saintes-Maries de la Mer, accompanied by violins and guitars.
	www.geocities.com /Paris/5121/stsm01.htm (837 words)

	Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer travel: Visit, Maps, Pilgrimages, Arena - Bull Fights, Camargue Tours, Museums, Dining, History, France - Provence Beyond
		First record, 12th-c: Sancta Maria de Ratis; 13th-c: Villa de Mari; 15th-c: Notre-Dame-de-la-Mer; 17th-c: la Ville-des-Trois-Maries; 1838: Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
		"Terrines à la Provençale" is made with tiny clam-like shellfish.
		Around the year 40, a boat was launched from Jerusalem, without sail, oars or supplies, and drifted across the Mediterranean until it drifted ashore at this site.
	www.beyond.fr /villages/stemariesmer.html (941 words)

	DenverPost.com - TRAVEL
		The gypsy festival of Les Saintes Maries de la Mer on the Mediterranean coast of France also is hundreds of years old but is becoming so overcrowded that it soon could become no longer enjoyable.
		Manitas de Plata (Little Hands of Silver), the gypsy guitar player and spiritual founder of the Gypsy Kings, is its leader.
		With his wispy, billowing hair, gold chains, dark wrap-around glasses, flowered shirts, sharply pressed black or cream colored suits and a huge key chain in his left hand, he holds court in front of the church, surrounded by women begging him for a kiss or signature.
	www.denverpost.com /travel/ci_0002825369 (1214 words)

	Sainte-Foy In France Related In North America
		Saintes Maries de la Mer Saintes Maries de la Mer is the main town of the Camargue in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhone departement by the Mediterranean Sea.
		Sainte-Chapelle La Sainte-Chapelle is a Gothic chapel on the Ile de la Cite in the heart of Paris, France.
		On January 1, 2002 it became a district of the City of Montreal, part of the Borough of L'Ile-Biz
	www.masterliness.com /a/Sainte.Foy.htm (1214 words)

	D'Artagnan & Cyrano de Bergerac
		The wedding takes place at the Saintes Maries de la Mer.
		Les Pardaillan (1907) - LÂ’Épopée dÂ’Amour (1907) - La Fausta (1908) - Fausta Vaincue (1908) - Pardaillan et Fausta (1913) - Les Amours de Chico (1913) - Le Fils de Pardaillan (1913) - Le Trésor de Fausta (1913) - La Fin de Pardaillan (posth.
		Finds refuge at the Convent of the Daughter of the Cross where his cousin Mme de Neufvilette (aka Roxane) and his aunt Catherine de Cyrano live.
	www.coolfrenchcomics.com /dartagnancyrano.htm (1214 words)

	Provence & Riviera travel guide
		Saintes Maries de la Mer, a city in the Camargue, is especially famous for its oldest tradition which consists of being the meeting place for the gypsy people.
		La Vieille CharitÃ© (old quarter of Panier) - in 1640, the construction of a shelter "for the poor and beggars" of Marseilles was begun by royal decree.
		Saint RÃ©my de Provence is an historic village built on one of the oldest archeological sites in Europe.
	www.webscapades.com /france/paca/region-guide.htm (1214 words)

	Provence - Riviera travel guide
		Saintes Maries de la Mer, a city in the Camargue, is especially famous for its oldest tradition which consists of being the meeting place for the gypsy people.
		La Vieille Charité (old quarter of Panier) - in 1640, the construction of a shelter "for the poor and beggars" of Marseilles was begun by royal decree.
		The boundaries of the Vaucluse are defined by the valley of the Rhône in the west, which provides irrigation for this land of fruit vegetables and reputed vineyards.
	www.webscapades.com /france/paca/region-guide.htm (8370 words)

	Provence & Riviera travel guide
		Saintes Maries de la Mer, a city in the Camargue, is especially famous for its oldest tradition which consists of being the meeting place for the gypsy people.
		Because of its size Toulon can offer a complete choice of activities: music festivals, the dance festival at Châteauvallon, the Zenith concert hall seating 8,500, the Palais des Congrès, the naval museum, and the contempory art museum.
		With the Mont Faron (542m) in the background, and opening out onto a magnificent harbor designed by Mother Nature, Toulon is a city of contrasts.
	www.webscapades.com /france/paca/region-guide.htm (8370 words)

	Bouches du Rhone Article, BouchesRhone Information
		The Camargue and the city of Saintes Maries de la Mer
		Saint Rémy de Provence and the ruins of the Romancity of Glanum
		Bouches-du-Rhône is a French département.Located in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.
	www.anoca.org /provence/rh/bouches_du_rhone.html (154 words)

	Provence - Riviera travel guide
		Saintes Maries de la Mer, a city in the Camargue, is especially famous for its oldest tradition which consists of being the meeting place for the gypsy people.
		The village of Les Baux de Provence is situated in the heart of the Alpilles on a rocky plateau 245m high.
		The houses and private mansions of the 16th and 17th centuries, the cloister of St. Trophime, the Hôtel de Ville, and the shaded terraces of the Place des Lices are all well worth a tour.
	www.webscapades.com /france/paca/region-guide.htm (8370 words)

	Provence - Riviera travel guide
		Saintes Maries de la Mer, a city in the Camargue, is especially famous for its oldest tradition which consists of being the meeting place for the gypsy people.
		The village of Les Baux de Provence is situated in the heart of the Alpilles on a rocky plateau 245m high.
		The houses and private mansions of the 16th and 17th centuries, the cloister of St. Trophime, the Hôtel de Ville, and the shaded terraces of the Place des Lices are all well worth a tour.
	www.webscapades.com /france/paca/region-guide.htm (8370 words)

	Doorways. Ltd.
		The main village there is les Saintes Maries de la Mer, the village has a bull-fighting arena at the water's edge.
		On Saturday morning from 8 to 1pm the local farmers and artisans of the area display their produce at one of the largest markets in Provence.
		Southeast of Place de l'Horloge on rue des Marchands, rue Rouge and adjoining streets, you'll find a pedestrian-only zone chock full of funky shops and ethnic restaurants.
	www.villavacations.com /daytrips/france/provence_daytrips.shtml (704 words)

	Ancient wisdom tours holy grail pilgrimage
		The narrow streets of Saintes-Maries de la Mer overflow as Arlésiennes honor the escort as well.
		Although she was never conferred sainthood by the Catholic Church, the legend of Sara was adopted by the local chapel of Saintes-Maries de la Mer.
		Marie de la Mer/Marseille/Paris/US Private transfer to airport in Marseille for flight to Paris.
	www.ancientwisdom.net /france/optionalExcursion.html (985 words)

	Manade Saint-Louis, Aigues-Mortes, Chambres d'hôtes en Petite Camargue et veillées Camarguaises
		Gastronomie camarguaise - Les Saintes-Maries de la Mer, hôtels Les Saintes-Maries de la Mer, tourisme en Camargue, hôtels en Camargue, hébergement en Camargue, Gîtes en Camargue, Chevaux de Camargue, taureaux toros de Camargue, fêtes en Camargue, vacances en Camargue, artisanat en Camargue.
		La Camargue, c'est ce coin de terre unique et fabuleux, c'est les taureaux sauvages,
		Manade Saint-Louis en Petite Camargue - Camargue - Découverte des taureaux et des chevaux de Camargue.
	www.manade-saint-louis.camargue.fr (985 words)

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