Place Saint-Vincent, 13520 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Les Baux-de-Provence, ARLES, France
Les Baux-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. 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 Provençal, a baou is a rocky spur. The village gives its name to the aluminium ore Bauxite which was first discovered there in 1821 by geologist Pierre Berthier.
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Place Saint-Vincent
13520 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Les Baux-de-Provence,
District: ARLES, France
Tel: +33(0)4 90 54 34 39
LES BAUX-DE-PROVENCE, Place Saint-Vincent, 13520 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence · Les Baux-de-Provence, District: ARLES, France