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living centre of Forcaquier is the "place du Bourguet",
heart of the city, overruned with the market each Monday morning.
The square is circumbscribed with the road, the massive shape
of the cathedral Notre Dame du Bourguet. On the opposite side,
we notice the old convent of the Visitandines now converted
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and narrow streets in the old Forcalquier’s city are nice
to walk trough. Old houses have very nice wooden doors and doors
frames, showing the wealth of their owners in the past, but
now a bit decrepit and sometimes restored. |
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the Saint Michel square stands a beautiful fountain in gothic
style, erected in 1512. It shows some curious bas relief which
from I let you the interpretation. |
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ascent of the hill shaded with pines is easy. At the top stands
the chapel Notre-Dame de Provence, built in 1875 in neo-byzantin
style.La montée de la colline à l’ombre
des pins est aisée. The outlook upon the region is splendid
: north on the the Lure mountain, south on the eastern Luberon
crest, and east on the white summits of the Alps. |
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