Gordes Village is a "star"
of Provence, intensively photographed. The village is perched on a last
southern foothills of the mountains of Vaucluse. It dominates the entrance
to the valley Calavon, facing the Luberon massif.
Gordes is a mineral citadel and its stones glimmer underneath
the shining sunset. The buildings made of flat stones reach here perfection
in their techniques and in their harmony with the landscape. Gordes is
naturally listed among France's most beautiful villages.
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artists painting in the 20th century, painters and photographers, who
"discovered" Gordes. The first arrived after
the Second World War, Marc Chagall, Jean and Andre Lhote Deyrolle Gordes
creating a colony of artists. Painters Vasarelly Victor Victor Spahn,
Pol Mara, the photographer Willy Ronis has among other names associated
with Gordes.
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growing fame, the economy of the provençal village has turned to
tourism. Many visitors come here to admire picturesque scenery, but do not
halt for a very long time. If you stay here a few hours, you will appreciate
the athmosphere of a provencal village and you may be crossing one of many
well known personalitie who have chosen this place as a vacation.
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