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Lourmarin village of the Luberon |
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Village of Lourmarin stands on the soft slopes of a hill beyond
the southern side of the Luberon mountain. The village lays beside
the great way of communication, from which we can see it and the
dark ridges of the Luberon mountain in the background. Loumarin
is listed amongst the most beautiful village in France.
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for many villages in this part of Provence, some artists associated
their names to Lourmarin. The writer Albert Camus choosed this place
as residence, his remains are buried in the cimeterry of the village.
Henri Bosco, another writer, is also a famous 'lourmarinois"
Life in the village has not always been as peaceful as it looks
today.The Vaudois who settled there in the15th century and were
at the start of the development of the village. During the Wars
of Religion in the 16th century, Lourmarin was slaughted and the
Vaudois cruelly persecuted. 
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the temple built outside the village in 1816 give evidence of
the maintenance of an living protestant community.