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Roussillon is a village in the Luberon
Regional Park, more exactly between the massif of the Luberon and the
Vaucluse Plateau, it is built a few kilometers away from the road between
Apt and Avignon.
The landscape around Roussillon is
a surprising beauty. The village sits on a wooded hill covered with deep
green pine trees. Under the blue sky, the earth explodes in a firework
of colors.
The Oches of Roussillon are known
since antiquity: the name comes from Roussillon "roussoulus"
which means "red path" in Latin. The earliest known inhabitants
of the village of Roussillon has a Greek origin, towards - 450 BC. Roussillon
is ranked among the most beautiful villages in France.
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