Faience Provencale

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Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which stretches from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and includes the departments of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse. The largest city of the region and its modern-day capital is Marseille. The Romans made the region the first Roman province beyond the Alps and called it Provincia Romana, which evolved into the present name. Until 1481 it was ruled by the counts of Provence from their capital in Aquae Sextiae (today Aix-en-Provence), then became a province of the kings of France. It also hosted the Avignon papacy in the middle ages, when the Pope and his Curia fled Rome. While the region has been part of France for more than 500 years, it still retains a distinct cultural and linguistic identity, particularly in the interior of the region.

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Article title : Provence
"L'Arlésienne by Alphonse Daudet Darius Milhaud: Le Carnaval d'Aix, Suite provençale, La Cheminée du roi René, Suite française (5. Provence), Ouverture méditerranéenne..."
Article title : Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
"along the Rhône and Durance to Avignon and Orange until Lyon. A8 – La Provençale, crosses the region from west to east to Italy. This motorway starts from..."
Article title : Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
"in the Ubaye Valley Famous dishes from the commune: Les tomates à la Provençale from Manosque Black Pudding traditionally cooked with leeks Scrambled..."
Article title : Castellane
"pages=1465-1466 Bénédicte Fénié; Jean-Jacques Fénié (2002). Toponymie provençale. Éditions Sud-Ouest. p. 65. ISBN 978-2-87901-442-5. Nègre, op. cit., volume..."

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