 |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Perched
village of blood and gold, Roussillon deserves
well its nickname of “Delphes la rouge ”.
Colours going from the yellow to the red the sharpest
relative frontages of the houses making merge
the walls and the roofs.
The power of the colors flashes back even here
on the environment:
in Roussillon, the trees appear greener and the
more blue sky.
Histoiry :
The first village was built by the Greeks towards
450 before JC. They then imported the farming
techniques of the vine and the olive-tree.
About year 750, the village undergoes the attack
of Buckwheats, then Of Vaud en1541 come to recover
their prisoners.
A little later in 1577, Roussillon will lodge
the cavalry of Henri of Angouleme during length
and painful head office of Ménerbes.
Roussillon will be royalist during the revolution
and the lord of the village will owe his safety
only with the providential undergrounds of his
castle.
The recent history of the village is especially
related to the exploitation of the ochre which,
aprés one flourishing period will see its
decline starting after the First World War.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Population
: 1161 inhabitants
Apt : 10 km
Aix-en-Provence : 63 km
Marseille : 122 km
Avignon : 47 km |
 |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
With the wire of the
coloured lanes, discover:
La Tour de l'Horloge :
Old strengthened door of the ramparts, it was
transformed into bell-tower at the 19th century,
the church not being able to support such a weight.
La place de la mairie :
You will be able to admire there a splendid house
of the 18th century.
L'église :
Perched in top of the village, but unfortunately
leaned at the edge of the cliff which tends to
break down, its nave has being racourcie. It keeps
however a pretty frontage of the 17th century.
La table d'orientation :
Climax of the village, it offers a sight to 180
degrees.
Le sentier des ocres :
Arranged and marked out, it leads to an old yellow-earth
quarry to the foot of chimneys of fairies.
L'ancienne usine Mathieu :
Academy which reports the history and the manufacture
of ochre. Okra association proposes practical
workshops for adults and children on the use of
the pigments.
Informations :
Office de Tourisme de Roussillon
Place de la poste
84220 ROUSSILLON
Tel. : 04 90 05 60 25
Fax : 04 90 05 63 31
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
| |
From June at
at the end of August:
Festival des quatuors à cordes
In June:
Saint Jean des couleurs et petit marché
des couleurs
September :
Marché potier
|
|
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
| |
Hotel(R.)
: hotel restaurant
|
|
|
|
|
