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Quite a drop, perhaps 20 stories? Roussillon is
now one of France's 140 "plus beaux villages."
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The red soil is not clay, but ochre, a mineral
used primarily as a dye. This photograph looks north onto the valley
below and the Luberon in the distance.
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One of the cliffs in the previous image from afar.
Walking paths now wind their way through ochre deposits and a former
mine
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Looking east onto orchards and olive groves along
the main road to Roussillon
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Note how precariously this village is perched!
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Church altar
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The village church was built in early 12th century
on the ruins of earlier one.
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St. Michael (St. Michel), the village patron saint.
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Village clocktower, built over pedestrian walkway.
Typical of Provence.
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Seventeenth-century church carving by a local
sculptor.
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Village entrance.
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Like so many Provencal villages, Roussillon consists
of several concentric circles around the hilltops.
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One of the more quiet places that day
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"Main Street"
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A not uncommon sight in modern France.
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