La Tour d'Aigues
4 km from la Bastidonne, 6 km from Grambois, Pertuis, 7 km from Peypin d'Aigues, 10 km from Ansouis, Meyrargues, 12 km from Mirabeau, 13 km from Villelaure |
What to see and visit: the eleventh/twelfth-century church of Notre-Dame-de-Roumégas, the chapel of Saint-Christophe (1558) in the castle's grounds; the remains of the Renaissance castle, with its restored cellars which house a museum and various exhibitions. The ruins of the seventeenth century Convent of Tourel; the museum of Faïences: seventeenth and eighteenth century faïences, a collection of oil jars from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The castle's cellars show a history of the valley, from the Neolithic era to the present. Provençal market: Tuesday morning. Farmers' market every Thursday from June through September. Festivities: village festival on the last Sunday in July. Vine and wine festival during September. |