Bouches-du-Rhône
Bouches-du-Rhône ( , , ; oc, Bocas de Ròse ; "Mouths of the Rhône") is a department in Southern France. It borders Vaucluse to the north, Gard to the west and Var to the east. The Mediterranean Sea lies to the south. Its prefecture and ...
France
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Population
Sights
* Church of ''Sainte Baudille'', located in the site of a 3rd-century Palaeo-Christian worship area and of a Roman temple. The current building was built by will of the bishops of Avignon in the 10th century
* Chapel of the White Penitents, built in the 12th century over a former synagogue.
* Church of ''Notre-Dame de Piété'', founded as a
Franciscan
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hermitage in the 13th century. The current edifice dates to the 1630 and 1720s reconstructions.
Twin towns
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Calcinaia
Calcinaia (Latin: ''Vicus Vitri'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) and town in the province of Pisa in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence and about east of Pisa.
Calcinaia borders the following municipalities: Bientina, C ...