Occitan literature
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Occitan literature is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France. It was the first literature written in a Romance language and inspired the rise of vernacular literature throug
Cover of an edition of Lou Trimfe de la Lengouo Gascouo by Joan Giraud d'Astròs.
Meeting of the Félibres in 1854
Félibrige Latin
Provence
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Provence is a geographical, cultural 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 b
Occitan literature
…Valois to Nérac (1579): three nymphs dispute as to whether she should be welcomed in Latin, French, or Gascon, and the last, of course, wins the day. Provence proper gave birth to a poet of considerable importance in Louis Bellaud de la Bellaudire (1532–1588), of Grasse, who, after studying at Aix, enlisted…
View across lavender field to Mont Ventoux
The historical province of Provence (orange) within the contemporary region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in southeastern France
Aerial view of a historic Provençal boulevard
The entrance to the Cosquer Cave, decorated with paintings of auks, bison, seals and outlines of hands dating to 27,000 to 19,000 BC, is located 37 metres under the surface of the Calanque de Morgiou in Marseille.