Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is often referred to simply as Saint-Rémy, its official name until 12 April 1953. Located in the northern part of the Alpilles, of which it is the main town, it had a population of 9,692 as of 2020.
Roman site 'Les Antiques' of Glanum, with the Mausoleum (left) and the Arch (right)
Olive Trees with yellow sky and sun, 1889
Olive Trees with the Alpilles in the Background, 1889
Irises, 1889
Provence is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and includes the departments of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, as well as parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse. The largest city of the region and its modern-day capital is Marseille.
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
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.
A Bronze Age dolmen (2500 to 900 BC) near Draguignan