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Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Les Baux de Provence is a beautiful medieval town in Provence, whose hillsides are brushed with lavender.
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Château des Baux
Visitors to the Château des Baux can see three full scale replicas of huge siege warfare machines and watch demonstrations of huge catapults (the biggest trebuchet in Europe, a couillard also called biffa and a bricole) performing real shootings every day from April to September. The trebuchet, the largest medieval siege warfare machine, could hurl 100 kg rock projectiles at walls 200 yards (180 m) away.
Moderately expensive. How to describe it? A bucket-list restaurant. A place that's worth the effort if you're within 200km of Les Baux.
Just outside Les Baux de Provence.
The only bed and breakfast in the historical centre.
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Avignon · Regional · AVN
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