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A unique area for its quality and diversity
Mont
Ventoux, sentinel of Provence, overlooks the Comtat de Venaissin
and the Pays de Sault.
It can be seen from every part of the
South of France and wherever it is viewed from it appears different.
It is without doubt a lighthouse for sailors at sea and a
landmark for pilots above.
From
Avignon, it is like a blue giant and with each approaching step,
fills the horizon.
It can be admired from Bédoin, Pernes-les-Fountains
and Sault.
It is cherished by every onlooker, appearing and
disappearing, imposing yet ever-varying.
From its summit to the foot of the mountain, broad
indentations lacerate its gigantic sides, revealing ancient rich forests.
The peak, when visible, boasts an immaculate
whiteness.
Every
day, every hour, every season there is differing vegetation and
light.
Dressed in a variety of greens, russet-red fleeces
or a white coat, it is beautiful and noble in all its aspects.
When
one reaches its summit, one comprehends the enchantment described
by many a poet.
The entire "Provincia Romana" lies
at one's feet with the summit of the Ventoux
as the centre of a
vast open landscape, from the Mediterranean to the Alps, by way
of the Rhone.
As
far as the eye can see, a multitude of colours, much like a tapestry,
can be admired :
comprising subtle tones, a mix of sunny and shady
areas, of forests, rocks, peaks,
villages, hamlets, rivers and expanses
of water.
A spectacular site not to be missed.
The
cities and villages at it's base, Comtat Venaissin and the Comté
de Sault form
between them a unique and varied region, the unique
light of the Ventoux seemingly
different in each village.
A
vast area of countryside : Market-gardeners of this rich land, mountain
dwellers,
loggers, truffle and lavender farmers, hunters, wine growers
of the wooded slopes;
shepherds of the stony grassland; painters
struck by the magic of this region; poets
such as Marie MAURON
MISTRAL or AUBANEL and others; botanists, interested in plants
and
insects as was Jean Henri FABRE; mystical and excessively pious
people such as
PETRARQUE, many former pagan pilgrims; monks of all
religions; tourists. Such a wide
variety of people who have
been and still are loyal and passionate about the Ventoux
for endless
reasons...
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