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CEMETERY & MISTRAL' S TOMB
Frédéric Mistral's tomb does not bear his name, in accordance with the poet's wishes.
He asked to have inscribed : "non nobis domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo, et Provinciae nostrae da gloriam", which can be translated as "not to us, Lord, but to your name and to our Provence give glory".
Mistral wanted glory for Provence, its culture and its language, glory for his own name mattered little to him.
On the tomb you will find several sculptures: one of two dogs, "Pan Perdu" and "Pan Panet", and two faces of Provençal women. |
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PLACE DES CAFÉS
Mistral loved playing cards with his friends. He played at Café du Soleil, but if you listen to his friends, he wasn't very good. He was better at composing poems.
The Café du Soleil is probably the oldest café in the village of Maillane, in Provence. It was even a hotel in the first half of the 20th century.
You will also find on this square the Café du Progrès where the famous chef Escoffier borrowed the recipe for "Aubergines au gratin".
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| The Roudelet, © JC. Brel |
The place des cafés, © JC. Brel |
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THE ROUDELET
today houses the senior citizens club and the Maison des Associations. The building has had several functions : the village's hospital, housing meetings of the community council, today called the town council, a girls school...
RUE POULLINET
In 1854, cholera struck Provence. While part of the population of Maillane, in Provence, died, others chose to flee. Some of the Maillanais who stayed organized on August 28, 1854 a penitential procession in honour of the Virgin. Following this procession, the epidemic came to an end. A plaque was set out in honour of the first miraculous survivor of the epidemic, Marthe Gautier.
Since 1854, every year on the same date, praying people have the duty and the honour of carrying the statue of Notre Dame de Grâce around the village in commemoration of the miracle.
On this road, you can also see a bit of the stained glass window from the chateau's former chapel.
RUE DU GÉANT
Its name refers to elephant bones found on this street, in all likelihood from the elephants Hannibal used during the 2nd Punic Wars (218-202 BC). This war brought Hannibal from North Africa to Rome to take vengeance on the Romans for what they inflicted on his city. His journey had him pass through the South of France and probably Maillane, in Provence.
At the corner of the street stands the statue of Saint Roch, patron saint of the sick and handicapped. In 1721, the village of Maillane, in Provence, was affected by the plague which had already reached Marseille in 1720. The village of Maillane, in Provence, councillors promised to honour the Saint with an annual procession if the village survived it.
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Racing of the horse-drawn cart, © J. Suppo |
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THE TOWN MILL
The mill was built in 1627 to the north of the town.Several times it changed owners before being purchased by the Mayor's Office at the end of the 19th century. For a bit more than half a century, the mill was in operation four times a week. The rest of the time, it was used for watering the gardens. It was destroyed in 1985. The paddle wheel was installed in place of the edifice. |
MAYOR'S OFFICE
Before the French Revolution, the Community Council (Town Council) met in the château in the center of the village of Maillane, in Provence. The meetings were then held in rooms at the Hospital, today the Roudelet.
In 1862, they built the present day building on the site of the former presbytery. You will see, to the west, the pediment that bears the coat of arms of Maillane (monogram of Christ and nails from the Passion), as well as gardener's tools. This detail well demonstrates the agricultural identity of the village. |
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Maillane, the soul of Provence
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1 avenue Lamartine
13910 Maillane
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