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WELCOME TO MAILLANE !
Exit the motorway at Avignon Sud, Châteaurenard, direction Graveson, Maillane, on the route to Saint Rémy de Provence.
Maillane is also the village of writing.
Take advantage of your stay to introduce yourself to this art.
The association "Traces de Plumes" offers writing workshops every Friday, as well as regularly scheduled literary walks.
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Continue your visit with a tour of the Mistral Museum and its garden of rare plants where this tour will take you.
Stroll a bit more "in the steps of Frédéric Mistral", a country walk along the byways where orchards and farms join...
The Maillane Tourist Office and the Association des Chemins de Provence Prestige help you discover the architectural heritage and the history of the village, with a visit to the outstanding sites and reading the plaques inscribed in Provençal. |
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| Horse drawn cart, © JC. Brel |
The church's façade, © JC. Brel |
SAINTE-AGATHE CHURCH
In the beginning of the 13th century, Maillane counted three churches. Notre-Dame of Bethlehem, in a Romanesque style, became the parish church. Later, it took on the name Sainte Agathe, the village's patron saint. The two gothic chapels appeared later. Inside you can admire the 17th century high altar of white marble, classed as a historic monument and representing Christ and the disciples in Emmaüs. In a reliquary, situated to the left of the altar, you will see a statue of Notre-Dame de Grâce. This is a crowned virgin from the 13th century, who saved the population of Maillane during the cholera epidemic of 1854. It is an object of great veneration by the Maillanais. You can also stop in front of the altars to Saint Eloi, Saint Roch and Saint Agatha.
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SAINT-ELOI ORATORY
A monument dedicated to Saint Eloi, patron saint of silversmiths, blacksiths and farmers.
In Provence, the festival of Saint-Eloi is celebrated in many villages at the start of summer.
In Maillane, it's the occasion to watch, during the second to last weekend of July, the race of the "carreto ramado", a cart covered in elm branches and pulled at a gallop by twenty draught horses.
This oratory was built by the Maillane brotherhood of Saint-Eloi in 2000, along the cart's path as it makes its entrance into the village, in order to show the attachment and gratitude of the Maillanais to this saint so bound to Provence and agriculture.
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Maillane in Provence |
Maillane, the soul of Provence
Office de tourisme de Maillane
1 avenue Lamartine
13910 Maillane
Phone : +33 (0)4 32 61 93 86
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| The "queen" of Arles © JC Brel |
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