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Within reach of the Lubéron, the Ardèche, and the Drôme Provençale, thirty minutes from Nimes, from the Palais des Papes and from the Avignon Bridge; not far from the Gard Bridge, the Alpilles, the Camargue, Arles, Tarascon and Beaucaire…
On the wine route (Côte du Rhône: Châteauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Cairanne, Vacqueyras; Tavel; Ventoux; Provence, Bandol) lays Orange, the City of Princes .
Principality officially annexed to the Kingdom of France in 1713 by the Ultretch Treaty; Orange was restored before being assigned permanently to the Province of Dauphiné under Louis XV.
Famous for its Théâtre Antique and the Arch of Triumph, the Roman Arausio (latin name for Orange) - founded towards 35-30 BC - remains marked with the dynastic seal of the powerful citadel of Guillaume III of Orange who became King of England in 1689… |