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Bonnieux
Bonnieux, a village in the Luberon
Vaucluse department
Population: 1 363 people (2004)
Bonnieux is one of the most beautiful villages perched north side of the Luberon. The territory stretched from the ridges of the Luberon to the Claparèdes plateau and to the shores of Calavon river.
From the site, you can enjoy a wonderful panorama, on the agricultural plain of the valley of the Calavon, Monts de Vaucluse and the Mont Ventoux. Dominated by his High Church, half-Roman, half-Gothic, at 425 metres above sea level, this pretty village commands the combe of Lourmarin, only road through the Luberon. Bonnieux was a oppidum or fortified village inhabited from the Neolithic and Bronze Age, as evidenced by many stations such as St-Gervais or Fabrys.
In the first century, the vast territory of Bonnieux was crossed by the Roman road from Cadiz to Milan, with relay at Lumieres: it was one of the gretest way of the Western Europe and the traffic was very dense.
Bonnieux since romans
Near the Pont Julien (second century BC.), located on the territory of Bonnieux called Bitrona, was the junction with the bypass north-south by the combe of Lourmarin. In the Middle Ages, for security reasons, the town of Bonnieux grow around the area which had been elevated the oppidum ceIto-Ligurian.
In 972, Bonnieux already had a fortress and walls. In the twelfth century, "Templar" built the chapel of Saint Saviour, which form Romanesque part of the Church Haute. Until 14 th century, with the danger of armed gangs who come from the plain, the inhabitants of Bonnieux took refuge in the shelter of the castle and church, the place called "Castellas", which belongs to the powerful family 'Agoult. The village was surrounded by ramparts including 4 doors and towers, which remain substantial remains.
Bonnieux since Templars
Until 1312, Bonnieux would have been a Commanderie des Templiers. To this date, the land becomes common papal and church will remain until 1791.
This area belongs to the Pontifical domain like an enclave in the land of the Count of Provence, and he thereby gave a special place in the history of the region.
Residence sometimes forced for church dignitaries, Bonnieux a city of 3500 people and had always important privileges granted to him in 1247 by the Count of Toulouse Raimond. The crest of the town is a reflection of this prosperous period.
Bonnieux became french by the annexation of Comtat Venaissin by the Convention in 1793.
Marchés
- Weekly market of BonnieuxThe weekly market of Bonnieux takes place on Friday morning, place du Terrail
The pottery market is held every year at Bonnieux, at the Easter weekend.
Many potters, ceramists from the region and few others are coming for the event.
It's a presentation of original qualitiy pieces, that's attracts many people in the same time of this very pleasant period: the renewal of Printemps.
Monuments
Located between Apt and Bonnieux, the bridge Julien is a Roman building. Aged more than 2000 years, he is one of the most ancient monuments preserved in Provence. The building, consisting of three arches and spanning the Calavon, measuring 80 m long by 6 meters wide and 11 meters high.
On a road as important as the way domitienne, structures - bridges, long bridges, fords - were much more than previously thought: in fact, each crossing rivers was arranged in a manner for facilitate the transition.
The bridges could be made of stone - in large agencement under the High Empire (as the bridge Julien) or a small agencement at Century II (The bridge of Ganagobie) - but also of wood in the mountains in particular, confirms what the geographer Strabon at the Augustus period. Many have been destroyed over the centuries by floods. The smaller streams were overcome by building fords.
The church high of Bonnieux is perched on a rocky promontory at 425 metres above sea level, accessible by a staircase of 86 steps sheltered by cedar centenarians.
The oldest part of the east Romanesque church, the Chapelle Saint Saviour, and was built in XII century by the Knights Templar. The current general appearance of the building is Gothic.
This church is listed Historical Monument since 1980.
Today, it is used mainly for Sunday masses, ceremonies, weddings or funerals. It also welcomes few concerts during the summer.
Musées
- Le Musée de la BoulangerieThe bakery museum of Bonnieux
The General Council of vaucluse created the Bakery museum in 1983. The building was a bakery under the Second Empire.
Everyone knows the importance of cereals, flour and bread in our history, in our eating habits in our ideological, moral and religious concepts.
From the unleavened bread of Israel, the Roman bread, the medieval bread, until bread of Ancient Regime and Revolution, there is a long relationship of rich instructive history between humans and bread
For these reasons, the Museum of Bonnieux did not limited to the bakery and explore upstream, with cultivation practices, agrarian civilizations and their equipment as well as downstream, with the industrialization of manufacturing, marketing new pastry etc. ...
He recounts an history of different wheat technologies, milling, flour and bread through the presentation of tools and farm equipment.
An important iconography on the symbolism of wheat and bread and archives supplement. There is also a documentation centre which aims to become a research tool copy on the problems of agro-food and diet.
Open from 10am to 12pm / 15h-18h30. In summer, every day except Tuesday, in spring and autumn weekend.
For groups, associations and communities, visit all year round by appointment
Fax : 04 90 20 53 45
A voir
The Tour Philippe, construction of the nineteenth century near the road of the cedar forest. (no visit)
Six kilometers from the village of Bonnieux, the cedar forest covers about 250 hectares in the middle of the Luberon mountain range.
Different walking through the forest, forbidden to motor vehicles, as the road winds along the crest of the Petit Luberon.
The place offers an exceptional view on the Petit and Grand Luberon, the valleys of the Durance and Calavon.
Read the article: The cedar forest >>
Evénements
Useful addresses
- Tourisme Office of Bonnieux
7, place Carnot
Tel. 04 90 75 91 90
- Town Hall of Bonnieux
La Plaine
Tel. 04 90 74 68 84
- Gendarmerie Nationale
avenue des Tilleuls
04 90 75 80 07
- Sector inter-parish of Bonnieux: This site includes all activities in the sector related to the two churches in the village (high church and low church): celebrations, life of sector, concerts, vide-greniers ...
http://eglise.bonnieux.pagesperso-orange.fr/
Site map
Access
12 km to the south west of Apt by the road D3.
Distance from towns
Lacoste > 5km, Buoux > 7km, Goult > 8km, Menerbes > 10 km, Lourmarin > 11km, Roussillon 13 km, Sivergues >15 km, Joucas > 15 km, Auribeau > 16 km, Coustellet > 16 km, Apt en Provence 17 km, Gordes > 17 km, Cucuron > 18 km, Oppede le Vieux > 20 km, Robion > 23 km, Sénanque abbey >21 km, Lioux > 23 km, Saint Saturnin les Apt > 23 km, Les Taillades > 23 km, Isle sur la Sorgue > 26 km, La Roque d'Anthéron > 26 km, Silvacane abbey > 26 km, Rustrel > 27 km, Colorado Provençal > 28 km, Cavaillon > 27 km, Fontaine de Vaucluse > 26 km, La Tour d'Aigues > 34 km, Avignon airport 39 km, Simiane la Rotonde > 41 km, Oppedette > 43 km, Saint rémy de Provence > 46 km, Avignon 47 km, Avignon TGV 45 km, Sault > 47 km, Banon > 49 km, Aix en Provence 52 km, Les Baux de Provence > 56 km, Manosque > 58 km, Forcalquier > 59 km, Orange > 69 km, Pont du Gard > 72 km, Vaison la Romaine > 75 km, Marseille 80 km, Marseille Provence airport 81 km, Nîmes > 95 km, Arles > 96 km, Les Mées > 100 km, Moustiers Sainte Marie > 105 km, Saintes Marie de la Mer >132 km, Saint Tropez > 188 km, Cannes > 200 km, Nice > 235 km,
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