Marais des Baux

Les marais des Baux sont une zone de plusieurs hectares située dans une cuvette naturelle au sud des communes de Fontvieille, Paradou, Maussane-les-Alpilles et Mouriès, entre le chaînon de la Pène et la chaîne des Costières, dans le massif des Alpilles (Bouches-du-Rhône). Elles doivent leur nom à un ancien marais qui s'y étendait jusqu'à la fin des années 1880 sur une surface de 1 825 hectares et qui écoulait ses eaux vers l'étang de Barbegal, plus à l'ouest.

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Paradou

Paradou is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

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Maussane-les-Alpilles

Maussane-les-Alpilles is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in Southern France. Part of Alpilles Regional Natural Park, it is located between Saint-Rémy-de-Provence to the north and Saint-Martin-de-Crau to the south.

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Barbegal aqueduct and mills

The Barbegal aqueduct and mills was a Roman watermill complex in the commune of Fontvieille, Bouches-du-Rhône, near the town of Arles, in southern France. The complex has been referred to as "the greatest known concentration of mechanical power in the ancient world" and the 16 overshot wheels are considered to be the largest ancient mill complex. Another similar mill complex existed on the Janiculum in Rome, and there are suggestions that further such complexes existed at other major Roman sites, such as Amida.

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Les Baux-de-Provence

Les Baux-de-Provence or Li Baus de Prouvènço), commonly referred to simply as Les Baux, is a rural commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southern France. It is located in the Alpilles mountains, northeast of Arles, atop a rocky outcrop that is crowned with a ruined castle overlooking the plains to the south. Its name refers to its site: in Provençal, bauç is a rocky spur. From the village name the word bauxite was coined for aluminium ore when first discovered there by geologist Pierre Berthier in 1821. Until 13 August 1958, the commune was officially named Les Baux. Renamed after the historical province of Provence, it is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France Association and has over 1.5 million visitors per year although it has only about 20 residents in the upper part of the commune and 264 for the whole commune. Inhabitants of the commune are known as Baussencs and Baussenques in French. The commune is part of Alpilles Regional Natural Park.

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Château des Baux

The Château des Baux is a ruined fortified castle built during the 10th century, located in Les Baux-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, southern France.

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La zone a été asséchée et est aujourd'hui vouée à l'agriculture. Leur altitude se situe au niveau de la mer. Ils sont appelés « marais des Baux » en référence au village des Baux-de-Provence, dont le territoire englobait tous les villages de la Vallée des Baux sous l'Ancien Régime. En février 2007, les anciens marais des Baux ont été incorporés au Parc naturel régional des Alpilles.