But constitutionally, they are as much a part of France as Normandy or Provence.
An exhibition planned to open in Aix-en-Provence this autumn has been halted because of political entanglements.
"Madison and I traveled together looking at gardens in Provence and Normandy, " Bass says.
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Grandson Philippe Cezanne will represent the family's interests during the "Year of Cezanne" in Provence.
The Aix-en-Provence opera festival, the Paris Opera and the Comedie Francaise have already been hit by strikes.
Officers were only able to record the incident without reporting any crime, according to La Provence newspaper.
Fragrance making began in Provence about 500 years ago, when local tanneries sought to make their leather products smell good.
In the Bouches de Rhone, Aix-en-Provence is a perennial favourite, and people also search down near Marseilles and the coastal resorts.
Van Gogh's mountains in western Provence, the Alpilles, were a bust all suburban sprawl.
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Other than journeys to Provence and the Alps, these popular flights include London to and from Holland and Germany.
Likewise the perched villages of southern Provence: too famous for their own good.
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In 1916, the Germans sunk the French transport ship Provence II, killing 930.
Other than journeys to Provence and the Alps, these popular flights include London to and from Holland and West Germany.
At the end of your tour you can enjoy a short wine tasting featuring several wines from all over Provence.
Climbing to the top along narrow streets lined with flower boxes, boutiques and galleries rewards with sweeping countryside vistas of Provence.
The least expensive area is the Alpes de Haut Provence, in hilltop villages like Valbonne, Mougins and St Paul de Vence.
But the revolution in military robotics does have an Achilles heel, notes Emmanuel Goffi of the French air-force academy in Salon-de-Provence.
In the town of Manosque, L'Occitane en Provence began making fragrance and body products in 1976 using natural ingredients and traditional Mediterranean methods.
For good reason: there was a rotisserie spinning the uniquely flavorful French chickens dusted with herbes de Provence every few feet.
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It's known as Rolle in Provence, Pigato in Liguria and Favorita in Piedmont, and there are dozens of other names as well.
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The largest city on the French Riviera is often overlooked as a launching pad to Monte Carlo and small villages of Provence.
As has been shown from Provence to Punjab, in Chile too the notion of the farmer as an unchanging clodhopper is bunk.
It is home to one of Europe's most exclusive (not to mention expensive) golf clubs, the Robert Trent Jones-designed Le Prince de Provence.
She returned to Paris, studied law at the University of Paris X and then political science at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence.
In Mougins, a few miles inland from Cannes, I opened the door to a stunning hotel room that overlooked a valley and the grey-green maquis of Provence.
Her discretion is understandable: Wood that started life as part of a convent in Provence, for instance, has waited 200 years to look this lovely.
Last week three firemen died as they fought a blaze in the Maures hills in Provence, already hit by devastating fires earlier in the summer.
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