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Source: property.timesonline.co.uk. Posted on 18 July 2005.
At one time, the two giants of 20th century painting lived at different ends of southern France. While Picasso was painting around Antibes in Provence to the east, Matisse was in Collioure, close to the Spanish border in Languedoc-Roussillon. Matisse was mesmerised by the beauty of the fishing village and the quality of its light.
French Nobel Prize winner diesFrench novelist Claude Simon, a Nobel Prize winner, has died at the age of 91. Simon was known as a pioneer of the experimental new novel style of the 1960s, which dispensed with the literary... | Rosé offers best of red, whiteThe red grapes of Spain and the South of France have a berry sweetness that gives a yummy quality to their Rosés. Read on... |
Pernod targets women to halt pastis...The image of pastis as the tipple of choice for men playing boules in town squares of the south of France is under threat as its makers battle to reverse a drastic fall in sales by increasing its... | 'Nature Morte aux Oranges', painted...'Nature Morte aux Oranges' (Still Life with Oranges), was painted in March of 1888 shortly after Vincent Van Gogh arrived in Arles in the South of France. Van Gogh had just spent the last two... |
Water restrictionsIf you are hoping to have the use of a pool when you visit France this year - you may be disappointed - water restrictions are already in place in many places along the coast and it looks as if... | 'Provence Interiors' by Lisa...People all over the world are fascinated by Provence. It is the untamed Roman provincia, stretching from the crags of Vaucluse and undulating fields of lavender to fishing villages on the... |
Résidence Les Marronniers is a Provençal villa, situated on the Presqu'île de Saint-Tropez on the French Riviera. It lies in a beautiful, unspoiled setting with a breathtaking, panoramic sea view. With its four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 175m² sun-drenched terrace, the villa comfortably sleeps 8 people.
“We are back home now - we really enjoyed our holidays! Everything was in good condition in the house. We did not encounter any problems.”
-- Family Rotter
