Around Town

La Place Vieille

Beaucaire's handsome stone townhouses and public buildings, such as the 15th century Eglise St Paul, the stately Hôtel de Ville built in 1683 and the imposing Baroque church, Notre Dame des Pommiers (Our Lady of the Apple Trees), built to accommodate the hordes of people who attended the annual fair, give clues to the town's former importance. The people of Beaucaire still have a great sense of civic pride and a love of the arts. They glory in the fact that Daudet and Mistral wrote about Beaucaire, for instance. La Place Vieille, a lovely tree-shaded square around the corner from our apartment is also known as La Place des Arts, since craftsmen of all kinds have been encouraged to move there.

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