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Paradou, a small village of 1 200 inhabitants is nested in the feet of the village of "les baux de Provence", in a fertile plain in the South of the massif of Alpilles.

This small rural district very attached to its traditions knew how to protect an authentic character of the villages of the South. This small case is still encircled with greenery.

It is the homeland of Félibre and Provençal poet Charloun Rieu ( 1845-1924 ), faithful friend of famous Frederic Mistral.

If you take time to stop in Paradou, you will discover numerous historic curiosities.
 

Prehistory:
graves under tiles and small votive altar with place says Holy Martin de Castillon.
 
Antiquity:
Aqueduct of Burlande, voie Aurélienne, stele steelyard, Arcoules's sanctuary.
 
Sacred architecture:
parochial Church Saint Martin, of 15-th Romanic origin, the ancient Romanic chapel of the St-Jean Mas, Oratories St-Roch and (18-th) Saint Eloi in the South.

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