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Provence vs Bastide - What's the difference?

provence | bastide |

As a proper noun Provence

is a maritime region of southeastern France bordering Italy.

As a noun bastide is

mansion in Provence.

provence

English

(wikipedia Provence)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A maritime region of southeastern France bordering Italy

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    * Provence rose

    bastide

    English

    (wikipedia bastide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • mansion in Provence
    • One well-known bastide''' in Provence is the '''Bastide Neuve, located in the village of La Treille near Marseille, which was a summer house for the family of French writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.
  • new town built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
    • Bastides began to appear in numbers under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1229), which permitted Raymond VII of Toulouse to build new towns in his shattered domains, though not to fortify them.

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