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Amorielli Vol. 1 · No. 05 · May 2025 Portfolio p. 25

Portfolio · Vol. 1 · No. 05 · May 2025

Provence in pictures

9 photographs from the cover story, Where to Stay in Provence, printed large. Photographs by Astronautilus, Elliott Brown from Birmingham, decar66 from Aix-en-Provence, PierreSelim, DimiTalen, Gabriele Spalla, Own work, John Samuel, Sailko, from Wikimedia Commons under the licences credited on each image.

The hilltop village of Gordes in the Luberon, its pale stone houses rising above the valley — Gordes, stacked up its rock face in the Luberon, is the view most people picture when they think of Provence.

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The ochre cliffs and red-toned houses of Roussillon in the Luberon — Roussillon is built on ochre; the cliffs and many of the houses run red, orange, and gold.

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Rows of lavender in bloom on the Valensole plateau in Provence — The Valensole plateau usually peaks from late June into early July; the higher Sault plateau runs weeks later.

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The Roman amphitheater in Arles, its stone arches rising above the old town — The Arenes d'Arles still stands in the middle of town and still hosts events, nearly two thousand years on.

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A close-up view of flat, grey stones stacked horizontally between two thick, gnarled tree branches, with blurred green foliage and blue sky in the background. — Stacked stones between tree branches at the Village des Bories, Gordes.

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A stone abbey with a central bell tower stands behind rows of purple lavender, under a blue sky with white clouds and green hills in the background. — Readers are looking at Abbaye Notre-Dame de Sénanque, a stone abbey set behind a field of lavender under a clear sky.

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A landscape view of orange and reddish-brown ochre rock formations with green trees and shrubs under a clear blue sky. — The Sentier des ocres in Roussillon, France, presents a landscape of ochre rock formations and green vegetation.

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A stone bridge with arches and a chapel-like structure spans a river, with rows of low green plants in the foreground under a clear sky. — The reader is looking at Pont Saint-Bénézet at sunset, a stone bridge with arches and a chapel-like structure over a river.

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The exterior of a large Roman amphitheater with multiple arched levels, a street with parked cars and pedestrians, and old buildings under a partly cloudy sky. — Readers are looking at the exterior of the Arènes d'Arles, a Roman amphitheater, with a street and surrounding buildings visible in the foreground.

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