LOURMARIN
Lourmarin, recognized by the French Tourist Office as "one of the most beautiful villages in France", is located in the heart of the Luberon natural park. It attracts visitors from all over the world and retains the authentic beauty and charm of a small Provencal village.
Village of Lourmarin
Lourmarin, recognized by the French Tourist Office as "one of the most beautiful villages in France", is located in the heart of the Luberon natural park. It attracts visitors from all over Europe and retains the authentic beauty and charm of a small Provencal village.
The Dovecote
With its stone houses the Luberon offers an ideal setting for a truly relaxing holiday. The village became famous several decades ago; many writers and artists have chosen to live there, including Nobel Prize winner Albert Camus, who is buried there.
Saint Bartholomew Church
The Saint Barthémémy church is a building whose origins date back to the 11th century. It is located in Vaugines near Cucuron.
She was immortalized in 1986 by the wedding scene in Claude Berri's Manon des sources.
LOURMARIN CASTLE
The oldest part of the Château was built in the 15th century by Foulques d'Agoult, on the ruins of a 12th century fortress.
At the end of the 19th century, the Château-Vieux fell into ruins, the Renaissance wing which had been transformed into a barn, also served as a refuge for wanderers and gypsies passing through.
In 1920, the Château was going to be sold at auction to serve as a stone quarry. It was providentially discovered and acquired by Robert Laurent-Vibert, an industrialist from Lyon, owner of Pétroles Hahn, but also a great scholar, normalien, agrégé in history and a member of the French School of Rome.
Seduced by the magnificent remains of the house, he undertook to restore it, which he did from 1921 to 1923 based on old documents provided by his friend Edouard Aude, curator of the Méjanes library in Aix-en-Provence. . All the craftsmen employed in this restoration were from Lourmarin.
