Provence(普羅旺斯)

ContentsBriefIntroduction

climateculturelanguagethelocalfoodwine

Touristplace

lavender(薰衣草)historicplacesmoreplaces

Introduction

ProvenceisaformerRomanprovinceandisnowaregionofsoutheasternFrance,locatedontheMediterraneanSeaadjacenttoFrance'sborderwithItaly.Inthewordsofmanyfamouswriters,Provenceisnotonlyanameofaplace,butalsorepresentsakindofeasyandrelaxinglifestyle.Itislikeaparadisebecauseofitsclimate,wineandlavender.ClimateofProvence

MostofProvencehasaMediterraneanclimate,characterizedbyhot,drysummers,mildwinters,littlesnow,andabundantsunshine.ThewindsofProvenceareanimportantfeatureoftheclimate,particularlythemistral,acold,drywindwhich,especiallyinthewinteroftenreachesoveronehundredkilometersanhour.MaytoJulyarethebesttouristmonths.Notonlythebluesky,thesweetsmellofolive（橄欖樹）,butalsothebloominglavenders,makeProvencesendoutthebreathofromantic.CultureofProvence

WarmsunshineandbrightMediterraneanstyleofartwhichsharesthefreedomofcolorconfuseinspirationwithartists,includingCezanne（塞尚）,VanGogh（梵高）,Monet（莫奈）,Picasso（畢加索）andotherartistsinProvencestartanewphaseofartisticlife,Rivierahedonism（享樂主義）trendattractstheAmericanwriter/BritishwritersuchasLawrence（勞倫斯）,theFrenchwriterNietzsche(尼采)、

Huxley（赫胥黎）andotherartists.LanguageofProvence

HistoricallythelanguagespokeninProvencewasProvencal,adialectoftheOccitanlanguage（奧克語）.ProvencalwaswidelyspokeninProvenceuntilthebeginningofthe20thcentury,whentheFrenchgovernmentlaunchedanintensiveandlargelysuccessfulefforttoreplaceregionallanguageswithFrench.TodayProvencalistaughtinschoolsanduniversitiesintheregion,butisspokenregularlybyasmallnumberofpeople,probablylessthanfivehundredthousand,mostlyelderly.OneofthestorageoftravelingtoProvenceisyoumustcompanywithsomeonewhounderstandsFrench,orknowstheFrenchbyyourself.BecausealthoughpeopleinFrenchcanspeakEnglishfrequently,theywouldliketospeakFrench,ratherthanEnglish.

Provenceisthekingdomoffood,andinrestaurant，youwillhavetheexperienceofeatingthefoodthathavetheexcessiveuseofspices,oliveoilandgarlicin（大蒜素）,thefoodisfresh,lookslightandishealthy.AllthethingsmakeProvencebecomethegourmand’（貪吃的人[‘ɡu?m?nd]）heaven.TheLocalFood

deliciouswineProvencewasbornforlavender.Iftherewasn’tlavender,Provencewouldn’tbeProvence.Thestoryaboutlavender

Inasmallvillage，abeautifulgirlfellinlovewithatraveler,buthewasforcedtoleavethisbeautifulplace.Thebeautifulgirlwaitedforthetravelerforalongtime.Butoneday,thegirldisapeared!Somesaidthatshehadflewintothevalleycoveredwithlavender,whilesomebelievedthatshefollowedthescentoflavenderstofindthetraveller.MajortouristplaceinProvence----Historicplace

Arles（阿爾勒）

Arles(allei):vangogh(梵高)spendsthefinalyearsofhislifeinthisplace,therearemanyancientRomanruinsAvignon(阿維尼翁)

Avignon(Avignon):numerousancientRomanruins,andthenearbyfieldisfilledwithlavendersorsunflowersMarseille（馬賽）Marseille(Marseille):JiDuShanearl（基督山伯爵）storyoccurs,harbor塞尚畫室Cezannestudio圓形競技場Arenes古羅馬劇場TheatreAntique圣蘇維爾大教堂CathedraleSt-Sauveur梵高醫(yī)院Espace

VanGoghMajortouristplaceinProvence-----moreplaces亞耳古代博物館Theearancientmuseum米拉波大道CoursMirabeauLavenderonbehalfof

truelove

LavenderYeah,everywhereopen.薰衣草呀，遍地開放。Blueflowersleaves,fulloffragrance.藍(lán)花綠葉，清香滿懷。I‘mtheking,youarequeen