Cross of Provence

Saint-Antonin-sur-Bayon (Sant Antonin de Baion in Occitan) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. The small stream Bayon runs through the village.

The Château of Vauvenargues (French: Château de Vauvenargues) is a fortified bastide in the village of Vauvenargues, situated to the north of Montagne Sainte-Victoire, just outside the town of Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. Built on a site occupied since Roman times, it became a seat of the Counts of Provence in the Middle Ages, passing to the Archbishops of Aix in the thirteenth century. It acquired its present architectural form in the seventeenth century as the family home of the marquis de Vauvenargues. After the French Revolution it was sold to the Isoard family, who despite their humble origins eventually installed their coat of arms in the chateau. Nineteenth century additions include a ceramic maiolica profile in the Italian Renaissance style of René of Anjou, one of the former owners, and a small shrine containing the relics of St Severin. In 1929 the chateau was officially listed as a historic monument. In 1943 it was sold by the Isoard family to three industrialists from Marseille, who stripped it of its furnishings and mural decoration, some of which still survives in the Château of La Barben. In 1947 it became a vacation centre for a maritime welfare institution. It was acquired in September 1958 by the exiled Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, seeking a more isolated working place than his previous home, "La Californie" in Cannes. He occupied and remodeled the chateau from 1959 until 1962, after which he moved to Mougins. He and his wife Jacqueline are buried in the grounds of the chateau of Vauvenargues, which is still the private property of the Picasso family. Their tomb is a grassy mound surmounted by La Dame à l'offrande (1933) (English: Woman with a Vase), a monumental sculpture that previously guarded the entrance of the Spanish pavilion at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1937.

Vauvenargues (French pronunciation: [vovnaʁg]; Provençal: Vauvenarga) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is close to Aix-en-Provence and the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

The Sainte-Victoire National Nature Reserve (RNN117) is a national nature reserve located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department. Covering 140 hectares, the nature reserve was established in 1994 to protect the fossilized dinosaur eggs preserved on the western foot of the Montagne Sainte-Victoire.

Beaurecueil (French pronunciation: ​[boʁkœj]; Occitan: Beurecuelh) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Châteauneuf-le-Rouge (French pronunciation: ​[ʃatonœf lə ʁuʒ]; Occitan: Castèunòu lo Roge) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

The Bimont Dam is a dam in Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde near Aix-en-Provence in France. It was completed in 1951.

Pion is one of 41 parishes (administrative divisions) in Villaviciosa, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. Situated at 76 m (249 ft) above sea level, the parroquia is 13.11 km2 (5.06 sq mi) has a population of 392 (INE 2020). On September 4, 2023, the jury of the Princess of Asturias Awards granted Pion, along with Arroes and Candanal, the Exemplary Town of Asturias Award.

Saint-Marc-Jaumegarde (French pronunciation: ​[sɛ̃ maʁk ʒomgaʁd]; Provençal: Sant Marc de Jaumegarda) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.

Rousset (French pronunciation: ​[ʁusɛ]; Occitan: Rosset) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France close to Aix-en-Provence.

Zola Dam is a dam in Le Tholonet near Aix-en-Provence, France.

Le Tholonet (French pronunciation: ​[lə tɔlɔnɛ]; Lou Toulounet and Lo Tolonet in Provençal) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. Its inhabitants are called Tholonétiens.