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  • Fountain dating to Roman era
  • Sunday morning in Aix en Provence
  • Gothic Church in Aix en Provence
  • Bell tower
  • Later additions to the church
  • These statues were decapitated during the French Revolution. Heads later found and restored
  • This may be he rectory. Nice digs. Aix en Provence
  • Aix en Provence
  • Aix en Provence
  • Aix en Provence
  • Michael stands guard above the church
  • Columns from the Roman era around the baptistry. Aix en Provence
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  • Baptistry dates to Roman period
  • Tomb of some past church offical
  • Roman era mosaic
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  • Immense antique organ
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  • Gold furnishing is a design of a student at a local art school. Added to bring a sense of place of the church in contemporary life.
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  • Stalls for church officials
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  • St. George is widely represented in the European churches we visited.
  • A quiet plaza on Sunday
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  • Many impressive doors
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  • City Administration building. Aix en Provence
  • Commodities exchange building, Aix en Provence. Relief of Baccus and the goddess of fertility who's name I've forgotten, Fifi I think
  • Town square, Aix en Provence
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  • Gate to the city administration building's courtyard
  • Interior of one of the rooms of the city administration building
  • Aix en Provence clock and calendar tower. Character in the portal changes with the seasons.
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  • Sunday farmer's market in Aix en Provence
  • Mary, taking in the lavender stall.
  • Mary shopping the lavender stall.
  • Cheese!
  • In Aix en Provence.
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  • Strolling in France
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  • The port of Cassis with nearby limestone cliffs.
  • Port of Cassis with imposing limestone outcrops in the background
  • Immense limestone outcroping above Cassis
  • Harbor light at Cassis, France
  • People sunbathe on the limestone slab "beach" near Cassis
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  • Limestone and sandstone outcroppings from the ocean near Cassis
  • Tour by boat of the calanques near Cassis. Calanques are small inlets with steep sides cut into the limestone that dominates this part of France.
  • Yacht club or hotel in one of the calanques
  • Succesive layers of limestone deposits.
  • Tour by boat of the calanques near Cassis. Calanques are small inlets with steeps sides cut into the limestone that dominates this part of France.
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  • Amazing how trees can take root and grow right into the stone
  • Tour by boat of the calanques near Cassis. Calanques are small inlets with steeps sides cut into the limestone that dominates this part of France.
  • Tour by boat of the calanques near Cassis. Calanques are small inlets with steeps sides cut into the limestone that dominates this part of France.
  • View from the beach
  • Small, remote beach with a great view out to sea.
  • Limestone massif near Cassis
  • Hotels and main beach at Cassis
  • Cap Canaille, cliffs near Cassis, France
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • The harbor at Cassis
  • Old fortress above the harbor at Cassis.
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