{"id":7402,"date":"2025-09-29T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=7402"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:42:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:42:19","slug":"die-farben-der-provence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/","title":{"rendered":"The colours of Provence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you think of the colors of <span  xml:lang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\">Provence<\/span>, the first thing that probably comes to mind is the purple of lavender. However, the <span  xml:lang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\">Provence<\/span> can also be reddish-brown, almost like the American Southwest: in <a class=\"www\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradoprovencal.fr\/\"  xml:lang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\">Colorado Proven\u00e7al<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I visited this area today, followed by short stops at the abbey <span xml:lang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\">Notre-Dame de S\u00e9nanque<\/span> and the town of <span xml:lang=\"fr\" lang=\"fr\">Gordes<\/span>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7402  gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_120550\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_120550-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Le Sahara (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_121315\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_121315-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Le Sahara (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_121849\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_121849-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Le Sahara (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_122212\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_122212-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Le Sahara (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_122623\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_122623-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Le Sahara (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_125130\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_125130-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Le Sahara (Colorado Proven\u00e7al) from above\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_125652\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_125652-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Chemin\u00e9es de f\u00e9es (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_130443\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_130443-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"D\u00e9sert blanc (Colorado Proven\u00e7al)\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_144336\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_144336-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Notre-Dame de S\u00e9nanque\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"lightbox-link\" href='https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2025\/09\/29\/die-farben-der-provence\/20250929_153334\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/20250929_153334-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Gordes\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>  <div class=\"notice\">\nThis blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7402\">German<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in 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