Category: Roussillon

Why Roussillon is “Red”: Fact and Fable

The Barefoot Blogger – as seen in France Today.  Why Roussillon is red? The French commune of Roussillon is located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, roughly midway between Avignon and Aix-en-Provence. It is in the heart of one of the biggest ochre deposits in the world — one that extends from […]

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