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Le Mont Ventoux Classé Réserve de Biosphère
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Le géant de Provence
The alpes mountains view from Skies station of Mont-Ventoux, Provence
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There are twenty five millions of years, a little deep sea penetrates in lxactuelle Into valley of the Rhone. Cxest the Miocene sea which occupies the region of Ventoux hanging meadows of twenty millions dxannées and in the heart of which(whom) will settle sediments which play an important role in the current landscape of the Mountain Ventoux.
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With the crest of Luberon and the Mountains of Vaucluse the Mountain Ventoux formed then islands which appeared from the region rhodanienne.
Of the summit in 1912 metres, it(he) discovers lxun of the vastest panorama dxEuropeCe was the poet Toscan, François PETRARQUE, who on April 25, 1336 realized the first ascent of the Mountain Ventoux.
Frédéric MISTRAL made lxexpédition of night to attend the sunrise in his summit. He told this event in these words:
" We saw the sun appearing, such a magnificent king of glory, between the brilliant tops of the Alps covered with snow ".
Sentinel of Provence, Ventoux takes care of Comtat Venaissin and
The Country of Sault, where from it seems different dxoù that lxon is.
Of Bédoin, Pernes Fountains to Sault, it(he) is there quite close. The Classified MOUNTAIN VENTOUX Reserves of Biosphere
The Iceboxes of the VENTOUX
If the pastoralisme was in the Mountain Ventoux an activity important for 19-th century, it is a more underestimated activity, lxexploitation of the ice(mirror):
In 17-th century, this activity which consisted during lxhiver to pile up the snow in the hollow pits, to type it with wooden slats and to cover her(it) with boughs, was controlled by the Popes. Arriving Lxété, the become snow freeze, was sold(produced) in blocks and forwarded jusquxaux iceboxes of the nearby villages to be then commercialized there in Avignon, Marseille or Montpelier. The ice(mirror) of Ventoux had two utilities: The conservation of corpses and the manufacture of sherbets.
All the climates are representative on the massif of the Mountain Ventoux. It(he) results from this mosaic of microclimates a surprising wealth floristique and faunique which cost him(her) lxattribution of the label: Reserve of Biosphere.
The MOUNTAIN VENTOUX, mythical Test of the Cycling (TOUR(TOWER) OF FRANCE
Ski resort of the Serene Mountain / Mountain Ventoux paying(pouring) the North
FRANCE
Links : http://www.lemontventoux.net/
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