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THE HIST OR Y OF PROVENCE  53

Napoleon Seizes Toulon
Junior officer Napoleon Where to See Classical
Bonaparte first made his Provence
name when he took Toulon
from occupying English Avignon (see pp170–72) and Aix
troops in 1793. (see pp152–3) have period town
houses with fine doorways and
staircases. Jewish synagogues
and remains of Jewish enclaves
Cours Belsunce, built in can be found in Cavaillon (see p174),
1670 in the Italian style, Forcalquier (see p186) and Carpentras
was lined with trees and (see p168). The 18th-century Jardin
Baroque palaces. de la Fontaine in Nîmes (see
pp136–7) can still be visited.

Monks, led by
the devout Jean
Belsunce, the Bishop
of Marseille, gave
succour to the dying.
Pharmacy at Carpentras
The 18th-century Hôtel-Dieu
(hospital) houses a chapel
and a pharmacy containing
faïence apothecary jars.

Marshal Sébastien Vauban
Louis XIV’s brilliant military
architect, Vauban, fortified
towns and ports including
Toulon and Antibes.
Fontaine du Cormoran
The best known of the 36
Moustiers Faïence fountains in Pernes-les-Fontaines
Brought to France from Italy in is the 18th-century carved
the 17th century, traditional Cormoran fountain.
faïence features pastoral scenes
in delicate colours.

1713 Treaty of Utrecht 1791 Avignon and Comtat Venaissin annexed to France
cedes Orange to France
1779 Roman mausoleum 1793 Breaking of siege of
1718 Nice becomes part at Aix demolished Toulon catapults Napoleon
of new Kingdom of Sardinia Bonaparte to fame
1725 1750 1775 1800
1720 Great Plague strikes Marseille 1771 Aix parliament 1787 Provençal silk
and spreads throughout Provence suppressed harvest fails
1792 Republicans adopt Rouget
1789 Storming of the Bastille, Paris; de Lisle’s army song: La Marseillaise
The Great Plague, Provençal peasants pillage local
Marseille châteaux and monasteries