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Baronnies

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The Baronnies, in French Les Baronnies, is a historic name for the area East and North of Mont Ventoux in Southern France. [1]

55 relations: Agriculture, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Appellation d'origine contrôlée, Brantes, Buis-les-Baronnies, Cycling, Departments of France, Drôme, Elephant, Equestrianism, Faucon, Vaucluse, Fief, Franks, French language, French Wars of Religion, Hang gliding, Hannibal, Hautes-Alpes, Hiking, Holy Roman Empire, La Motte-Chalancon, List of counts of Albon and dauphins of Viennois, List of Roman army unit types, Lombards, Luberon, Mirabel-aux-Baronnies, Mollans-sur-Ouvèze, Mont Ventoux, Montbrun-les-Bains, Mountain biking, Mountaineering, Nyons, Olive, Olive oil, Orpierre, Paragliding, Protestantism, Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Puyméras, Rémuzat, Regions of France, Rhône-Alpes, Rock climbing, Roman Empire, Rousset-les-Vignes, Sainte-Jalle, Saracen, Séderon, Second Punic War, ..., Southern France, Tourism, Vaison-la-Romaine, Vaucluse, Venterol, Drôme. Expand index (5 more) »

Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (Occitan: Aups d'Auta Provença) is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.

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Appellation d'origine contrôlée

The appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC;; "protected designation of origin") is the French certification granted to certain French geographical indications for wines, cheeses, butters, and other agricultural products, all under the auspices of the government bureau Institut national des appellations d'origine, now called Institut national de l'origine et de la qualité (INAO).

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Brantes

Brantes is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Buis-les-Baronnies

Buis-les-Baronnies is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Cycling

Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government below the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the commune.

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Drôme

Drôme (Droma in Occitan, Drôma in Arpitan) is a department in southeastern France named after the Drôme River.

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Elephant

Elephants are large mammals of the family Elephantidae and the order Proboscidea.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Faucon, Vaucluse

Faucon is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Fief

A fief (feudum) was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty (or "in fee") in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the personal ceremonies of homage and fealty.

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Franks

The Franks (Franci or gens Francorum) were a collection of Germanic peoples, whose name was first mentioned in 3rd century Roman sources, associated with tribes on the Lower and Middle Rhine in the 3rd century AD, on the edge of the Roman Empire.

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French language

French (le français or la langue française) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Wars of Religion

The French Wars of Religion refers to a prolonged period of war and popular unrest between Roman Catholics and Huguenots (Reformed/Calvinist Protestants) in the Kingdom of France between 1562 and 1598.

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Hang gliding

Hang gliding is an air sport or recreational activity in which a pilot flies a light, non-motorised foot-launched heavier-than-air aircraft called a hang glider.

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Hannibal

Hannibal Barca (𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤒 ḥnb‘l brq; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Carthaginian general, considered one of the greatest military commanders in history.

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Hautes-Alpes

Hautes-Alpes (Auts Aups) is a department in southeastern France named after the Alps mountain range.

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Hiking

Hiking is the preferred term, in Canada and the United States, for a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails (footpaths), in the countryside, while the word walking is used for shorter, particularly urban walks.

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Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire (Sacrum Romanum Imperium; Heiliges Römisches Reich) was a multi-ethnic but mostly German complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.

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La Motte-Chalancon

La Motte-Chalancon is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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List of counts of Albon and dauphins of Viennois

The Counts of Albon (Comtes d'Albon) were members of the medieval nobility in what is now south-eastern France.

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List of Roman army unit types

This is a list of Roman army unit types.

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Lombards

The Lombards or Longobards (Langobardi, Longobardi, Longobard (Western)) were a Germanic people who ruled most of the Italian Peninsula from 568 to 774.

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Luberon

The Luberon (Provençal Occitan: Leberon in classical norm or Leberoun in Mistralian norm) is a massif in central Provence in the south of France.

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Mirabel-aux-Baronnies

Mirabel-aux-Baronnies is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.

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Mollans-sur-Ouvèze

Mollans-sur-Ouvèze is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Mont Ventoux

Mont Ventoux (Ventor in Provençal) is a mountain in the Provence region of southern France, located some 20 km northeast of Carpentras, Vaucluse.

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Montbrun-les-Bains

Montbrun-les-Bains (Montbrun in Occitan) is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Mountain biking

Mountain biking is the sport of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially designed mountain bikes.

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering is the sport of mountain climbing.

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Nyons

Nyons is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Olive

The olive, known by the botanical name Olea europaea, meaning "European olive", is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, found in the Mediterranean Basin from Portugal to the Levant, the Arabian Peninsula, and southern Asia as far east as China, as well as the Canary Islands and Réunion.

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Olive oil

Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of Olea europaea; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin.

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Orpierre

Orpierre is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in southeastern France.

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Paragliding

Paragliding is the recreational and competitive adventure sport of flying paragliders: lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is the second largest form of Christianity with collectively more than 900 million adherents worldwide or nearly 40% of all Christians.

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Provence

Provence (Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River to the west to the Italian border to the east, and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south.

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (Provença-Aups-Còsta d'Azur; Provenza-Alpi-Costa Azzurra; PACA) is one of the 18 administrative regions of France.

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Puyméras

Puyméras is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Rémuzat

Rémuzat is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Regions of France

France is divided into 18 administrative regions (région), including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

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Rhône-Alpes

Rhône-Alpes (Arpitan: Rôno-Arpes; Ròse-Aups; Rodano-Alpi) is a former administrative region of France.

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Rock climbing

Rock climbing is an activity in which participants climb up, down or across natural rock formations or artificial rock walls.

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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire (Imperium Rōmānum,; Koine and Medieval Greek: Βασιλεία τῶν Ῥωμαίων, tr.) was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia.

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Rousset-les-Vignes

Rousset-les-Vignes is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Sainte-Jalle

Sainte-Jalle is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Saracen

Saracen was a term widely used among Christian writers in Europe during the Middle Ages.

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Séderon

Séderon is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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Second Punic War

The Second Punic War (218 to 201 BC), also referred to as The Hannibalic War and by the Romans the War Against Hannibal, was the second major war between Carthage and the Roman Republic and its allied Italic socii, with the participation of Greek polities and Numidian and Iberian forces on both sides.

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Southern France

Southern France or the South of France, colloquially known as le Midi, is a defined geographical area consisting of the regions of France that border the Atlantic Ocean south of the Marais Poitevin, Spain, the Mediterranean, and Italy.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tours.

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Vaison-la-Romaine

Vaison-la-Romaine (Latin: Vasio Vocontiorum) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.The French archaeologist and hellenist Henri Metzger (1912–2007) died here.

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Vaucluse

The Vaucluse (Vauclusa in classical norm or Vau-Cluso in Mistralian norm) is a department in the southeast of France, named after the famous spring the Fontaine de Vaucluse.

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Venterol, Drôme

Venterol is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baronnies

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