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Forcalquier

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Forcalquier (Forcauquier) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. [1]

41 relations: Alfonso II, Count of Provence, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Apt, Vaucluse, Charles I of Anjou, Christophe Castaner, Communes of France, Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Cordeliers, County of Forcalquier, Departments of France, Durance, Embrun, Hautes-Alpes, Forcalquier Cathedral, Gallo-Roman culture, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier, Geoffrey II of Provence, Guastalla, Guigues VII of Viennois, Jaufre Reforzat de Trets, Joanna I of Naples, Ladislaus of Naples, Latin, Lime kiln, List of rulers of Provence, Louis Feuillée, Louis III of Naples, Luberon, Mane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Manosque, Margaret of Provence, Middle Ages, Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, Pastis Henri Bardouin, Provençal dialect, Provence, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence, Raoul Dufy, Sisteron, Subprefectures in France, Université Européenne des Senteurs & Saveurs.

Alfonso II, Count of Provence

Alfonso II (1180 – February 1209) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile.

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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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Apt, Vaucluse

Apt (Provençal Occitan: At / Ate in both classical and Mistralian norms) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Charles I of Anjou

Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou.

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Christophe Castaner

Christophe Castaner (born 3 January 1966) is a French lawyer and politician serving as the Executive Officer of La République En Marche! since 2017.

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Communes of France

The commune is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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Communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department

The following is a list of the 198 communes of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of France.

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Cordeliers

The Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Société des Amis des droits de l’homme et du citoyen), mainly known as Cordeliers Club (Club des Cordeliers), was a populist club during the French Revolution.

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County of Forcalquier

The County of Forcalquier was a large medieval county in the region of Provence in the Kingdom of Arles, then part of the Holy Roman Empire.

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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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Durance

The Durance (Durença in Occitan or Durènço in Mistralian) is a major river in south-eastern France.

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Embrun, Hautes-Alpes

Embrun (Occitan: Ambrun, Latin: Ebrodunum, Ebrudunum, and Eburodunum) is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Forcalquier Cathedral

Forcalquier Cathedral (Concathédrale Notre-Dame-du-Bourguet de Forcalquier) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the town of Forcalquier, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

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Gallo-Roman culture

The term "Gallo-Roman" describes the Romanized culture of Gaul under the rule of the Roman Empire.

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Gap, Hautes-Alpes

Gap is a commune in southeastern France, the capital and largest town of the Hautes-Alpes department.

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Garsenda, Countess of Forcalquier

Garsenda (Garsende de Sabran; c. 1180 – c. 1242) was the Countess of Provence as the wife of Alfonso II from 1193 and the Countess of Forcalquier in her own right from 1209.

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Geoffrey II of Provence

Geoffrey II (also Josfred or Josfredus; died 13 February 1067) was the first count of Forcalquier following the death of his father Fulk Bertrand in 1062.

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Guastalla

Guastalla (Guastallese: Guastàla) is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

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Guigues VII of Viennois

Guigues VII (1225–1269), of the House of Burgundy, was the dauphin of Vienne and count of Albon, Grenoble, Oisans, Briançon, Embrun, and Gap from 1237 to his death.

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Jaufre Reforzat de Trets

Jaufre Reforzat de Trets (Gaufridus Reforciatus; fl. 1213–1237), known as Jaufrezet, was the Viscount of Marseille, seigneur of Trets and Forcalquier, and a man of letters.

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Joanna I of Naples

Joanna I (Italian: Giovanna I; March 1328 – 27 July 1382) was Queen of Naples and Countess of Provence and Forcalquier from 1343 until her death.

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Ladislaus of Naples

Ladislaus the Magnanimous (Ladislao il Magnanimo di Napoli; Nápolyi László; 15 February 1377 – 6 August 1414) was King of Naples and titular King of Jerusalem and Sicily, titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1386–1414), and titular King of Hungary and Croatia (1390–1414).

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lime kiln

A lime kiln is a kiln used for the calcination of limestone (calcium carbonate) to produce the form of lime called quicklime (calcium oxide).

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List of rulers of Provence

The land of Provence has a history quite separate from that of any of the larger nations of Europe.

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Louis Feuillée

Louis Éconches Feuillée (sometimes spelled Feuillet) (1660, Mane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 18 April 1732) was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist.

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Louis III of Naples

Louis III (25 September 1403 – 12 November 1434) was titular King of Naples from 1417 to 1426, Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and Duke of Anjou from 1417 to 1434, and Duke of Calabria from 1426 to 1434.

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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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Mane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Mane (Mana in Occitan) is a commune in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

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Manosque

Manosque (Provençal Occitan: Manòsca in classical norm or Manosco in Mistralian norm) is the largest town and commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

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Margaret of Provence

Margaret of Provence (Marguerite; 1221 – 20 December 1295) was Queen of France by marriage to King Louis IX.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Moustiers-Sainte-Marie

Moustiers-Sainte-Marie, or simply Moustiers, (Mostiers Santa Maria in Occitan) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France, a part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and considered one of the "most beautiful villages of France".

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Pastis Henri Bardouin

Pastis Henri Bardouin is a high-end French pastis made by Distilleries et Domaines de Provence localised in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.

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Provençal dialect

Provençal (Provençau or Prouvençau) is a variety of Occitan spoken by a minority of people in southern France, mostly in Provence.

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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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Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

Ramon Berenguer IV or V (1198 – 19 August 1245), Count of Provence and Forcalquier, was the son of Alfonso II of Provence and Garsenda de Sabran, heiress of Forcalquier.

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Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy (3 June 1877 – 23 March 1953) was a French Fauvist painter, brother of Jean Dufy.

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Sisteron

Sisteron (in classical norm or Sisteroun in Mistralian norm) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France.

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Subprefectures in France

In France, a subprefecture (sous-préfecture) is the administrative center of a departmental arrondissement that does not contain the prefecture for its department.

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Université Européenne des Senteurs & Saveurs

The Université Européenne des Senteurs et des Saveurs (UESS) (English: European University of Scents and Flavors), located at the medieval Couvent des Cordeliers in Forcalquier, France, is a private university specialized in the study of natural aroma compounds, cosmetics and flavorings.

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References

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

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