{"id":9901,"date":"2019-07-18T15:20:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T15:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/?p=9901"},"modified":"2019-07-20T22:35:33","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T22:35:33","slug":"in-the-ochre-heart-of-la-provence-roussillon-parte-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/en\/in-the-ochre-heart-of-la-provence-roussillon-parte-1\/","title":{"rendered":"In the &#8220;Ochre heart&#8221; of Provence, Roussillon, part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Ochre heart of Provence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roussillon-en-provence.fr\/acces-mairie.html\">Roussillon<\/a>.\u00a0Following the colors, I arrived in Roussillon. The land of Ochres.<\/p>\n<p>A trip has many meanings. In the Cambridge dictionary, we read; \u201ca\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/journey\">journey<\/a>\u00a0in which you go\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/somewhere\">somewhere<\/a>, usually for a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/short\">short<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/dictionary\/english\/time\">time<\/a>, and come back again\u201d.\u00a0But a trip is also a search, a change in itself. The trip is movement, discovery and a break with everyday life.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9978\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9978\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9978\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-01-1-987x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-01-1-987x1024.jpg 987w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-01-1-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-01-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of the municipality in Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9983\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9983\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9983\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-05-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-05-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-05-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-05-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Little shops in Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Travel means joy, colors, smells, sharpen the senses and imbue with new sensations. It means dreaming and accumulating new, fresh and beautiful memories\u2026 Experiment and get away from everything to discover yourself again. And in a way, for me, travel is a necessity &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9987\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9987\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9987\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-09-1-886x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-09-1-886x1024.jpg 886w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-09-1-259x300.jpg 259w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-09-1.jpg 1831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9987\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail of a red door, Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9979\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9979\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9979\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02-1-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02-1-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02-1-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02-1.jpg 1702w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Following the colors, I arrived at Roussillon. The land of Ochres.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Following the colors, I arrived at Roussillon. The land of Ochres.<\/p>\n<p>Roussillon is a beautiful small village (In the list of \u201cPlus beaux villages de France\u201d) with lots of colored houses and charming corners, located in La Provence. Situated at the foot of the Monts de Vaucluse, this town with its painted facades is a dream for a painter. It is considered one of the most beautiful villages in France and its heart is ocher.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9985\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9985\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9985\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-07-1-1024x784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-07-1-1024x784.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-07-1-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-07-1.jpg 1765w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A beautiful blue door! Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9982\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9982\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9982\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-04-2-738x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-04-2-738x1024.jpg 738w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-04-2-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-04-2.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colored facades in Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This place has the particularity of being located right next (Or I should say above!) to one of the most important ocher deposits in the world. In their own way, ancient ocher mines open to the visitor in a magical and grandiose journey. Sculpted by man and by the passage of time, as well as by the elements, I feel myself like in a colorful dream&#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9988\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9988\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9988\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-011-1-1024x880.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-011-1-1024x880.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-011-1-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-011-1.jpg 1652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colors here and there, Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9910\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9910\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9910\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-08-1024x787.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-08-1024x787.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-08-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-08.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A wall in ochres,\u00a0Roussillon, France, \u00a9photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9996\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9996\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9996\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-026-1-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-026-1-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-026-1-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I love those little corners!! Roussillon, La Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ocher is everywhere. From yellow to dark red. On the walls, on the fa\u00e7ades of the houses, on the streets, on the roofs&#8230; And we see them in so many different tonalities and shapes that it is difficult to explain the feeling that one has walked around here.\u00a0For me, it is undoubtedly a magical place. Like landing suddenly inside a picture of bright colors and intense light. That ideal of la Provence atmosphere we had once materialized here.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9980\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9980\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9980\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02bis-1-923x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02bis-1-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-02bis-1-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walking through the village, Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After visiting the village we cannot miss the following excursion. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roussillon-en-provence.fr\/ocres.html\">The &#8220;Sentier des Ocres&#8221;<\/a>, (Path of the ocher) right next to the town, is open to the public almost all year, from February to December. Visit and explore this true geological curiosity takes about an hour or hour and a half.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9994\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9994\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9994\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-021-1-1024x752.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-021-1-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-021-1-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Le \u201cSentier des Ochres\u201d, Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9989\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9989\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9989\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-012-1-1024x904.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-012-1-1024x904.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-012-1-300x265.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9989\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A different world, an ochre world\u2026Roussillon, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9943 size-large aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-027-1-914x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-027-1-914x1024.jpg 914w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-027-1-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9991\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9991\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9991\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-016-1-753x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-016-1-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-016-1-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view to the forest from above, Roussillon, Provence, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In the beginning, extraction was made by the farmers. This allowed them to get an extra incoming in the winter season. In the XIXth century during the industrial revolution, the activity became professional. Quarries and factories quickly multiplied thanks to the arrival of the railway in Apt Ville, in 1880.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9990\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9990\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9990\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-014-1-937x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-014-1-937x1024.jpg 937w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-014-1-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9990\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Like being in the moon! Or is it Mars? Roussillon, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The competition with chemical colors caused the decline of the business and production in 1929. Today there is only one ochre extraction quarry in Gargas.\u00a0We walk through colored trails that show much of the quarry in the open, surrounded at all times by lush vegetation.\u00a0You can admire natural ocher walls with shades ranging from yellow to red.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9992\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9992\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9992\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-017-2-1024x783.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-017-2-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-017-2-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9992\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My hands in Ochres!! Sentier des Ocres, Roussillon, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9993\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9993\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-019-1-1024x982.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-019-1-1024x982.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-019-1-300x288.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sculpted by man and by elements. Roussillon, France, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9995\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9995\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9995\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-022-1-923x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-022-1-923x1024.jpg 923w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-022-1-271x300.jpg 271w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vegetation colonizes the former quarries\u2026\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_9918\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9918\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9918\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-018-1006x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-018-1006x1024.jpg 1006w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-018-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9918\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural ocher walls with shades, Roussillon, \u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After the exploitation, the landscape became wild again. Both geological history and human activities gave birth to this amazing landscape. Today vegetation colonizes the former quarries. The vegetation is specific to sandy grounds in a Provence mainly made of limestone. Many animal and vegetal species live in the water (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pelobates_cultripes\">Pelobates cultripedes<\/a>), cliffs (European Bee-eater) and mines\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9915\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9915\" class=\"size-large wp-image-9915\" src=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-015-753x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-015-753x1024.jpg 753w, https:\/\/portraitonpastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Roussillon-Bogra-blog-015-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Both geological history and human activities gave birth to this amazing landscape,\u00a0\u00a9photo by Bogra art studio, 2019<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The entrance costs very little and I would recommend going with the children!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Ochre heart of Provence, Roussillon.\u00a0Following the colors, I arrived in Roussillon. The land of Ochres. A trip has many meanings. In the Cambridge dictionary, we read; \u201ca\u00a0journey\u00a0in which you go\u00a0somewhere, usually for a\u00a0short\u00a0time, and come back again\u201d.\u00a0But a trip is also a search, a change in itself. 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