Saint Rémy de Provence

Saint Remy de Provence is a town of the Alpilles, dynamic and typically Provençal, located in the Bouches-du-Rhone twenty kilometers south of Avignon . A stone's throw from the present town spread the ruines of a Roman city, Glanum, which you can see the mausoleum and the arc of thriomphe along the road up to the Alpilles. Saint Remy de Provence has a rich and interesting is a place of memory and tradition of Provence. The painter Vincent Van Gogh lived for nearly a year in Saint Paul de Mausole, a monastery which houses a psychiatric hospital, and he painted many paintings inspired by the surrounding landscape. Saint Remy de Provence is known for its bullfights that take place around August 15.