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Provence

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Provence is a geographical region and historical province of south-eastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône to the west to the Italian border to the east; it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. The largest city of the region and its modern-day capital is Marseille.

Quotes

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  • Ab l'alen tir vas me l'aire
    Qu'ieu sen venir de Proensa;
    Tot quant es de lai m'agensa,
    Si que, quan n'aug ben retraire,
    Ieu m'o escout en rizen
    E'n deman per un mot cen,
    Tan m'es bel quan n'aug ben dire.
    • I eagerly inhale the breeze
        From thee, sweet Provence, blowing;
      And all that's thine delights me so,
        Such pleasant thoughts bestowing,
      That if thy very name is named
        I listen joyously.
      And ask a hundred words for one—
        So sweet to hear of thee.
    • Peire Vidal, Ab l'alen tir vas me l'aire, st. 1 (tr. Edgar Taylor)
  • Soft speech Provençal under the olives!
    Like a queen’s raiment from days long perish’d,
    Breathing aromas of old unremember’d
    Perfumes and shining in dust-cover’d places
    With sudden hints of forgotten splendour—
    So on the lips of the peasant his language,
    His only now, the tongue of the peasant.
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