Vitrolles-en-Luberon
Vitrolles -en- Luberon is a French municipality with 196 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Vaucluse department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.
Geography
Vitrolles -en- Luberon is located in the southeast of the département of Vaucluse approximately 15 kilometers northeast of the town of Pertuis. Neighboring communities in Vaucluse are Peypin- d'Aigues in the West, Gram Bois in the south and La Bastide -des- Jourdan in the east. The northern border is formed by the municipalities of Mont Justin and Céreste in the Alpes -de -Haute -Provence.
In the north of the parish, the mountains of the Grand Luberon rises with the Luberon Regional Park, to which the community itself but not heard. Prominent peaks are Boufaou ( 834 m), the Grand- Colle (819 m) , the Groupa - Tassière ( 782m ) and the Piégros ( 765 m). The municipality is traversed in a north-south direction of several mountain streams, which together form the Torrent de Saint- Pancrace and result in Gram Bois into the Eze.
Traffic
The right across the center running route Departmental D33 is one of the few mountain passes, with which the Grand Luberon can cross. She goes on the opposite side on the D31 and leads to Céreste in the Alpes -de -Haute -Provence.
History
The place name Vitrolles goes back to the Latin word vitrolea ( " glassware "). Found Roman tiles ( tegulae ) at the foot of the hill of castellas indicate the presence of a Gallo- Roman villa. On the Mont Piégros a head of the goddess Minerva was discovered, which is now located in Marseille, Musée Borely. Due to numerous epidemics and marauding mercenary bands, the village was completely abandoned by its inhabitants in the 15th century. 1504 new families from Gap settled and founded around the medieval church at the foot of castellas the present village. 1793 initially received the community 's name Vitroles -d'Aigues 1801 it was renamed in Vitrolles. The present name exists since 11 August 1996.
Demographics
Attractions
- Romanesque parish church of St- Etienne
- Château du Grand -Pré (17th century)
- Church of St- Siméon (now converted into a farm )
- Oil mill
- Dovecote
- Renaissance pilasters and Ruins
- Oratory of St- Philomène with statue