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History
The
village has a long past; its history begins
in the XIth century, moment Where
the name of Boulbon is mentioned for the first time.However,
a human setting-up(establishment) is well attested
in periods Previous:
- Cut flints and shards of potteries dating the IIth
millennium Before
J-C were found there,
- The locality of the Step of making Bouquet limits
between the municipalities of Tarascon
and of Boulbon is a gallo-Roman site which would
have been destroyedDuring
the invasions of the Vth century later J-C
- St - Julien's site, on St - Michel de Frigolet's
road, carries Also
tracks of antique activity
The
name of Boulbon appears for the first time in an
act of 1003. It is The
period when a lot of villages arise from big clearings.
It Is
translated in our regions, by the land reclamation
of swamps. To
Boulbon, the monks Benedictines of Montmajour are
maybe at the origin of The
development of the plain.
Boulbon
is the typical medieval village, as far as he is
at the same moment Strengthened
and dominated by his(her,its) castle, which confers
on hertoday still, sound Exceptional
character. it is protected by two lines of ramparts
among which Only
some parts(parties) remain nowadays.
Leaned
in Montagnette, this agricultural village is divided
between its rich plain Alluvial,
dedicated to the cultures, and the Montagnette,
the domain of the walkers and Hunters.
Endowed with a history rich in traditions, the medieval
village Typical
of Provence is dominated by a fort and its fortifications
(XIth Century).
Boulbon
possesses a rich patrimony as St Christophe's big
statue (
Of XIV °), old doors with sculptured pediment,
the church saint-Anne ( 1626 ), But
also the Romanic chapel of Saint-Marcellin XIth,
the theater of one Curious
custom l: has procession of bottles celebrated on
every June 1st.
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