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 History
The
first inhabitants of Cabannes were Liguriens farmers
who Lived
in house lakeside " cabs " in the XVIth
century before J.C. Towards
600 before J.C, the Greek de Phocée, colonizes
the region.Towards
50 before J.C, it is in the tour of Romans to conquer
the region.
The
named town Cabana Stabulum
was situated in the intersection of it Way,
Via Agripa, coming from Glanum and from the way
of connection of Marseille (
Massalia) in Lyon ( Lugdunum).
Romans,
essentially farmers, build the first systems Of
irrigation. A temple was set up in the place where
was built in the 11th Century
the current Romanic chapel St-Michel.
At
the Means-age, Several barbarians' invasions leave
many of dégats, and Are
every time pushed away by Cabannais which
reconstruct.
In
980, the village is called Castrum de Cabanis.
1172:
Cabannes is set up as parish
Until
1308, the Knight Templars, dependent on the commanderie
of Avignon, Reclaim
swamps, improve the irrigation of lands and build
one Hospital.
1440:
The territory is ravaged by a floods of Durance.
1486:
Provence is annexed in France.
1680:
Cabannes is set up as Marquisate In
campaigns, the farmers plant hedges of protection
of the cultures Against
the dominant wind, the famous Mistral of northwest,
with Cypress of Provence.
Hedges dating this time are still in place today.
1732:
Increase of the chapel St Michel with a new door
Of
entrance on the West always visible.
1793:
Creation of the market of Cabannes every Tuesday:
cattle, flours, Grains,
produced by the soil
1886:
The bridge of Bompas which crossed Durance,
many a time reconstructed since The
Roman time is taken by a new big floods of the river.
it is Replaced
by a suspension bridge from 1892 till 1895, year
of construction of the bridge Current.
According
to Léopold Vidau, local historian.
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