Vacation Homes For Sale in/around UZES in the Gard (30)
Uzès is a very old town, started just after the "Roman times"
around the 5th Century and is the eldest "Duke" town in France with
the Duke family still living, at least part of the year, in the castle in the
middle of the town. The present Duke is married to an American lady
The French Cultural Affairs minister Malraux decided in 1958 that 6 French
cities had to be conserved for the future and luckily Uzès was one of them.
Uzès was completely restored, which started around 1960, and is now one of
the most charming little towns.
See below our article on the Provence and also the map of the area to
locate the different places
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Uzes
- La BASTIDE
d'ENGRAS,
(± 12 km from Uzès) an old south-facing village-stone house from the
18th century right in the centre of this charming very old village
with its "Chateau" from the 12th century and all construction and
preservations have kept this old aspect. It is located next to
the mairie and uposite the clock tower. It has 3 floors
(ground of 58 m², 1st of 98 m² and 2nd of 73 m²)and has furthermore
150 m² of several other space like a entree hall, garage, cave and a
court( of 26 m²) which could be turned into an open or covered pool.
Price €
445.000 |
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Unique French Estate "La Buissonniere The property,
a very large old wine-farm "Provence style", built +/- 1740,
has a living area of well over 1000 m² in grounds of ± 20.000 m² It is
located 15 min. outside of Uzès, very near the village of Aigaliers
which has a grocery store, bakery, post office, restaurant etc.
Price € 2.500.000 |
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By plane to the following airports:
- Nîmes (Ryan air) then a 45 minute
drive
- Montpellier (Ryan air, Air France, BA) then a 75
minute drive
- Marseille (many airlines) then a 90 minute drive
By fast train
(TGV) to:
Avignon (direct from London, Brussels, Paris, Charles de
Gaulle airport)
then a 45 minutes drive
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This
is a map of the area to enable you to see where the different villages are.
Click on it to enlarge its size |
Uzès Attractions:
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The
cathedral with its tower the old siege of the bishops |
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Place
Albert 1st in the centre of Uzès |
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Place des Herbes being downtown Uzès |
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The Saturday and Wednesday markets |
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A typical building of Uzès |
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Two
pictures of the Duche |
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About La Provence, France
| The French region called "Provence" is somewhat ill defined from
the very large Roman province "provincia gallia narbonensis", which
reached from the lake of Geneva in the North to Narbonne and the Spanish border
in the South. Here two pictures of Uzès in the Gard |
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Provence is a patchwork of many different influences, starting with the Phoceans who founded Marseille and imported Greek civilization to this part of
the Mediterranean as long ago as 600 B.C. Aix was founded in 122 B.C. by the
Romans, whose civilization had a much greater impact on the entire region. Under
Roman rule, Nimes and Arles reached the peak of their glory around the year 5
A.D., and peace was ensured until the fall of the Roman Empire in 476. Provence
then underwent many invasions at the hand of the Visigoths, Saxons, Moors etc.,
until the Holy Roman Empire annexed the region in the 10th century, allowing,
however, the Counts of Provence to retain their independence. The popes and
anti-Popes resided in Avignon throughout the 14th century until Provence became
part of France in 1486 under the reign of Louis XI. Avignon and the Comtat
Venaissin had to wait until the French Revolution before joining France in 1791.
Which explains all that Roman architecture, amphitheatres, the arenas,
commemorative arches and aqueducts. At the end of the 15th century, Gothic,
Renaissance and later styles of architecture were introduced to Provence via
northen France.
Today it is much smaller comprising the departments 34 (Herault), 30 (Gard),
13 (Bouche du Rhone), Var, Alpes de Haute Provence and 84 (Vaucluse) being the
most charming part in Southern France with its fields of poppies and lavender
basking in the sun, the lure of street markets brimming with ripe fruit and hand
picked vegetables, bucolic landscapes of olive groves, orchards and vineyards,
sheltering below stark mountain ranges from that notorious Mistral wind.
Provence is synonymous with wine, olive oil, basil, rosemary and thyme, flowery
fabrics, melons, honey, almonds and home made jams...
with its lavender
and sunflower fields |
Pont du Gard |
The Cevennes |
The Ardeche |
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