[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":800},["ShallowReactive",2],{"section-heritage-en":3},[4,80,162,234,316,385,456,518,572,630,683,743],{"entry":5,"record":60},{"id":6,"title":7,"body":8,"description":36,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":39,"heroAlt":40,"heroImage":41,"key":42,"meta":43,"navigation":39,"path":44,"publishedAt":45,"related":46,"seo":50,"sourceHash":51,"stem":52,"subtitle":53,"tags":54,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":59},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fold-nans.md","Old Nans",{"type":9,"value":10,"toc":30},"minimark",[11,15,20,23,27],[12,13,14],"p",{},"On the hill overlooking the south of the village, the ruins of Old Nans recall that today's town is a late creation. A fortified village existed here as early as 780. The \"castrum Nantis\" is mentioned in 1001, and a feudal castle rose in the 12th century at the top of the spur. The inhabitants then gradually left the heights for the plain, where the Nans we know developed around the Saint-Laurent church and the cours.",[16,17,19],"h2",{"id":18},"what-remains","What remains",[12,21,22],{},"Stretches of rampart survive on three sides of the hill, with the levelled walls of the houses and the remains of the castle. The site is not laid out for visitors: you read it in the scrubland rather than visit it, and it calls for care near the walls. The panorama, on the other hand, is complete: the Nans plain, the Aurélien and Olympe hills to the north, the great wall of the Sainte-Baume to the south.",[16,24,26],{"id":25},"getting-there","Getting there",[12,28,29],{},"The chemin du Bouaou, which leaves the Miséricorde chapel at the top of the Grand-Rue, climbs towards the hill; a sign points to Old Nans on the great Huveaune loop. Allow a short hour there and back from the village.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":33},"",2,[34,35],{"id":18,"depth":32,"text":19},{"id":25,"depth":32,"text":26},"Before moving down to the plain, Nans was a fortified village perched above today's town. Its ramparts and the remains of its 12th-century castle can still be read in the scrubland.",false,"md",true,"The village of Nans-les-Pins and the Old Nans hill seen from the Saint-Maximin road","\u002Fimages\u002Fvillage\u002Fvieux-nans.jpg","vieux-nans",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fold-nans",null,[47,48,49],"oppidum-de-sainte-croix","eglise-saint-laurent","grande-boucle-de-l-huveaune",{"title":7,"description":36},"02f705670e169eb5","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fold-nans","The medieval village and its castle, on the hill",[55,56,57],"history","village","viewpoint","draft","MTnETEB8VRx9G7f91oRJNXmGW9-m686hi7U40_2Yu0M",{"id":61,"accessibleByHike":62,"coords":63,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":67,"key":42,"lastVerified":45,"meta":68,"osmId":45,"period":69,"protection":45,"sources":70,"stem":78,"type":56,"__hash__":79},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fvieux-nans.yml",[49],{"lat":64,"lng":65},43.36514,5.77643,"yml",[41],{},"Village fortifié attesté en 780, château féodal du XIIe siècle",[71,75],{"label":72,"url":73,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Nans-les-Pins","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FNans-les-Pins","2026-09-06",{"label":76,"url":77,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, ruines du Vieux Nans","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fway\u002F277593852","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fvieux-nans","kX5HgIoXNlfvfSFEv05YuAneFcHC9KwmC44V2OTmAvY",{"entry":81,"record":135},{"id":82,"title":83,"body":84,"description":116,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":39,"heroAlt":117,"heroImage":118,"key":119,"meta":120,"navigation":39,"path":121,"publishedAt":45,"related":122,"seo":126,"sourceHash":127,"stem":128,"subtitle":129,"tags":130,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":134},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fhuveaune-springs.md","The Huveaune springs",{"type":9,"value":85,"toc":111},[86,89,93,96,99,103,106,108],[12,87,88],{},"The Huveaune is a coastal river 48.4 kilometres long. It rises in the commune of Nans-les-Pins, in the cirque of the Castelette valley on the north slope of the Sainte-Baume, and reaches the Mediterranean at the Prado beaches in Marseille after crossing Saint-Zacharie, Auriol, Roquevaire, Aubagne and La Penne-sur-Huveaune.",[16,90,92],{"id":91},"the-pools","The pools",[12,94,95],{},"Over its first kilometres, the lime-laden water deposits travertine and builds natural dams: the pools, or \"gours\", a string of clear basins separated by small waterfalls, under oaks and beeches. The whole took several thousand years to form and is damaged in a few steps: the bed is fragile even when dry, and trampling the travertine destroys it for good. Swimming, mountain biking and dogs are forbidden, even on a lead.",[12,97,98],{},"The flow varies greatly with the seasons. The pools are often dry in summer and fill again after the autumn and spring rains, the best times to discover them. In flood the river can become powerful: 56 cubic metres per second were measured on 14 December 2008.",[16,100,102],{"id":101},"the-castelette-cave","The Castelette cave",[12,104,105],{},"A little upstream of the pools, the Castelette cave opens in the hillside at about 590 metres; this is where the birth of the river is placed, and its resurgence can be seen from the footbridge on the path. The valley is part of the managed biological reserve of the Sainte-Baume state forest, which protects this environment and its species.",[16,107,26],{"id":25},[12,109,110],{},"The Huveaune springs loop starts from the centre of Nans-les-Pins and reaches the site in an hour and a quarter of walking, by a signposted path and then along the pools from above, with interpretation panels. In summer, access depends on the day's prefectoral order.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":112},[113,114,115],{"id":91,"depth":32,"text":92},{"id":101,"depth":32,"text":102},{"id":25,"depth":32,"text":26},"At the northern foot of the Sainte-Baume, the Huveaune comes out of the ground in the Castelette valley and builds, over its first metres, a string of clear travertine basins. A site in a biological reserve, as fragile as it is beautiful.","The pools of the Huveaune springs","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Fsource-de-l-huveaune.jpg","source-de-l-huveaune",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fhuveaune-springs",[123,124,125,49],"boucle-des-sources-de-l-huveaune","foret-de-la-sainte-baume","chemin-des-roys",{"title":83,"description":116},"e7c98d64b42547f8","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fhuveaune-springs","The Castelette valley and its travertine pools",[131,132,133],"nature","water","massif","fsBBNn2gcobWI4k9YLi0d392IIXsI5gnv0F4jA940Xk",{"id":136,"accessibleByHike":137,"coords":139,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":142,"key":119,"lastVerified":45,"meta":144,"osmId":45,"period":45,"protection":145,"sources":146,"stem":159,"type":160,"__hash__":161},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fsource-de-l-huveaune.yml",[123,49,138],"de-l-huveaune-a-mantelette",{"lat":140,"lng":141},43.34597,5.76295,[118,143],"\u002Fimages\u002Fhikes\u002Fgrotte-de-castelette.jpg",{},"Réserve biologique dirigée du vallon de Castelette",[147,150,153,156],{"label":148,"url":149,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Huveaune","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FHuveaune",{"label":151,"url":152,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Forêt de la Sainte-Baume (réserves biologiques)","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FFor%C3%AAt_de_la_Sainte-Baume",{"label":154,"url":155,"retrievedOn":74},"Chemins des Parcs, Boucle des sources de l'Huveaune","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cheminsdesparcs.fr\u002Ftrek\u002F133756",{"label":157,"url":158,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, source de l'Huveaune","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fnode\u002F2795122395","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fsource-de-l-huveaune","natural-site","lK2TRwO_yFZL0FRnJdt8Mtuww7mEtbkBfnibq6adhO8",{"entry":163,"record":208},{"id":164,"title":165,"body":166,"description":192,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":39,"heroAlt":193,"heroImage":194,"key":195,"meta":196,"navigation":39,"path":197,"publishedAt":45,"related":198,"seo":201,"sourceHash":202,"stem":203,"subtitle":204,"tags":205,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":207},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fpivaut-ice-house.md","The Pivaut ice house",{"type":9,"value":167,"toc":188},[168,171,175,178,181,185],[12,169,170],{},"From the 17th century to the end of the 19th, the Sainte-Baume supplied Marseille and Toulon with ice. The principle was simple: in winter, shallow basins were flooded and the frost turned them into sheets of ice; these were broken up, piled into huge covered stone wells, the ice houses, and the ice was carried down to the towns by night, by cart. Several dozen ice houses survive in the massif.",[16,172,174],{"id":173},"a-sandstone-tower","A sandstone tower",[12,176,177],{},"The Pivaut ice house, also called the Gaudin ice house, is the most imposing. Built in 1880 in sandstone, it is 23 metres high and 17.6 metres in diameter and could hold 3,100 cubic metres of ice. Three adjoining freezing basins, with a total surface of 5,000 square metres and filled with 15 centimetres of water, fed it; two to four frosts were enough to fill it. A slight slope and oak trees planted on purpose limited the sunshine.",[12,179,180],{},"Arriving too late in the face of artificial ice, it was used for only a few years. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1993.",[16,182,184],{"id":183},"visiting","Visiting",[12,186,187],{},"The ice house has been fully restored by the Var department. A themed trail leads to it from the D95 road, with panels on the fauna, the flora, the history of the site and the working of ice houses. The Pivaut ice house and Gaudin loop, from Mazaugues, passes it halfway; from Nans-les-Pins, the Escaillon ice road follows one of the routes the carters used.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":189},[190,191],{"id":173,"depth":32,"text":174},{"id":183,"depth":32,"text":184},"In Mazaugues, on the eastern side of the massif, the Pivaut ice house is a sandstone tower 23 metres high that could store 3,100 cubic metres of ice. Built in 1880, restored and open to visitors, it tells the story of a forgotten industry.","The Gaudin ice house, known as Pivaut, in Mazaugues","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Fglaciere-de-pivaut.jpg","glaciere-de-pivaut",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fpivaut-ice-house",[199,200,124],"glaciere-de-pivaut-et-le-gaudin","l-escaillon-et-le-chemin-de-la-glace",{"title":165,"description":192},"678b0c37006e3a79","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fpivaut-ice-house","The largest witness of the ice trade",[55,206,133],"industry","5r3_v8nAC6hV4_IkXZBAtxGnRweuWDeJiWLlN4Lmuxg",{"id":209,"accessibleByHike":210,"coords":211,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":214,"key":195,"lastVerified":45,"meta":215,"osmId":45,"period":216,"protection":217,"sources":218,"stem":231,"type":232,"__hash__":233},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fglaciere-de-pivaut.yml",[199],{"lat":212,"lng":213},43.35149,5.85147,[194],{},"Construite en 1880","Inscrite au titre des monuments historiques en 1993",[219,222,225,228],{"label":220,"url":221,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Glacière de Pivaut","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGlaci%C3%A8re_de_Pivaut",{"label":223,"url":224,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Massif de la Sainte-Baume (les glacières)","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FMassif_de_la_Sainte-Baume",{"label":226,"url":227,"retrievedOn":74},"Chemins des Parcs, La glacière de Pivaut et le Gaudin","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cheminsdesparcs.fr",{"label":229,"url":230,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, glacière du Gaudin dite de Pivaut","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fway\u002F133397135","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fglaciere-de-pivaut","glaciere","OSFdmYgulAaEoL9RRUDws5okIi7ASi_yYnJkPsWty4o",{"entry":235,"record":295},{"id":236,"title":237,"body":238,"description":278,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":39,"heroAlt":279,"heroImage":280,"key":281,"meta":282,"navigation":39,"path":283,"publishedAt":45,"related":284,"seo":288,"sourceHash":289,"stem":290,"subtitle":291,"tags":292,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":294},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsaint-pilon-chapel.md","The Saint-Pilon chapel",{"type":9,"value":239,"toc":273},[240,243,247,259,263,266,270],[12,241,242],{},"Five hundred metres west of the col du Saint-Pilon, at 994 metres, a small cubic building topped with a lantern stands on the ridge. Tradition places here the spot where angels carried Mary Magdalene seven times a day to pray, up from the grotto below.",[16,244,246],{"id":245},"the-name","The name",[12,248,249,250,254,255,258],{},"\"Pilon\" comes from the Provençal ",[251,252,253],"em",{},"pieloun",", the summit, from the Latin ",[251,256,257],{},"podium",". Another explanation refers to the column, pillar or \"pilon\", said to have been raised here, topped with a statue of the saint.",[16,260,262],{"id":261},"a-chapel-rebuilt-several-times","A chapel rebuilt several times",[12,264,265],{},"A first chapel was built in 1493, leaning against the pilon. Destroyed at the Revolution, it was rebuilt in the simple form we know today. A major restoration was carried out from 2015 to 2017, with the rubble removed by helicopter.",[16,267,269],{"id":268},"the-panorama","The panorama",[12,271,272],{},"The chapel stands on the GR 98, at the busiest point of the ridge. An orientation table helps to read the landscape: on a clear day the view stretches from the Sainte-Victoire to the Calanques and the Alps. The climb from the grotto is short but steep, through the limestone pavement, and the wind is almost always present.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":274},[275,276,277],{"id":245,"depth":32,"text":246},{"id":261,"depth":32,"text":262},{"id":268,"depth":32,"text":269},"Perched on the Sainte-Baume ridge, the Saint-Pilon chapel marks the high point of the pilgrimage and one of the widest panoramas in Provence, from the sea to the Alps.","The Saint-Pilon chapel on the Sainte-Baume ridge","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Fchapelle-du-saint-pilon.jpg","chapelle-du-saint-pilon",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsaint-pilon-chapel",[285,286,287],"grotte-de-la-sainte-baume","montee-au-saint-pilon","sentier-des-deux-chapelles",{"title":237,"description":278},"52b9340d14469f7e","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fsaint-pilon-chapel","A stone cube on the ridge, at 994 metres",[293,57,133],"religious","fSEP7Hb_fROIOlA_OpGCaF2Xwty8FEgJ0wRUaGAEzSY",{"id":296,"accessibleByHike":297,"coords":298,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":301,"key":281,"lastVerified":45,"meta":302,"osmId":45,"period":303,"protection":45,"sources":304,"stem":313,"type":314,"__hash__":315},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fchapelle-du-saint-pilon.yml",[286,287],{"lat":299,"lng":300},43.3275,5.76638,[280],{},"Première chapelle en 1493, reconstruite après la Révolution, restaurée en 2015-2017",[305,308,310],{"label":306,"url":307,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Chapelle du Saint-Pilon","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FChapelle_du_Saint-Pilon",{"label":309,"url":224,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Massif de la Sainte-Baume",{"label":311,"url":312,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, sommet du Saint-Pilon","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fnode\u002F913061254","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fchapelle-du-saint-pilon","chapel","7lbvb_8UuAkBbvNTUx2WKLjNCgJwxlf4PaS_Dqmy6iY",{"entry":317,"record":365},{"id":318,"title":319,"body":320,"description":351,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":39,"heroAlt":352,"heroImage":353,"key":124,"meta":354,"navigation":39,"path":355,"publishedAt":45,"related":356,"seo":358,"sourceHash":359,"stem":360,"subtitle":361,"tags":362,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":364},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-baume-forest.md","The Sainte-Baume forest",{"type":9,"value":321,"toc":346},[322,325,329,332,336,339,343],[12,323,324],{},"At the foot of the north cliff of the Sainte-Baume, between 320 and 1,147 metres, the state forest covers 2,076 hectares. Its central part is a pure beech wood that climbs to the col du Saint-Pilon, at 952 metres, accompanied by yew, holly, maple, lime and rowan: a mid-mountain flora, a world away from the surrounding scrubland.",[16,326,328],{"id":327},"a-microclimate","A microclimate",[12,330,331],{},"The forest survives thanks to the climate it maintains itself. The northern exposure, the shade of the cliff and the dense vegetation retain moisture; rainfall reaches 1,000 to 1,200 millimetres a year, nearly twice that of Marseille. This is what allows the beech to survive here, a few dozen kilometres from the sea.",[16,333,335],{"id":334},"fifteen-centuries-of-protection","Fifteen centuries of protection",[12,337,338],{},"The forest owes its survival to the religious communities that keep the sanctuary: from the 5th century, then with the Dominicans from 1295 and again after their return in 1859, the sacred forest was spared the felling and grazing that deforested the rest of Provence. Today hunting is forbidden there, two biological reserves protect the old-growth stand of the Sainte-Baume and the Castelette valley, and the whole is part of the Natura 2000 network.",[16,340,342],{"id":341},"walking-through-it","Walking through it",[12,344,345],{},"The sentier Merveilleux, at the foot of the rock wall, is the best introduction: two and a half hours without difficulty in the best-preserved part of the forest. The chemin des Roys and the chemin du Canapé cross it on the way up to the grotto. Dogs must be kept on a lead, and access is regulated in summer according to the fire risk.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":347},[348,349,350],{"id":327,"depth":32,"text":328},{"id":334,"depth":32,"text":335},{"id":341,"depth":32,"text":342},"On the north slope of the mountain, a forest of beech, yew, lime and maple survives a few kilometres from the Mediterranean, protected for fifteen centuries and now a biological reserve.","The Sainte-Baume forest and the Hostellerie seen from the ridge","\u002Fimages\u002Flodging\u002Fhostellerie-de-la-sainte-baume.jpg",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-baume-forest",[119,285,357,286],"sentier-merveilleux",{"title":319,"description":351},"cf3f015c871c0749","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-baume-forest","A mountain beech forest in the middle of Provence",[131,363,133],"forest","XHqcZjbpY3FNKjbOMRkQJq5W6pNGEMtsiwhsYVmG2uY",{"id":366,"accessibleByHike":367,"coords":369,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":372,"key":124,"lastVerified":45,"meta":373,"osmId":45,"period":374,"protection":375,"sources":376,"stem":383,"type":160,"__hash__":384},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fforet-de-la-sainte-baume.yml",[357,368,286],"sentier-merveilleux-et-oratoire-de-miette",{"lat":370,"lng":371},43.3294,5.76141,[353],{},"Protégée depuis le Ve siècle","Forêt domaniale, réserves biologiques, site Natura 2000, ZNIEFF",[377,379,380],{"label":378,"url":152,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Forêt de la Sainte-Baume",{"label":309,"url":224,"retrievedOn":74},{"label":381,"url":382,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, réserve biologique dirigée de Sainte-Baume","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fway\u002F77602182","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fforet-de-la-sainte-baume","FDbrftpX42pE2xzKXD9tGGjOw-db4nvorIMIs6sbVZI",{"entry":386,"record":432},{"id":387,"title":388,"body":389,"description":418,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":39,"heroAlt":419,"heroImage":420,"key":285,"meta":421,"navigation":39,"path":422,"publishedAt":45,"related":423,"seo":425,"sourceHash":426,"stem":427,"subtitle":428,"tags":429,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":431},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-baume-grotto.md","The Sainte-Baume grotto",{"type":9,"value":390,"toc":414},[391,394,398,401,404,408,411],[12,392,393],{},"Halfway up the north cliff of the Sainte-Baume, at 894 metres, a cavity of twenty-five by twenty metres opens in the Urgonian limestone. Provençal tradition holds that Mary Magdalene arrived here in the year 47 and spent thirty years in prayer and solitude before dying near Saint-Maximin. \"Baume\" is the Provençal word for a cave: it gave its name to the whole mountain.",[16,395,397],{"id":396},"fifteen-centuries-of-pilgrimage","Fifteen centuries of pilgrimage",[12,399,400],{},"As early as 415, John Cassian, founder of the Saint-Victor abbey in Marseille, set up a priory in the grotto. Popes came in 816 and 878, a Benedictine monastery was established in 1070. On 22 July 1254, Saint Louis climbed to the grotto on his return from the crusade. In 1295, Count Charles II of Anjou obtained from Pope Boniface VIII that the care of the holy places be entrusted to the Dominican friars, who still hold it today. The last royal pilgrim was Louis XIV, on 5 February 1660.",[12,402,403],{},"The Revolution looted and destroyed the sanctuary; the statues were beheaded. Louis XVIII restored the grotto's status as a chapel in 1821, but it was Father Henri Lacordaire who, between 1848 and 1859, restored the site and had the Hostellerie built at the foot of the mountain. A community of Dominican friars lives there again.",[16,405,407],{"id":406},"the-visit","The visit",[12,409,410],{},"From the Hostellerie, the chemin des Roys and then the chemin du Canapé climb through the forest in about three quarters of an hour to the foot of the cliff. A staircase of 150 steps, as many as the Hail Marys of the rosary, leads to the esplanade and the grotto. The interior, cool and dark, houses an altar and statues; silence is requested. The chapelle des Parisiens and three oratories along the staircase are listed historic monuments.",[12,412,413],{},"The grotto is open from 8.30 am to 5 pm in winter time and from 7.30 am to 6.30 pm in summer time. The sanctuary receives some 500,000 pilgrims and visitors a year. Above, a steeper path reaches the ridge and the Saint-Pilon chapel.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":415},[416,417],{"id":396,"depth":32,"text":397},{"id":406,"depth":32,"text":407},"Hollowed into the limestone of the cliff, the grotto where Provençal tradition places the last thirty years of Mary Magdalene has been a place of pilgrimage for fifteen centuries, kept by the Dominicans since 1295.","Inside the Sainte-Baume grotto","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Fgrotte-de-la-sainte-baume.jpg",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-baume-grotto",[281,124,125,424,286],"hostellerie-de-la-sainte-baume",{"title":388,"description":418},"9b0b66f926af5b8e","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-baume-grotto","The sanctuary of Mary Magdalene, 894 metres up the cliff",[293,430,133],"pilgrimage","qEAXPjcQ11J4t21a5HW9B3QM4lKKtLbK5MVD1YnEE1A",{"id":433,"accessibleByHike":434,"coords":435,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":438,"key":285,"lastVerified":45,"meta":440,"osmId":45,"period":441,"protection":442,"sources":443,"stem":453,"type":454,"__hash__":455},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fgrotte-de-la-sainte-baume.yml",[286],{"lat":436,"lng":437},43.32722,5.76472,[420,439],"\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Foratoire-grotte-sainte-baume.jpg",{},"Sanctuaire depuis le Ve siècle, Dominicains depuis 1295","Chapelle des Parisiens et trois oratoires classés monuments historiques",[444,447,450],{"label":445,"url":446,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Grotte de la Sainte-Baume","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FGrotte_de_la_Sainte-Baume",{"label":448,"url":449,"retrievedOn":74},"Sanctuaire de la Sainte-Baume, site officiel","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.saintebaume.org\u002F",{"label":451,"url":452,"retrievedOn":74},"Chemins des Parcs, La chapelle du Saint-Pilon (horaires de la grotte)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cheminsdesparcs.fr\u002Ftrek\u002F73715","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fgrotte-de-la-sainte-baume","cave","FpSnfW0hp27IaLFbna0ttdKSqeFpfYcQkNvpz8j7zM4",{"entry":457,"record":497},{"id":458,"title":459,"body":460,"description":483,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":37,"heroAlt":484,"heroImage":485,"key":486,"meta":487,"navigation":39,"path":488,"publishedAt":45,"related":489,"seo":490,"sourceHash":491,"stem":492,"subtitle":493,"tags":494,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":496},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fbeguines-oratory.md","The Béguines oratory",{"type":9,"value":461,"toc":479},[462,465,469,472,476],[12,463,464],{},"Oratories punctuate the paths of Provence: small stone constructions sheltering a niche and a statue, they marked the stages of processions and reassured travellers. The Béguines oratory, built in 1516, stands south of the village on the estate of the same name, beside the road that climbs to the Plan-d'Aups plateau and the Sainte-Baume sanctuary.",[16,466,468],{"id":467},"the-pilgrims-way","The pilgrims' way",[12,470,471],{},"The oratory marks the chemin des Roys, the route pilgrims followed from Saint-Maximin to the grotto of Mary Magdalene through Nans-les-Pins. It announced the climb towards the holy mountain, halfway between the village and the forest. Its historic value earned it a listing as a historic monument on 3 June 1938.",[16,473,475],{"id":474},"seeing-it","Seeing it",[12,477,478],{},"The oratory is visible from the D80 departmental road, a few kilometres south of the village towards Plan-d'Aups. It stands on a private estate: view it from the roadside without entering the property. Parking is limited, take care.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":480},[481,482],{"id":467,"depth":32,"text":468},{"id":474,"depth":32,"text":475},"Beside the Sainte-Baume road, on the Béguines estate, a stone oratory of 1516 reminds travellers that they are following the old pilgrims' way. It has been listed as a historic monument since 1938.","The Béguines oratory, beside the Sainte-Baume road","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Foratoire-des-beguines.jpg","oratoire-des-beguines",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fbeguines-oratory",[125,285,123],{"title":459,"description":483},"69e7c6de5ed84d7e","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fbeguines-oratory","A landmark on the chemin des Roys, dated 1516",[293,495],"chemin des Roys","OYjRzhmQnaGF0ogdRmEd_ndWS_j6VvEacArfPW4bPm4",{"id":498,"accessibleByHike":499,"coords":500,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":503,"key":486,"lastVerified":45,"meta":504,"osmId":45,"period":505,"protection":506,"sources":507,"stem":515,"type":516,"__hash__":517},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Foratoire-des-beguines.yml",[],{"lat":501,"lng":502},43.34501,5.77278,[485],{},"1516","Inscrit au titre des monuments historiques le 3 juin 1938",[508,509,512],{"label":72,"url":73,"retrievedOn":74},{"label":510,"url":511,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikimedia Commons, Oratoire des Béguines (Nans-les-Pins)","https:\u002F\u002Fcommons.wikimedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FCategory:Oratoire_des_B%C3%A9guines_(Nans-les-Pins)",{"label":513,"url":514,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, oratoire au bord de la D80","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fnode\u002F4825515114","data\u002Fheritage\u002Foratoire-des-beguines","oratory","0nUT9hsFYqwRBncUeNwoKDFWumV70X7ONBfnp65L_lQ",{"entry":519,"record":556},{"id":520,"title":521,"body":522,"description":543,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":37,"heroAlt":544,"heroImage":545,"key":546,"meta":547,"navigation":39,"path":548,"publishedAt":45,"related":549,"seo":550,"sourceHash":551,"stem":552,"subtitle":553,"tags":554,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":555},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fnotre-dame-de-misericorde-chapel.md","The Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde chapel",{"type":9,"value":523,"toc":539},[524,527,531,534,536],[12,525,526],{},"At the end of the Grand-Rue, after the Saint-Laurent church, the Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde chapel marks the way out of the village towards the mountain. It was built in 1623 for the brotherhood of the White Penitents, one of those lay associations which, in Provence, took charge of processions, help for the poor and funerals.",[16,528,530],{"id":529},"a-crossroads-of-paths","A crossroads of paths",[12,532,533],{},"Opposite the chapel start the paths that made the history of the village: the chemin de l'Orge, used by the GR 9A towards the chemin des Roys and the Huveaune springs, and the chemin du Bouaou towards Old Nans. Every hike starting from Nans passes its porch, which makes it the most convenient landmark for meeting up.",[16,535,475],{"id":474},[12,537,538],{},"The chapel is seen from the outside during a stroll through the old village, walking up the Grand-Rue from the cours Général-de-Gaulle. Openings to the public depend on the parish and local associations.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":540},[541,542],{"id":529,"depth":32,"text":530},{"id":474,"depth":32,"text":475},"Built in 1623 for the brotherhood of the White Penitents, the Miséricorde chapel closes the Grand-Rue and serves as the starting point of the paths that climb towards the Huveaune and the Sainte-Baume.","The Notre-Dame-de-Miséricorde chapel in Nans-les-Pins","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Fchapelle-de-la-misericorde.jpg","chapelle-notre-dame-de-misericorde",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fnotre-dame-de-misericorde-chapel",[48,125,123],{"title":521,"description":543},"b3b1cfc683f66ecb","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fnotre-dame-de-misericorde-chapel","The chapel of the White Penitents, at the top of the Grand-Rue",[293,56],"01kMzyLWDhZwGY9G4amMlXhXMCkHHytEOWeUHzz0fDo",{"id":557,"accessibleByHike":558,"coords":559,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":562,"key":546,"lastVerified":45,"meta":563,"osmId":45,"period":564,"protection":45,"sources":565,"stem":570,"type":314,"__hash__":571},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fchapelle-notre-dame-de-misericorde.yml",[123,138,49],{"lat":560,"lng":561},43.36859,5.78056,[545],{},"1623",[566,567],{"label":72,"url":73,"retrievedOn":74},{"label":568,"url":569,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, chapelle de la Miséricorde, chapelle des Pénitents blancs","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fway\u002F818060038","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fchapelle-notre-dame-de-misericorde","YJRwUmTnty2TwoDYS81ziX1vuxbK0DwzvkCJQWx0ox0",{"entry":573,"record":612},{"id":574,"title":575,"body":576,"description":599,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":37,"heroAlt":600,"heroImage":601,"key":48,"meta":602,"navigation":39,"path":603,"publishedAt":45,"related":604,"seo":606,"sourceHash":607,"stem":608,"subtitle":609,"tags":610,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":611},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsaint-laurent-church.md","The Saint-Laurent church",{"type":9,"value":577,"toc":595},[578,581,585,588,592],[12,579,580],{},"The parish church of Nans-les-Pins, dedicated to Saint Sebastian and Saint Lawrence, occupies the centre of the town that grew in the plain after the hilltop village was abandoned. The Grand-Rue passes its porch on the way up to the Miséricorde chapel; the cours Général-de-Gaulle, where the market is held, stretches just below.",[16,582,584],{"id":583},"the-bell","The bell",[12,586,587],{},"Its most precious possession is a bronze bell cast in 1670, tuned to D sharp, listed as a historic monument in 1992. It rings from a wrought-iron bell cage, a familiar silhouette in Provençal villages, which lets the wind through rather than resisting it.",[16,589,591],{"id":590},"saint-lawrence-patron-of-the-village","Saint Lawrence, patron of the village",[12,593,594],{},"The votive festival of Nans bears the name of the patron saint, together with Saint Eligius: every year in early August, processions, the blessing of the Saint-Laurent fire on the church square and dances liven up the village for nearly a week.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":596},[597,598],{"id":583,"depth":32,"text":584},{"id":590,"depth":32,"text":591},"In the heart of the village, the church of Saint-Sébastien-Saint-Laurent houses a bronze bell cast in 1670, listed as a historic monument. Its bell tower overlooks the Grand-Rue.","The Saint-Laurent church and the Grand-Rue of Nans-les-Pins","\u002Fimages\u002Fheritage\u002Feglise-saint-laurent.jpg",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsaint-laurent-church",[546,42,605],"fete-de-la-saint-laurent-et-saint-eloi",{"title":575,"description":599},"7a6deb7b336ae43b","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fsaint-laurent-church","The parish church and its bell of 1670",[293,56],"obA5NlBR6cs9qFuRu-7YMxy5kW8UB67CzXDTGTSh48g",{"id":613,"accessibleByHike":614,"coords":615,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":618,"key":48,"lastVerified":45,"meta":619,"osmId":45,"period":620,"protection":621,"sources":622,"stem":627,"type":628,"__hash__":629},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Feglise-saint-laurent.yml",[],{"lat":616,"lng":617},43.36976,5.78123,[601],{},"Cloche fondue en 1670","Cloche inscrite au titre des monuments historiques en 1992",[623,624],{"label":72,"url":73,"retrievedOn":74},{"label":625,"url":626,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, église Saint-Laurent","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fnode\u002F2293897073","data\u002Fheritage\u002Feglise-saint-laurent","church","Flmq7-jCcpnngbb4-dks8pGEVwUjM0iIaeN01_oqKVk",{"entry":631,"record":666},{"id":632,"title":633,"body":634,"description":655,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":37,"heroAlt":45,"heroImage":45,"key":47,"meta":656,"navigation":39,"path":657,"publishedAt":45,"related":658,"seo":659,"sourceHash":660,"stem":661,"subtitle":662,"tags":663,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":665},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-croix-oppidum.md","The Sainte-Croix oppidum",{"type":9,"value":635,"toc":651},[636,639,643,646,648],[12,637,638],{},"Long before the medieval village, the Sainte-Croix hill, at 640 metres, carried an oppidum: a fortified Iron Age settlement, protected by ramparts raised around 200 BC and occupied for about two centuries. The place takes its name from the cross that stands on the summit today.",[16,640,642],{"id":641},"what-you-see","What you see",[12,644,645],{},"The site is not visibly excavated for the walker: the ramparts can be made out in the vegetation and the relief, and it is above all the position that speaks, between the Nans plain and the first slopes of the Sainte-Baume. It complements the neighbouring Old Nans in a single story of hilltop villages gradually abandoned for the plain.",[16,647,26],{"id":25},[12,649,650],{},"The hill is reached from the village by the paths climbing south of the Miséricorde chapel. The ground is that of the scrubland: stay on the paths and avoid the hot hours in summer.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":652},[653,654],{"id":641,"depth":32,"text":642},{"id":25,"depth":32,"text":26},"On the Sainte-Croix hill, south of the village, Iron Age ramparts bear witness to a fortified settlement occupied for two centuries, around 200 BC.",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-croix-oppidum",[42,125],{"title":633,"description":655},"ec5afa48bbdf4eb7","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fsainte-croix-oppidum","Two centuries of Iron Age occupation",[55,664],"archaeology","yisHaKot8wFBrOeqHrGlCdZ7H_lATk7vEyvJqGhWSfI",{"id":667,"accessibleByHike":668,"coords":669,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":672,"key":47,"lastVerified":45,"meta":673,"osmId":45,"period":674,"protection":45,"sources":675,"stem":680,"type":681,"__hash__":682},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Foppidum-de-sainte-croix.yml",[],{"lat":670,"lng":671},43.36312,5.7686,[],{},"Âge du fer, vers 200 av. J.-C.",[676,677],{"label":72,"url":73,"retrievedOn":74},{"label":678,"url":679,"retrievedOn":74},"OpenStreetMap, croix de Sainte-Croix","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fnode\u002F2820724166","data\u002Fheritage\u002Foppidum-de-sainte-croix","archaeological-site","XWoXGvQ9GU8UJWtBMyyksMRPLiNZjINfpqT0JAc_jzo",{"entry":684,"record":722},{"id":685,"title":686,"body":687,"description":710,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":37,"heroAlt":711,"heroImage":485,"key":125,"meta":712,"navigation":39,"path":713,"publishedAt":45,"related":714,"seo":715,"sourceHash":716,"stem":717,"subtitle":718,"tags":719,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":721},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fchemin-des-roys.md","The chemin des Roys",{"type":9,"value":688,"toc":706},[689,692,696,699,703],[12,690,691],{},"The chemin des Roys, the \"kings' way\", links the basilica of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, where according to tradition the relics of Mary Magdalene rest, to the sanctuary of the grotto in Plan-d'Aups. It crosses Nans-les-Pins, climbs through the hills and the forest to the foot of the cliff, and owes its name to the sovereigns who walked it.",[16,693,695],{"id":694},"kings-and-popes","Kings and popes",[12,697,698],{},"Saint Louis climbed to the grotto on 22 July 1254, on his return from the crusade; Louis XIV was the last royal pilgrim, on 5 February 1660. In between, counts of Provence, kings of France and popes took the same road, on foot for the last kilometres. The oratories that mark it, like the Béguines oratory raised in 1516 south of Nans or the Miette oratory on the plateau, served as stages for prayer and as landmarks.",[16,700,702],{"id":701},"walking-it-today","Walking it today",[12,704,705],{},"The route is taken up by several waymarked paths. From Nans-les-Pins, the chemin rural des Rois and the GR 9A leave the Miséricorde chapel towards the Huveaune springs. On the plateau, the GR 9 passes the Miette oratory, then the chemin des Roys proper climbs from the Hostellerie de la Sainte-Baume to the carrefour de l'Oratoire and the 150 steps of the grotto. The Huveaune springs loop and the climb to the Saint-Pilon each cover a stretch of it.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":707},[708,709],{"id":694,"depth":32,"text":695},{"id":701,"depth":32,"text":702},"From Saint-Maximin to the Sainte-Baume through Nans-les-Pins, the chemin des Roys is the route that kings, popes and pilgrims followed for centuries to the grotto of Mary Magdalene. It can still be walked.","The Béguines oratory, a landmark on the chemin des Roys",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fchemin-des-roys",[285,486,123,286],{"title":686,"description":710},"f757eff8259fc373","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fchemin-des-roys","The pilgrims' road, from Saint-Maximin to the grotto",[55,430,720],"path","GgyGjdIixv8QgaSryvpgzAtu-cBHmO99ZGX8lcBya9I",{"id":723,"accessibleByHike":724,"coords":725,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":728,"key":125,"lastVerified":45,"meta":729,"osmId":45,"period":730,"protection":45,"sources":731,"stem":740,"type":741,"__hash__":742},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fchemin-des-roys.yml",[123,286,368],{"lat":726,"lng":727},43.35075,5.77636,[485],{},"Chemin de pèlerinage médiéval",[732,734,736,738],{"label":733,"url":155,"retrievedOn":74},"Chemins des Parcs, Boucle des sources de l'Huveaune (ambiance et itinéraire)",{"label":735,"url":446,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Grotte de la Sainte-Baume (pèlerins royaux)",{"label":737,"url":73,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Nans-les-Pins (oratoire des Béguines)",{"label":513,"url":739,"retrievedOn":74},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.openstreetmap.org\u002Fnode\u002F7866271633","data\u002Fheritage\u002Fchemin-des-roys","route","7ZNIKUHbaxcvaY-h2JI6232B2GyRSXFx8Iqy7UfviYY",{"entry":744,"record":784},{"id":745,"title":746,"body":747,"description":768,"draft":37,"extension":38,"featured":37,"heroAlt":769,"heroImage":770,"key":771,"meta":772,"navigation":39,"path":773,"publishedAt":45,"related":774,"seo":777,"sourceHash":778,"stem":779,"subtitle":780,"tags":781,"translationStatus":58,"updatedAt":45,"__hash__":783},"heritage_en\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fpic-de-bertagne.md","The pic de Bertagne",{"type":9,"value":748,"toc":764},[749,752,756,759,761],[12,750,751],{},"The Sainte-Baume massif stretches 35 kilometres from east to west, and its ridge 13. Its highest point, the Joug de l'Aigle, reaches 1,148 metres in the Var; at the other end of the ridge, in the commune of Gémenos, the pic de Bertagne rises to 1,042 metres and is the summit of the Bouches-du-Rhône department.",[16,753,755],{"id":754},"the-radar","The radar",[12,757,758],{},"At the summit, a radar and radio station of the air navigation service, run from the Aix-en-Provence centre, watches over the sky of the south-east. A tarmac road climbs onto the ridge to about 1,020 metres, which explains the cyclists one sometimes meets so high up. The silhouette of the peak and its radar is visible from much of the south of the Bouches-du-Rhône and the Var.",[16,760,269],{"id":268},[12,762,763],{},"From the viewpoint, the view takes in the Calanques, Marseille, the Sainte-Victoire, the massifs of the Var and, on a clear day, the Alps. The classic ascent starts from Plan-d'Aups by the col de Bertagne and the monument of the Excursionnistes marseillais, returning through the Betton valley; hikers on the south side climb from Cuges-les-Pins by the jas de Sylvain. The ridge is exposed to the wind and to slippery rocky passages: avoid it in bad weather.",{"title":31,"searchDepth":32,"depth":32,"links":765},[766,767],{"id":754,"depth":32,"text":755},{"id":268,"depth":32,"text":269},"At the western end of the Sainte-Baume ridge, the pic de Bertagne culminates at 1,042 metres, the highest point of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, recognisable from afar by its radar station.","The pic de Bertagne at sunrise","\u002Fimages\u002Fhikes\u002Fpic-de-bertagne.jpg","pic-de-bertagne",{},"\u002Fen\u002Fheritage\u002Fpic-de-bertagne",[775,776,281],"ascension-du-pic-de-bertagne","col-de-bertagne",{"title":746,"description":768},"67eec00b88b43b95","en\u002Fheritage\u002Fpic-de-bertagne","The roof of the Bouches-du-Rhône, at 1,042 metres",[131,782,57],"summit","3eBv7uBHpehCoAS62mUwsT9xSOKa3E1nC80J8x8J2gQ",{"id":785,"accessibleByHike":786,"coords":788,"datatourismeId":45,"extension":66,"images":791,"key":771,"lastVerified":45,"meta":792,"osmId":45,"period":45,"protection":45,"sources":793,"stem":798,"type":160,"__hash__":799},"heritageData\u002Fdata\u002Fheritage\u002Fpic-de-bertagne.yml",[775,776,787],"crete-de-la-sainte-baume-et-grand-vallon",{"lat":789,"lng":790},43.31194,5.68944,[770],{},[794,797],{"label":795,"url":796,"retrievedOn":74},"Wikipédia, Pic de Bertagne","https:\u002F\u002Ffr.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FPic_de_Bertagne",{"label":309,"url":224,"retrievedOn":74},"data\u002Fheritage\u002Fpic-de-bertagne","BOyTAnlLutOFrf3TuZjd-uvaAQxueZsT1xDJs3PDWR8",1788743534951]