Legend has it that a miraculous voyage ended here. Where the endless flatlands and lagoons of the Camargue meet the ancient Rhône delta and the Mediterranean.

A boat without sail or oar carrying St. Mary Jacobé (sister of the Virgin Mary) ; St. Mary Magdalene (the whore whom Jesus forgave) ; St. Mary Salomé (mother of the apostles James & John) ; St. Lazarus (whom Jesus brought back to life) later to became Bishop of Marseille; St. Marthe, his sister; St. Maximin ; St. Sidonius (to whom Jesus gave sight) and Sara, their black servant - Landed.

Lost as if in the midst of the gates to the underworld