Workshop Centre
Ansouis Etabli 1160

30kms north of Aix-en-Provence, is a small unique hill top village surrounded by vineyards. Within easy reach of Arles or Avignon. It is ideal as a workshop centre, quiet and largely untouched by tourism.
A strategic high point at the foot of the Luberon mountains. The Count of Forcalquier gave it to the Sabran family . A family that was to give Queens to France, England, Romania and Naples. A family that still inhabit the chateau.
Un Village Fleurie
There is a café, a Salon de Thé and a Michelin start restaurant.ere are
The village has several festivals each year: St Elzear, The evening Fire of St. John. And here the Fete Nationale de Music.r.

Festival of St. Elzéar

Each year on the first Sunday of September this history is celebrated with a fête. First with a mass in the village church. Then both busts are carried by the existing Sabran family, and together with the people of the village proceed up to the courtyard of the chateau. According to custom the saints are placed on a platform, the people of Ansouis then pass beneath touching with their heads and making a vow.
Ansouis today remains small, a community living at a relaxed Provençal pace of life.
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