Tourrettes-sur-Loup, a photo from Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur, South

Photographer's Note

Tourrettes-sur-Loup is a beautiful medieval village, situated 20kms (12mi) west of Nice and at the same distance from Vence as the more popular St.Paul. It is perched on an outcrop extending from very rocky hills, surrounded by a superb landscape and with a gorge of a small stream deep below the high wall of houses built along its ramparts.

Because this was once a fortified village and the old arched passages remain, through the wall of houses, in only three places into the old part of the village. This is where you find the 'Grand Rue' with artists' workshops and galleries. And the three most salient elements of old villages in Provence: Pétangue, bouvoir and lavoir [the boule court, the old drinking troughs and the laundry basin].

It is also known as 'Cité des Violettes' ['Violet village'], because for over a century this shy pretty flower has been grown here. Even today it's one of the main activities and the flower is honored on the first Sunday in March each year with a flower festival

In 1982, a bureaucratic error somewhere lost an 's', making the official name Tourrette-sur-Loup. However the villagers and the municipality voted to ignore that and still use the 'real' name.

At the far right side of the image you're able to see smoke coming from a fire mentioned and shown in a previous posting.

This is the third attempt to upload this my first panorama image!

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orme (7219) 2004-10-08 21:01

A great panoramic shot, Kaj. The village looks very beautiful. Excellent detail. I like all the rich green colours below it, especially on the right side. Thank you for the informative note. Well done.

PixelTerror (0) 2004-10-09 6:24

Hi Kaj, it's a superb pano with great detail and beautifull colors, congratulations !
Excellent note as well.
Regards, Jean-Yves

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nwoehnl (122) 2004-10-09 16:49

Well, I'm glad you didn't give up and succeeded in the 3rd attempt, Kaj - congrats on your first panorama. It is genuinely impressive in the amount of detail that is present, and it does convey the special setting of this village very well. Very nice to be able to study how the buildings are embedded within the delightful green surroundings. The stitching work is well carried out, and your notes are as always very well researched. Good job!

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pamastro (7296) 2004-10-10 1:51

Hi Kaj... Excellent panorama. Great stitching of the photos, as well. It's seamless. The colors are excellent and bright and the textures great. The fire is very visible in the far distance. This really presents the village beautifully in its setting. And really makes it seem carved from the rock.

I had the same problems with my first large post. First it was a single pixel too large. Then the large post was too large in terms of memory. I usually take 383kb as being the largest acceptable size.

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burdallet (0) 2004-10-11 11:25

All the south of France is welknow for its villages on to top of hills or slope of mountains . it's now a good look for tourism .. but the origin is different
- To protect people from attracks ( various )
- To built only on the place where the land can be cultivated and let the rest to farming
- To be far the the swamp and their mosquitos ( malaria & other fevers could exist in some area in the past )

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