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IN THE COTES DU RHONE
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Saint Victor la
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Click to visit town,
village or monument ::
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The
houses of Saint Victor la Coste spread out from the wooded
hills to the wine-growing plains of the Rhône Valley.
Since it is located at some distance from the main roads,
the town has been able to maintain all of its charm. At
the foot of its fortified castle and medieval village,
it presents a full range of architecture from the Middle
Ages to the present day, including the town hall square
and its beautiful 19th-century houses. The local products
are mainly wines, particularly wines of great renown, but
close to the stream, you can find the traces of the limestone
production of centuries past.
The landscape is surprising because of the sharp contrast between the well-cultivated
plain that extends northward and the wild hills to the south whose vegetation
is characteristic of the garrigues.
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| shops |
1 grocery-butcher shop, 1 pharmacy, 1 caterer, 1 santon shop,
1 tobacco shop-newsstand, 1 bakery, 1 iron worker, 1 bicycle-maker, all crafts,
all medical and nursing services, schools. |
| heritage |
The town possesses a very important heritage:
The medieval site and its fortified castle (listed as a historical monument)
The priory of Meyran (historical monument)
The remains of the beautiful Romanesque chapel of Saint Martin
The village wash-houses (historical monuments)
The town hall
The church |
| history |
 Saint Victor la Coste has been inhabited since prehistoric
times, but its most important period was the Middle Ages, when it was
ruled by the Sabran family. The seigneur de Sabran, also connétable
of the Count of Toulouse, had made Saint Victor la Coste an impregnable
site by building extensive fortifications around this castle which was
built on a hill. The Sabrans were related to the greatest families in
our history, and they participated in the Crusades. The seigneury passed
on to wealthy Italian families, which befriended artists and received
painters and sculptors. |
| local products |
Côtes du Rhône wines and wines of the Laudun Village
appellation |
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Between Ceze and Ardeche rivers
Cevennes foothills
Tave river valley
Around Uzes
Near the Pont du Gard
Across the bridge from Avignon
