13 km to the west of Aix.
Hill or steep rock (Celto-Ligurian and
Gallic).
Ruins and various objects discovered here testify to human activity as early as 8000 BC (cattle shelter, archaeological museum). In the 11th century, the town
was ruled by the lords of Baux (ruins of Queen Jeanne's castle, destroyed in the Revolution); in the 15th century, King Henri IV gave the land to the Gaillard Longjumeau family.
Stepped streets. Old houses. Old washhouses. Windmill. Oil mills.

"Bories" (beehive-shaped stone huts). Hermitage. Ice storage tower. Village oven.
. The Roquefavour aqueduct is the largest stone aqueduct in the world.
This veritable masterpiece, 375 metres long and 84 metres high, with 3 tiers of arches, crosses the Arc Valley at Ventabren. It was designed and built under the direction of the engineer De Montricher, being inaugurated on 19 December 1847. It supplied the city of Marseille with water and saved it from cholera and the plague.

Towns and villages in the Aix Region

Discover towns and villages which belong to the Upper Valley of the Arc, The Etoile range, Cotes range and the Touloubre, the Valley of the Durance... Upper Valley of the Arc Beaurecueil - Châteauneuf le Rouge - Fuveau - Le Tholonet - Meyreuil - Peynier - Puyloubier - Rousset - Saint Antonin sur Bayon - Saint Marc Jaumegarde - Trets - Vauvenargues The Etoile range Bouc Bel Air - Cabries Calas - Gardanne - Gréasque - Mimet - Simiane Collongue From the Cotes range to the Touloubre Coudoux - Eguilles - La Roque d'Anthéron - Lambesc - Rognes - Saint Cannat - Saint Esteve Janson - Velaux - Ventabren Valley of the Durance Jouques - Le Puy Sainte Réparade - Meyrargues - Peyrolles - Pertuis - Saint Paul Lez Durance - Venelles