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Which of the following is the now landlocked city from which a crusade was launched during the middle ages?

Aigues-Mortes. Now landlocked, it has a perfectly preserved rectangular medieval wall around the entire town, and is known worldwide for the production of sea salt.

Which city in Provence known for production of perfume and for being the birthplace of a French admiral who fought with the Americans at Yorktown?

Grasse. Now importing most of the flowers it uses, it is still a center for producing the scents used in many new perfumes. The admiral Count de Grasse prevented the British from escaping by sea, thus ending the American revolution.

Which city in the Alpilles is known for having Vincent van Gogh as a resident in a local hospital, and for being the birthplace of Nostradamus?

St. Remy-de-Provence. The mental hospital known as the Clinique St. Paul can be visited today.

Nostradamus lived in and is buried in which town? Be careful!

Salon-de-Provence. The medieval physician/seer in his book "Les Centuries", published in 1555 and banned by the Vatican, has made many predictions which appear to have come true.

The best preserved Roman theater and triumphal arch is found in which northern Provencal city?

Orange. Louis XIV called the stage wall of the theater "the finest wall in France" and the theater is still in use today.

In which city is Daudet's famous windmill located?

Fontvieille. The windmill is the setting of Daudet's "Letters from my Windmill", including stories about Provencal life, published in 1860 and still popular.

Which of the following is the site of Van Gogh's famous nighttime cafe painting, and where he lived for 15 months and painted over 300 canvases?

Arles. The Cafe Van Gogh in the Place du Forum has been renovated to look as it did in his painting "Cafe du Soir".

Which city claims King Balthasar, one of the three wise men, as an ancestor?

Les Baux-de-Provence. The town built on rock is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Provence, and has beautiful vistas both from and of the town.

Monaco is the world's smallest sovereign state.

f. The Vatican holds that distinction. Monaco is the second smallest.

Which city on the banks of the river Durance, and known as the "gateway to Provence" was captured by Napoleon on his return from Elba?

Sisteron. After being rejected at Grasse, Napoleon's occupation of the Citadelle at Sisteron was the turning point of his return from exile.