Marais de Chiavary

Marais de Chiavary is in Fontvieille, Arrondissement of Arles, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Marais de Chiavary is situated nearby to the locality Le Castelet, as well as near the neighborhood Lotissement Saint-Victor.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montmajour Abbey and Chapelle Sainte-Croix (Montmajour).

Montmajour Abbey

Monastery

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Montmajour Abbey, formally the Abbey of St. Peter in Montmajour, was a fortified Benedictine monastery built between the 10th and 18th centuries on what was originally an island five kilometers north of Arles, in what is now the Bouches-du-Rhône Department, in the region of Provence in the south of France.

Chapelle Sainte-Croix (Montmajour)

Chapel

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St Victor chapel

Chapel

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Arles and LUMA Arles.

Arles

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Arles is a town in the Provence in the southeast of France. Remote, uneventful, but definitely no waste of time, Arles is absolutely steeped in Provençal culture, and features a collection of Roman archaeological sites.

LUMA Arles

Neighborhood

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Luma Arles is an arts center in Arles, France created by the LUMA Foundation headed by Swiss arts patron Maja Hoffmann. It encompasses several renovated former railroad factories and the LUMA Tower, a 15,000 square meter tower building designed by the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry for the LUMA Foundation.