THE UPPER TOWN ST-ROMAN-DE-MALEGARDE . SÉGURET . VILLEDIEU . ST-LÉGER-DU-VENTOUX . ST-MARCELLIN-LÈS-VAISON . ST-ROMAIN-EN-VIENNOIS . FAUCON . MOLLANS -SUR-OUVÈZE . PUYMÉRAS . RASTEAU . ROAIX . SABLET . SAVOILLANS . VAISON-LA-ROMAINE . BRANTES . BUISSON ....
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THE UPPER TOWN ST-ROMAN-DE-MALEGARDE . SÉGURET . VILLEDIEU . ST-LÉGER-DU-VENTOUX . ST-MARCELLIN-LÈS-VAISON . ST-ROMAIN-EN-VIENNOIS . FAUCON . MOLLANS -SUR-OUVÈZE . PUYMÉRAS . RASTEAU . ROAIX . SABLET . SAVOILLANS . VAISON-LA-ROMAINE . BRANTES . BUISSON . CAIRANNE . CRESTET . ENTRECHAUX . WWW.VAISON-VENTOUX-TOURISME.COM A BIT OF History During the second half of the 12th century, the town was pillaged on the orders of the Count of Toulouse, because of a disagreement with the Bishop about their respective possessions. These disagreements drove the population to gradually abandon the medieval town situated in the valley around the cathedral and the episcopal palace, and find protection on the high rocks on the left bank of the river, near the Count’s Castle. During the 16th and 17th centuries, buildings sprang up in the valley alongside the Roman bridge. But it was in the 19th century, due to urban development, that the population migrated towards the lower town, on the site of the Gallo-
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