Statue of Mireille

Inspiring Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
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29 may 2015Travel time: 25 july 2013
If there is something elusive in the atmosphere of the city, which for centuries has inspired many creative people. So, Frederic Mistral, the famous Provencal poet, placed in Sainte-Marie the final denouement of his most famous work, Mireio. The classic story about the love of the daughter of a wealthy landowner Mireille and a poor weaver Vincent ends with the tragic death of Mireille in Sainte-Marie. The monument to the heroine of the novel was erected in 1920.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original

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