Provence Provence Provence (, ; ; "Prouvènço" , ) is a geographical region and historical province of southeastern France, which extends from the left bank of the lower Rhône River to the west to the Italian border to the east, and is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It largely corresponds with the modern administrative "région" of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, and includes the "départements" of Var, Bouches-du-Rhône, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and parts of Alpes-Maritimes and Vaucluse. The largest city of the region is Marseille. The Romans made the region the first Roman province beyond the Alps and called it "Provincia Romana", which
Authon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence devil or demon, smiling and with feline features like the "Matagot des Hautes-Alpes". There are remains of a castle destroyed in 1393 in the hamlet of Briançon. The Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church in the village is a simple rectangular shape and capped in timber except for the choir which is surmounted by a bower of slats. It is considered to be "without style" by Raymond Collier. Its walls are deformed. There is also the Church of Notre-Dame (formerly Sainte-Marie-Madeleine) at Feissal. The Sainte-Marthe Chapel was completely rebuilt on its remains in 2007. Authon, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence The inhabitants of the commune are known as