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Saint-Rémy-de-Provence is situated about 20 km (12 miles) south of Avignon, just north of the Alpilles mountain range.
The ruins of the Roman city of Glanum can still be seen, including a " Triumphal Arch".
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence was the birthplace of Nostradamus a 16th century author of prophecies.
The Starry Night, painted by van Gogh while in Saint-Rémy
The painterA painter is a person who paints woodwork, walls, etc. for a trade. See: decorator. portrait in Montmartre In the fine arts, a painter is a person who creates paintings—two-dimensional artworks—tby applying a coloured emulsion called paint to a flat surfa Vincent van GoghVincent Willem van Gogh ( March 30, 1853 July 29, 1890) was a Dutch painter, generally considered one of the greatest painters in European art history. He produced all of his work (some 900 paintings and 1100 drawings) during a period of only 10 years bef was treated here in the psychiatric center at Monastery Saint-Paul de Mausole (1889-1890).