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Noves
Commune in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Noves (French pronunciation: [nɔv]; Occitan: Nòvas) is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
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02Sights
- Church of Sainte Baudille, located in the site of a 3rd-century Palaeo-Christian worship area and of a Roman temple. The current building was built by will of the bishops of Avignon in the 10th century
- Chapel of the White Penitents, built in the 12th century over a former synagogue.
- Church of Notre-Dame de Piété, founded as a Franciscan hermitage in the 13th century. The current edifice dates to the 1630 and 1720s reconstructions.
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