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The hilltop village Oppède le Vieux attracts many visitors. To welcome them comfortably, the municipality reflected on where to put the cars, how to create an area for parking while preserving the authenticity of this listed heritage site. The Sainte Cécile hill, previously dedicated to culture, has its terraced hillsides restored and its dry stonewalls straightened. Eighty plant varieties typical of the Luberon
The Landscaped Sainte-Cécile Carpark
If a resident of the village Oppède le Vieux invites you to visit his carpark, don’t think he’s crazy!
By Laurence Belvisi - July, 23 2011
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were planted here and can be enjoyed during a walk from one of the 200 parking spots placed at the foot of the hill, hidden from the eye and from the labyrinth of cobbled alleyways that lead to the church Notre-Dame d’Alidon and its magnificent view. The project is a success rewarded by a landscape architecture prize. A well deserved reward for such an intelligent site.
The Landscaped Sainte-Cécile Carpark
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