Rians
Understand
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The main employment is agriculture, predominantly wine. The town is made up of concentric medieval streets that work their way down the hill.
Get in
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By bus
[edit]Zou! Bus Route 1001 provides service: La Verdière, Saint-Julien, and Ginasservis to Rians, then continues to Vinon-sur-Verdon and Manosque
By car
[edit]Take the D 23 from Ginasservis from the north or the D# from St Maximim la Sainte Baume from the south.
Departmental road 561 arrives from Artigues (6.2 km) and Esparron.
On foot
[edit]This is a medieval town whose urban planning predates the internal combustion engine by 1000 years.
See
[edit]- The village is built on a hill that is dominated by a 12th-century bell tower and the church of Notre Dame de Nazareth.
- Church of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the great organ of Pascal Leray, and bells of the 16th century and 17th century.
- Chapelle Saint-Roc: Saint-Enfant property of the Pénitents-Blancs attributed to a Congregation of the Holy Child Jesus who became the Pénitents Bleus.
- Saint-Pierre Chapel
- Saint-Estève Chapel
Do
[edit]Notable events in Rians include dancing in the squares on July 14, the Fête de St Laurent August 8 and the Fête de la Courge in October.
Buy
[edit]Olive oil, wine
Eat
[edit]Lamb
Drink
[edit]Rosé de Provence