Carrières de Bibémus, Open-air quarry in Aix-en-Provence, France.
The Bibémus Quarries feature distinctive orange-colored stone formations and rock walls spread across seven hectares of Mediterranean landscape.
The quarry supplied construction stones for buildings in Aix-en-Provence from 1601 until the end of operations in the eighteenth century.
Paul Cézanne created eleven oil paintings and sixteen watercolors at this location between 1895 and 1904, including the notable work The Red Rock.
Access to the quarry requires joining guided tours from the Three Good Gods parking area, with reservations through the Aix-en-Provence Tourist Office.
The stone blocks extracted from Bibémus display a specific pale golden hue that characterizes numerous historical structures throughout Aix-en-Provence.
Location: Aix-en-Provence
Inception: 17 century
GPS coordinates: 43.53134,5.50104
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:43
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region depicts a land where architecture narrates a thousand years of history between sea and mountains. From the 12th-century Cistercian abbeys to the brutalist experiments of Le Corbusier, this area features an exceptional built heritage shaped by Mediterranean light. You can find fortresses perched on rocky promontories, Romanesque monasteries where Van Gogh depicted his struggles, and contemporary museums that interact with the blue of the Mediterranean. Vineyards contain large-scale sculptures, the perched villages of Luberon display their medieval architecture in light stone, and Belle Époque villas in Cap d'Antibes mark the golden age of the Riviera. Between the limestone cliffs of the Calanques and the alpine valleys carved with prehistoric signs, Provençal architecture follows the contours of the land, capturing shadow and warmth, blending tradition and modernity. From the port of Marseille to the hanging gardens of Èze, each building bears the mark of a region where Cistercian builders, military engineers, visionary artists, and contemporary architects have inscribed their visions in stone, concrete, and landscape.
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