Baou des Noirs, Limestone summit in Vence, France

Baou des Noirs is a summit of the Castellane Prealps in the Alpes-Maritimes, north of Vence, reaching 678 metres. Its pale grey and cream limestone cliff shows vertical striations and horizontal bedding planes, with dark green vegetation on the slope below and scattered buildings on the lower slopes.

Baou des Noirs is a summit of the Castellane Prealps in the Alpes-Maritimes department, north of Vence, reaching 678 metres. The sources record no medieval brotherhood or procession; the name is simply the local Provençal designation Bauç dei Negres, meaning the black baou, applied to this limestone hill.

The name Baou des Noirs is linked in local tradition to the dark rock of its cliff face, and the Provençal form Bauç dei Negres is still used. The summit stands north of Vence in the Castellane Prealps, within the Alpes-Maritimes department, and rises to 678 metres.

Baou des Noirs reaches 678 metres, just north of Vence in the Alpes-Maritimes. The summit lies on the ridge between the limestone cliff and the vegetated slope opposite, with scattered buildings on the lower slopes below. Approach from the Vence side and allow for exposed rock near the top.

The summit reaches 678 metres, not 677, and stands just north of Vence in the Castellane Prealps. The name comes from the Occitan Bauç dei Negres. The nearest larger summit, at 787 metres, lies about one kilometre away, and Nice is roughly 12 kilometres to the east.