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Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

Map of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer

See our large, interactive Map of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer for more detail, including satellite views of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

Place de l'Eglise is at the centre of this street plan of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer. You can also see Avenue Van Gogh, Rue Jean Roche, Rue Victor Hugo, Chemin des Petites Launes and Chemin de Macreuses. The beach is to the South of this map.

Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer (lit. "Saints Mary of the Sea") is the main town of the Camargue in the south of France. It is a commune of the Bouches-du-Rhône département, by the Mediterranean Sea. Population: 2,478 (50,000+ during the summer holidays).

The two saints called Mary, Mary Salome and Mary Jacobe, whose relics are the focus of the devotions of pilgrims are believed to be two of the women who were the first witnesses to the empty tomb at the resurrection of Jesus.

It is a pilgrimage destination for Roma who gather yearly in the town for a religious festival in honor of Saint Sarah also known as Sara-la-Kali (Sara the black).

This article is licenced under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer".

 
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