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Rarebastide
The correct spelling is bastide.
How to pronounce bastide
Say it like: Bas-tid-e
The correct spelling is bastide. A mansion in Provence. For example: "One well-known bastide in Provence is the Bastide Neuve, located in the village of La Treille near Marseille, which was a summer house for the family of French writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol."
Usage Examples
“One well-known bastide in Provence is the Bastide Neuve, located in the village of La Treille near Marseille, which was a summer house for the family of French writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.”
“Bastides began to appear in numbers under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1229), which permitted Raymond VII of Toulouse to build new towns in his shattered domains, though not to fortify them.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A mansion in Provence.
- 2.New town built in medieval Languedoc, Gascony and Aquitaine during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries
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