🎨 Roussillon
Ochre-painted village in Provence, France
📋 Fast Facts
- Located in the Luberon Regional Natural Park, Provence
- Houses constructed from local ochre pigment in shades of red, orange, and yellow
- Historic center of ochre mining and production
- Popular hiking destination, including Le Sentier des Ocres trail
Roussillon is a village in southeastern France whose buildings are constructed from local ochre, a natural pigment extracted from surrounding cliffs. The material gives the settlement a distinctive palette of reds, oranges, yellows, and browns. The village sits within the Luberon Regional Natural Park, a region of rolling hills, lavender fields, and other Provençal settlements ...