{"id":95,"date":"2019-10-06T16:03:49","date_gmt":"2019-10-06T16:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanexpressions.com\/frenchstonesbook\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2021-05-04T22:31:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T22:31:25","slug":"visit-uzes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/?page_id=95","title":{"rendered":"Visit Uzes: it&#8217;s that Beautiful!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"95\" class=\"elementor elementor-95\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64c29fd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64c29fd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a10df6\" data-id=\"4a10df6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eed484 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9eed484\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1095\" alt=\"uzes france photo of Chateau de la Commanderie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image-1024x375.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image-768x281.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8fc8cb9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8fc8cb9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a90153a\" data-id=\"a90153a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1938d06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1938d06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Visit Uzes. It's Really that Beautiful!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-717fe32 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"717fe32\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea28b96\" data-id=\"ea28b96\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-329cbf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"329cbf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -webkit-standard; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">We \u00a0had just spent three weeks traipsing all over the Languedoc province, hoping to find a vacation home to buy.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -webkit-standard; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">And it was all ending up in a disaster because n<\/span><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">othing Linda saw met her stratospheric requirements. The river-side home set in one of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">France&#8217;s most beautiful natural parks (the home was featured on the cover of a tourist guide to the area, no less!) wasn&#8217;t good enough.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;\">The one on the Orb river, with one of Secret France&#8217;s most desirable villages within easy walking distance, didn&#8217;t catch her fancy either.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">The home begging to be built in the middle of a vineyard? She walked away without a second thought. \u00a0Or the one in the Pyrenees Mountains with the dreamy blue shutters&#8230;the one that had a working bread oven in the basement, view balconies of the mountains, cherry and pear trees in the garden, and a trout\u00a0stream that ran through the middle of the property?<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">Barely worth a sniff&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">And so it was that we found ourselves in St. Remy de\u00a0Provence with one day left to our&#8230;so-called&#8230;house-buying trip. The rain came down in thick sheets. The sky was leaden, the wind blowing hard.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em;\">Out of desperation, we decided to take a side visit to Uzes, which had been penciled into our agenda as one of those &#8220;we can always go there if nothing better presents itself&#8221; kind of places.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em;\">And it was stunning.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-516c34c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"516c34c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Kings-Tower-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1565\" alt=\"The king&apos;s tower in Uzes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Kings-Tower-1.jpg 401w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Kings-Tower-1-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5f6c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c5f6c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">The rain had driven everyone indoors and we eagerly crossed the one-way boulevard that encircled the town. We&#8217;d travelled all over the Languedoc, and found Uzes to be like no other town or village we had seen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c7c1c5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c7c1c5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60a1285\" data-id=\"60a1285\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703de59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"703de59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Place-AlbertII-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1567\" alt=\"the fountain-one of many-on Uzes&apos; circular boulevard\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Place-AlbertII-2.jpg 450w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Place-AlbertII-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-259f3a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"259f3a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a01af0\" data-id=\"7a01af0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c03e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8c03e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">We darted down a deserted side street and had a beautiful building come into view, which we would later learn was Uzes&#8217;\u00a0Duchy&#8230;the oldest in France.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1924769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1924769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Duchy-3-768x511-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1564\" alt=\"the Duchy of Uzes is the oldest in France\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Duchy-3-768x511-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Duchy-3-768x511-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1fcd02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1fcd02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-460d304\" data-id=\"460d304\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1246182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1246182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">We were struck by how refreshingly &#8220;real&#8221; Uzes felt. All&nbsp;around us were regular people doing regular things. There were no tourists in view, nor any gift shops that catered to the trade. Uzes was quiet and hushed. It didn&#8217;t have to shout.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-size: 1em;\">We continued our visit to Uzes, and at the edge of the town (it took only a few minutes of walking to traverse<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">&nbsp;Uzes) came upon a striking building that looked, for all the world, exactly like a&nbsp;<i>campanile<\/i> that had been plucked from Italy and deposited here. If we didn&#8217;t know better, we would have thought we were in Umbria.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5818f84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5818f84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b94b9b\" data-id=\"1b94b9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f21b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e06f21b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Tour-Fenestrelle-4-768x768-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1571\" alt=\"At the edge of town, the beautiful Tour Fenestrelle\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Tour-Fenestrelle-4-768x768-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Tour-Fenestrelle-4-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Tour-Fenestrelle-4-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ef6c13f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ef6c13f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bf3b9bb\" data-id=\"bf3b9bb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6693147 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6693147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em;\">Puzzled, we walked across the boulevard and took in the pretty views from what was called the Promenade des Marroniers. A cathedral stood at the side the <i>campanile<\/i>, and we entered and found it deserted. \u00a0To one side, we found a room that was stacked with paintings because there was no room to hang them, evidently.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c3563a1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c3563a1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b20b65e\" data-id=\"b20b65e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bd6df2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4bd6df2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Church-Paintings-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1563\" alt=\"Painting storage area in cathedral in Uzes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Church-Paintings-5.jpg 399w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Church-Paintings-5-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b739e8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b739e8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-39d88ca\" data-id=\"39d88ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f678fbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f678fbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-size: 1em;\">When we returned to the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">village, was<\/span><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-size: 1em;\">\u00a0saw beautiful things everywhere we looked<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02a693c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02a693c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e42893d\" data-id=\"e42893d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0584f8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0584f8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-portalet-6-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1569\" alt=\"a glance down any side alley can be rewarding in Uzes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-portalet-6-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-portalet-6-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b5fc3b5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b5fc3b5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dab2c92\" data-id=\"dab2c92\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10d4dd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"10d4dd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; font-size: 1em;\">Most noticeable were the architectural highlights of the town. Uzes, we realized, was gorgeous. We had stumbled upon a\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4;\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000;\">jewel.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1bc5f77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1bc5f77\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c419e8\" data-id=\"0c419e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad8ba0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3ad8ba0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Staggered-Building-7-200x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1570\" alt=\"Beautiful buildings abound, they&apos;re everywhere you look\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-edf7d62\" data-id=\"edf7d62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c409bc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c409bc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Places-Aux-Herbes-Windows-9-200x300-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1568\" alt=\"Patrician homes off the place aux herbes in Uzes\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-341b35c\" data-id=\"341b35c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c01500 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c01500\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-old-sign-detail-11-300x200-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-1566\" alt=\"Even the walls in Uzes are a delight\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-795d006 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"795d006\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ae880d\" data-id=\"0ae880d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-012cc2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"012cc2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em;\">We had lunch at a\u00a0cr\u00e9perie off the main square, and Linda began reviewing printouts of real estate listings that had been taped to an agency&#8217;s view window afterward.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em; caret-color: #000000;\">She didn&#8217;t know it at the time, but she had<\/span><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em; caret-color: #000000;\">\u00a0found what she had been looking for.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-bottom: 0in; border: none; padding: 0in; line-height: 0.24in;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #5a5ea4; font-size: 1em; caret-color: #000000;\">A few months later, she made another visit to Uzes, and bought a home.<\/span><\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03bd401 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03bd401\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4b2205\" data-id=\"b4b2205\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc37694 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc37694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Bishops-Palace-Cloverleaf-10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1562\" alt=\"View of the cathedral from the Duchy in Uzes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Bishops-Palace-Cloverleaf-10.jpg 402w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Secret-France-Uzes-Bishops-Palace-Cloverleaf-10-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cdba14a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cdba14a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61fb95a\" data-id=\"61fb95a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572e28b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"572e28b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">LINKS:<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df53c73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df53c73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uzes.fr\/L-office-de-tourisme-Destination-Pays-d-Uzes-Pont-du-Gard_a44.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The official Uzes Tourist Office Web Site<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-46495e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"46495e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ee9ecc9\" data-id=\"ee9ecc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ffeef4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ffeef4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thetravelhack.com\/france\/discovering-uzes-southern-france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A nice travel 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The town felt like a place that time had forgotten, and we crossed the road and walked down a street that suggested it might lead to the center of town, and quickly found ourselves pointing out to each other how pretty the buildings made of stone were. Every building, it seemed, was made of the same warm, honey-colored stone.<\/span><br><\/p>\n<p>Uzes felt remarkably authentic, notably absent of the trinket shops we so often saw in the Proven\u00e7e across the river. People didn\u2019t just visit Uzes, it seemed. They lived there.<\/p>\n<p>A beautiful square populated by pollarded plane trees that had fairy lights running through their branches began to appear. Water splashed loudly from a large fountain placed slightly off center, and the square was framed on all four sides by ancient arcaded homes. It was a scene so pretty that it brought us to a stop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are all the people?\u201d Erik suddenly asked.<\/p>\n<p>It was a good question. Linda and I had been so focused on the beauty around us that we\u2019d failed to notice the near absence of anyone on the streets. The heavy rainfall of the morning might offer an explanation, but the storm had passed by over an hour ago, and squares in Europe were generally quite busy places.<\/p>\n<p>Where <i>were<\/i> all the people?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProbably eating,\u201d Erik said, answering his own question. \u201cI\u2019m hungry, by the way,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a cr\u00e9perie in the corner that looks like it\u2019s open,\u201d Linda said, knowing that cr\u00e9pes were always a good choice for our family. 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