In Troubadour-Land by Sabine Baring-Gould

The chain of the Alpines -- The promontory of Les Baux -- The railway from Arles to Salon -- First sight of Les Baux -- The churches of S. Victor, S. Claude, and S. Andrew -- The lords of Les Baux claimed descent from one of the Magi -- The fair maid with golden locks -- The chapel of the White Penitents -- The _deïmo_ -- History of the House of Les Baux -- The barony passes to the Grimaldi. -- The ladies of Les Baux and the troubadours -- Fouquet -- William de Cabestaing -- The morality of the loves of the troubadours -- The Porcelets -- Story of a siege -- Les Baux a place of refuge for the citizens of Arles -- _Glanum Livie_ -- Its Roman remains -- In the train -- Jäger garments.

From east to west runs the chain of Les Alpines, for just twenty miles, separating the Durance from the plain of the Great Crau. It is of limestone, and rises to the height of about eight hundred or a thousand feet, but is remarkable from the abruptness with which it springs out of the plain, and the fantastic shapes assumed by its crest.