Another day, another day trip. I don't remember why we picked Saint Maximin la Sainte Baume as a day trip. We may have just seen something in a pamphlet and decided it sounded cool. Saint Maximin is a village in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Its located at the foot of the St. Baume mountains in the basin at an old dried up lake. The town's basilica is dedicated to Mary Magdalene. This is also the place where Mary Magdalene was said to be rehabilitated after the death of Jesus. The basilica holds what are believed to be Mary Magdalene's bones. I think this site has become somewhat more famous because of the book, The Da Vinci Code. I never read the book so I couldn't care less but I did think the history was interesting which is probably why we went. The Basilica was beautiful and it was very worth the trip. Here are some pics from the Basilica.
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| This was Mary Magdalene's bones. They take them out every year during a festival, at least thats what the sign said! |
Tomorrow back to Nice.
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