Our navigation was so nice to take us through this amazing aqueduct, which was built between 1841 and 1847. It is the largest stone aqueduct in the world with 83m height.
But finally we reached Les Baux de Provence, which not only has a castle and a lovely village below it, but also is the reason why Bauxite is called like that. In 1821, the French geologist Pierre Berthier discovered bauxite near the village.
At Les Baux bauxite was intensively mined until its exhaustion at the end of the 20th century. Today the galleries dug into the rock are used for “Carrières de Lumières”, a show in which large bright images are projected on the stone walls and floor of the huge galleries accompanied by music. This year the theme was Egypt.
That night, we decided to head directly to Spain now, where we want to test our little camper on mountain tracks.