Carpentras
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Carpentras is a city and commune in the département of Vaucluse in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur région of France. It is 230 m above sea level.
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History
Carpentras was a commercial site used by Greek merchants in ancient times, and retains an impressive Roman triumphal arch and a city gate, the Porte d'Orange.
Carpentras has been an important center of French Judaism, and is home to the oldest synagogue in France (1367), which still holds services.
In 1992 there was a desecration of the Jewish cemetery.
Miscellaneous
Its traditional confectionery is the berlingot, a small hard candy with thin white stripes, originally made from the syrup left over from conservation of fruits.
Births
Carpentras was the birthplace of:
- Carpentras (also known as Elzéar Genet) (c.1470-1548), prominent early Renaissance composer
- Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym, (1765-1851), author and demonologist
- Édouard Daladier (1884-1970) politician and Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War
External links
- Provence-Hideaways Carpentras
- Description and tourism
- Carpentras official website (in French)Template:Provence-geo-stub
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