Salon was a Gallo-Roman oppidum well positioned on the salt trade routes between Adriatic, Atlantic and Mediterranean seas, hence its name. This region was under the Phocaean influence since the sixth century BC, and str… See more

The castle, which was the biggest in Provence during the 12th and 13th centuries and was mentioned as early as the tenth, still dominates the old town. It was the preferred residence of the bishops of … See more

Each summer, the Château de l'Empéri hosts a festival of chamber music.
Some years the Château is the venue for Nostradamiques – an historical re-enactment of the time of Nostradamus which inclu… See more

• Abba Mari ben Eligdor (fl.1335), distinguished Talmudist, philosopher, resident 14th Century
• Nostradamus (1503–1566), resident 1547–66, place of death… See more

• Communes of the Bouches-du-Rhône department See more