La Mourgue

  • Historic site and monument
  • Ancient
13103 Saint-Étienne-du-Grès
Roughly carved stone probably representing a pre-Roman pagan fertility deity.
The Mourgue is a crudely carved stone probably representing a pre-Roman pagan divinity of fertility.
The term comes from the Roman ‘Morga’, which became ‘Mourgue’ in Provençal and ‘Moniale’ in French. It has inspired many poets (Louis Renard, Frédédic Mistral, etc.) and local historians.

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La Mourgue
13103 Saint-Étienne-du-Grès
Updated on 20 December 2024 at 15:39
by Régie Tourisme de la CC Vallée Des Baux-Alpilles
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