According to legend, Saint Réparade was a young girl martyred in Caesarea during the reign of the Emperor Decius by a Roman Proconsul.

Her body was laid in a boat and blown by the breath of angels to the bay now known as the Baie des Anges in Nice.

It is located between the ridges of the Trévaresse and the river Durance which marks the natural boundary between the Vaucluse and Bouches-du-Rhône departments.

There is a renowned walk up to the Sainte-Réparade chapel; on arrival at the summit, there are panoramic views over the Durance plain, the Luberon and the Alpilles hills.

Then in 1578, during the wars of religion, it was besieged for nearly three months, before it was captured on 7 January 1579 by the lieutenants of the Count of Carcès, Gaspard de Pontevès, chief seneschal of Provence.