Ménerbes

Ménerbes (French pronunciation: [menɛʁb]; Occitan: Menèrba) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of Southeastern France.

The walled village on a hilltop in the Luberon mountains, foothills of the French Alps, constitutes the main settlement in the commune.

The battle, which lasted five years, two months and eight days, had been costly, draining the coffers of the towns in the Comtat Venaissin and putting a heavy financial burden on papal accounts.

Rural Vaucluse was described by author Marcel Pagnol in such novels as Manon des Sources, a hardscrabble peasant life in a declining economy.

Currently, The Brown Foundation Fellows Program based at Dora Maar's former home in Menerbes provides residencies of one to three months for mid-career professionals in the arts and humanities to concentrate on their fields of expertise.

Citadel
Château de Ménerbes
The village of Ménerbes seen from the east