A 41-hectare estate in the Vaucluse on the Albion Plateau,

It is probably one Provence's wildest areas that still exists. Comprised of high plateaux dotted with scarcely half a dozen villages, which are often sparsely populated fortified settlements, these Virgilian landscapes, inhabited by goats and sheep, have retained their natural and agricultural character of yesteryear.
The area, which straddles the southern part of the Drôme area and Vaucluse area, has enjoyed enhanced protection for several decades now thanks to the creation of two major regional nature parks: Mont Ventoux and Luberon.
Traditionally, these plateaux were home to four main types of houses: in the villages there were houses of several storeys with balconies, whereas outside the villages there were either long, low-rise buildings, houses with outbuildings grouped around a courtyard, or very isolated, fortified farms with courtyards, corner towers and dovecotes.
However, this categorisation was not set in stone and it was not uncommon to slip from one style to the next, adapting the constructions them to suit the needs at the time.
This is precisely the case with this Provence farmhouse, which borrows a little from each tyoe, with a balcony, corner tower and courtyard, set out like a hamlet made up of a farmhouse, lavender distillery and fortified outbuildings, softened by the presence away from the buildings of a large, inviting swimming pool.
The farmhouseThe farmhouse, facing south and west, with its northern façade facing the fury of the Mistral, can be