Moustiers Sainte Marie in Provence. Look in the valley between the limestone outcrops, just to the left of the shadow- the Notre Dame de Beauvoir.
Up the stone steps trail to the Notre Dame de Beauvoir in Moustiers Sainte Marie. Quite the hike for Messe, but a stunning construction achievement for the 8th century monks who lived in caves nearby.
The interior of the Notre Dame de Beauvoir.
Another Provence village built up from the rock base on top of a hill. We have visited here a few times over the last 10 or so years. The village is showing signs of an invasion of "wealth". Walls of stone have spread along most roads leading into Gordes, hiding the private estates. The new buildings fit well visually, but it's all a facade of engineered stone.
The village Roussillion is set on top of a vast ochre deposit that has been mined since the Romans occupied the area, and most likely since the Neolithic. The building colors are intense in places, and beautifully faded in others. Next time I will plan to be here to take a workshop at the conservatorie des ochres, shown on the left.
L'église Saint-Michel de Roussillon - passageway between streets
Bibliothèque de la cité Lyon has over 200 trompe l'oeil paintings across the city.
La Fresque des Lyonnais celebres, this wall mural shows celebrities from Lyon. On the right is the creator of Guignol, an infamous witty puppet created by a peddlar turned dentist in 1797 to attract more customers. On the "balcony" is Antoine de Saint Exupéry and his creation la Petit Prince.
We wandered into an "open house" at the Lyon hospital (built in 1622) and into a presentation on the restoration of the chapel, a gorgeous dark place, thoroughly embellished with wall paintings. They are undertaking a 7.6 mil euro restoration. I had a momentary language breakthrough during the lecture in progress. And I could actually understand some of what they were talking about, probably because they used terms like objets d'art, and peintures. The rest of the time I recognize (that is not to say understand) every 5th word or so, enough to make a purchase, or understand the watermeter reader. 
Roman remnants dominate Vaison la Romaine. We visited this plaza is in the centre ville, the daily food market is across the street.
The 11th century chateau built up from the limestone outcrop stands at the highest point in the valley. These builders were ingenious in their methods of tying in massive structure to the outcrops.
The Dentelles de Montmirail in the distance are craggy limestone hills. The raisins grown in this area (grenache, syrah) thrive on the limestone heavy terroir (soil).
