What to do in Graveson?
An exceptional place: Visit the village of Graveson
Between the Montagnette and the Alpilles, Graveson is a village where a Provençal art of living and respect for local traditions are cultivated.
It is home to the Auguste Chabaud Museum, offering works by the painter (poet and contemporary painter of Matisse and Derain (with impressionist and fauvist tendencies), La Maison des arts, which hosts numerous art exhibitions, and also the Credd'o, an association founded in Graveson in 1999 with the aim of spreading the knowledge of the cultural heritage of the Pays d'Oc and more specifically of Provence.
For Lunch and Dinner in Graveson
A few minutes on foot or by car from the Maison de Zélie, the village offers a wide range of delicious restaurants. Meet the village restaurateurs and enjoy their dishes, prepared with fresh and seasonal products.
You will be delighted to find a pleasant and warm welcome there.
The Festivities in Graveson
- The Round of the Months, early February, sung and mimed in the streets of the village for the carnival celebrations.
-The Saint-Eloi Festival, the last weekend of July, with the encierro, the bull run in the village streets, the giant aioli, the parade of carts decorated with twigs
-The Summer Evenings, every Sunday evening in August, concerts, music groups.
- The Village Festival, the first weekend of September, village festival, with the bull run, the night encierro, trout fishing, and musical entertainment to end the summer.
- The Painting Festival and Painters, early September, in the streets of the village.
A few steps from the Maison de Zélie
- The weekly market, every Friday morning on the Cours National from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- The Farmers' Market in the village of Graveson, every Friday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., from May to the end of October
A village rich in history and culture
-The Auguste Chabaud Museum, a museum dedicated to one of the great masters of Provençal painting and to Fauvism of the 20th century. Numerous exhibitions throughout the year.
- The Grand Portal: The strong emblem of the town, a vestige of the walls of the now disappeared castle.
- The Roubine: a canal that is an integral part of the history of the village of Graveson.
- The Church: A 12th-century building, very present in the tradition, where the Saint Eloi mass and the Pastrage ceremony during Midnight Mass are celebrated.
- The Crosses: On the four corners of the village, the crosses punctuated the lives of the villagers at the beginning of the 20th century.
-The Via Agrippa: Archaeological remains of a Roman road built from the 1st century BCE, which linked Arles to Lyon. (3 km from the village)
