{"id":113332,"date":"2021-10-21T15:36:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T20:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/?p=113332"},"modified":"2021-11-02T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T20:00:14","slug":"etymology-in-provence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobarnes.com\/en\/realestate\/etymology-in-provence\/","title":{"rendered":"Etymology, in Provence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mas<\/i> or bastide<\/i>? Can you tell the difference? We can. And to prove it, here\u2019s an 8,610\u00a0sq\u00a0ft bastide<\/i> set on 27\u00a0acres of grounds just outside Aix-en-Provence. The 35 rooms, the staircase and its wrought iron baluster, the richly decorated sitting rooms leading on from one another, the swimming pool, the fountain... Features that you can use as a mnemonic to remember that originally a bastide<\/i> was a country home for rich city-dwellers, while a mas<\/i> was a more or less affluent farm with a vineyard or sheepfold. Two different styles with two different ambiances.<\/p>\n\n\t\t