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    the game of pétanque except that: A jeu provençal court is about twice the size of a pétanque court. In jeu provençal, the normal practice is to take a...
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    variant of jeu provençal in 1910, in what is now called the Jules Lenoir Boulodrome in the town of La Ciotat near Marseilles. A former jeu provençal player...
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    Boules (redirect from Jeu de boules)
    British game similar to bocce Jeu provençal or boule lyonnaise, similar to bocce volo Pétanque originally evolved from jeu provençal as an adaptation for a player...
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  • southeast of France Provençal, meaning the whole Occitan language Provencal, Louisiana, a village in the United States Provençal, an alternative name...
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    Provence (redirect from Provençal cuisine)
    form of Provençal closest to the original language of the troubadours, and is sometimes to said to be literary language of its own. Provençal was widely...
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  • Boules Bocce Bocce volo Boccia Bolas criollas Bowls or "lawn bowls" Jeu provençal Pétanque Raffa (boules) Bowling Candlepin bowling Carpet bowls Duckpin...
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    line. In that latter respect, it is similar to the French boules game jeu provençal also known as boule lyonnaise which is internationally called sport-boules...
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    Boules Basque bowls Bocce Bocce volo Boccia Bolas criollas Bolo palma Jeu provençal a.k.a. boule lyonnaise Bowls a.k.a. lawn bowls Pétanque Taistelupetankki...
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  • Calva Cornhole Croquet Curling Darts Horseshoes (horseshoe throwing) Jeu provençal (boule lyonnaise) Jukskei KanJam Knife throwing Kubb Lawn darts Matball...
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  • run-up. A volo players' run-up is athletic, even theatrical, as in jeu provençal. Fédération Internationale de Boules BocceVolo.com - World Class Bocce...
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    bowling Turkey bowling Boules Basque bowls Bocce Boccia Bocce volo or Jeu provençal Bolas criollas Bolo palma Bowls (lawn bowls) Feather bowling Rolle bolle...
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    the number of Franco-Provençal speakers has been declining significantly and steadily. According to UNESCO, Franco-Provençal was already in 1995 a "potentially...
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  • 480,000 persons licensed with the Federation Française de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FFPJP). The FFPJP is the 4th largest sports federation in France. Rugby...
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  • (Sport-boules) FIPJP Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (pétanque and jeu provençal) for the purpose of lobbying the Olympic committee to...
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  • Occitan literature (referred to in older texts as Provençal literature) is a body of texts written in Occitan, mostly in the south of France. It was the...
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  • Mondiale de Billard (part of WCBS). Boules (and variants pétanque, jeu provençal, and bocce) appear not to be governed in Iran by BBBFIR in national...
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  • athletics, boxing, canne de combat, fencing, gymnastics, handball, jeu provençal, judo, karate, pétanque, rugby union, savate, swimming, table tennis...
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  • de Pétanque (CEP) and the Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP). It aims to promote the sport's development for all people in...
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  • Confederation for Boule Sports) - which group the following sports: Pétanque, Jeu Provençal, Lyonnaise and Rafa. Pétanque F.I.P.J.P. Mondial la Marseillaise à Pétanque...
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    de Pétanque (CEP) and the Fédération Internationale de Pétanque et Jeu Provençal (FIPJP). It aims to promote the sport's development for all people in...
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    17th century The Town hall from the 17th century Views of Annot town. Jeu Provençal on the Place of Plane Trees in 1909. The Fortified Gate. Houses in the...
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  • Jean de Nostredame (1522–1576/7) was a Provençal historian and writer. He was the younger brother of Michel de Nostredame. He was baptised at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence...
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    in their turn, the Provençal poets were greatly influenced by poetic traditions from the Hispano-Arab world. The Occitan or Provençal poets were called...
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    Daily vegetable market, place Richelme Provençal confectionery Baroque fountain in Aix Provençal House Provençal market The modern spa in Aix The Vasarely...
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    French and Provençal noblemen held the highest offices in the Regno; and he chose his vicars in Rome from among southern Italian and Provençal nobles. Although...
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  • called "Provençal", adjacent to the Old French area in the southwest, and with the Gallo-Italic group to the southeast. The Franco-Provençal group developed...
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    Grasse (French pronunciation: [ɡʁas]; Provençal Occitan: Grassa in classical norm or Grasso in Mistralian norm [ˈɡɾasɔ]; traditional Italian: Grassa)...
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    Alsace, quiche in the Lorraine region, beef bourguignon in Burgundy, provençal tapenade, etc. France is most famous for its wines, and cheeses, which...
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    which human sacrifices were offered. Gilles's theory was embraced by the Provençal poet Frederic Mistral, and Dumont was disinclined to dismiss Mistral's...
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    influence. In examining the works of William IX of Aquitaine, Évariste Lévi-Provençal and other scholars found three lines that they believed were in some form...
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