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The Villa de Tartarin, located in Tarascon in Bouches-du-Rhône, is an 18th-century building. This monument is distinguished by its oil mill, which gives it a technical and literary dimension. Although its name evokes the Romanesque universe of Alphonse Daudet, the villa is best known for its architecture and its role in local oil production.

The villa, including its garden, fence wall and oil mill, was listed as a Historical Monument by order of 9 December 1987. This classification protects an architectural ensemble representative of the bourgeois Provencal houses of the period. The mill, though symbolic, illustrates the region's traditional economic activities, linked to olive cultivation.

The exact address of the villa, 2 faubourg Voltaire and chemin du Petit-Saint-Georges, places the monument in a semi-urban setting, close to the agricultural areas of Tarascon. The location, noted as "a priori satisfactory" in the heritage databases, makes it possible to envisage a visit, although the practical information on its current access or use (visits, rental, accommodation) is not specified in the available sources.

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