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title: "Provençal Colorado, Rustrel — GetMap"
description: "These hills were cut open for their color. The hills were cut open to mine ochre, a natural pigment used to make yellow, orange, and red colors. Today…"
source: https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJeeg9Gjc5yhIRAH7bFsKb3ys
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# Provençal Colorado

These hills were cut open for their color

Nature · 🇫🇷 Rustrel · one place, one stop

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One place to visit
[Rustrel](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.9201424%2C5.4986182&query_place_id=ChIJeeg9Gjc5yhIRAH7bFsKb3ys)
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The hills were cut open to mine ochre, a natural pigment used to make yellow, orange, and red colors. Today, paths cross steep faces of exposed sand and clay, with bands of color running through the former quarry walls. Pine and scrub cover the ground above them.

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