Provence (disambiguation)
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Provence may refer to :
  • Provence
    Provence
    Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

    , a region of southeastern France on the Mediterranean Sea
  • Provence, Switzerland
    Provence, Switzerland
    Provence is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.-Geography:Provence has an area, , of . Of this area, or 54.5% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 43.2% is forested...

    , a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland


Named after the French region :
  • Provençal rabbis, the term is including the rabbis of the entire southern coast of France
  • Rashi script
    Rashi script
    Rashi script is a semi-cursive typeface for the Hebrew alphabet. It is named for the author of the most famous rabbinic commentary on the Hebrew Bible and the Talmud, Rashi, and is customarily used for printing his commentaries. The typeface is based on 15th century Sephardic semi-cursive...

     which is the original Sephardic script, was called by the Rishonim
    Rishonim
    "Rishon" redirects here. For the preon model in particle physics, see Harari Rishon Model. For the Israeli town, see Rishon LeZion.Rishonim were the leading Rabbis and Poskim who lived approximately during the 11th to 15th centuries, in the era before the writing of the Shulkhan Arukh and...

     the Provençal script. The given reason is that the only place where the Ashkenazic came across to recognize the Sephardim and their culture was in Provence
    Provence
    Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

    , where both ethnics were abundant.
  • the ocean liner La Provence, launched in 1906
  • French battleship Provence
    French battleship Provence
    The Provence was a French Navy battleship of the Bretagne class named in honour of the French region of Provence.- Construction :She was built by Arsenal de Lorient, and her keel was laid on 1 May 1912...

    , launched in 1913
  • La Provence, main daily newspaper in Provence
    Provence
    Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

    .
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