Following Van Gogh's walk French St. Mary of pilgrimage

In Amsterdam, the national Van Gogh museum I saw a picture called "St. Mary beach fishing" painting, color clear, bright strokes, in a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh letter described: "this picture is the beach fishing boats, the huge ship lay on the hot sand, the sea far to disappear in the blue haze, it is a sunny day, but the sun has gone down, people can only by virtue of fibrillation some projection and beach above the hot air, and feel the weather sunny." Similar to the other three sites were preserved in Brussels, Moscow and Zurich, they depict the 1888 al Van Gogh lived from about fifty kilometers of St Mary (LesSaintes Maries de laMer), this isFranceAt a southern arrive in fishing village, Van Gogh then completed a few to fishing as the painting works, he is like the sea here.

Van Gogh painting beautyThe castle was relating once

According to legend, in the distant past, a no mast scull prosperity without the boat drifted to the south of France, a group of people on the boat with three Maria, Notre Dame, Notre Dame is the sister and daughter, they were Jews from the sea after the death of Jesus, when they were to St. Mary's a pedestrian, broke up, in which the virgin and Saint and the servants and to stay here till the end, people built a church in their graves, and as the center gradually concentrated into villages and towns, and the name of the town of coastal Mary, have become the people's pilgrimage.

Hamami Mari's Gypsy CarnivalShop selling handicraft pottery

If looking for "Santa Maria beach fishing boat" in the scene in May, perhaps it can catch every year in May 24 and 25 on the two day of the gypsy the day, I at that time specially from Al sunflower town of Van Gogh's come here by bus, this is a littleGreeceThe Mediterranean style town, ferial generally quiet little tour after, even here in this holiday, I also deeply love the rove all over the world tour the small fishing village is only one Asian faces. But because of the many Gypsies those from all around to during the day, Hamami Seimari immediately show completely different from the past to the temperament, the air is elsewhere can not find free and uninhibited.

Image & text.Cami