Saint-Etienne-Du-Gres (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Saint-Etienne-du-Gres is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhone department in the Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur region in southern France. Bouches-du-Rhone is a department in the south of France named after the mouth of the Rhone River.Bouches-du-Rhone is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Provence and the principalities of Orange, Martigues, and Lambesc. It lost part of its territory in 1793, including Orange and Apt, when the Vaucluse department was created.The history of the area is closely linked to that of Provence. Marseille has been an important harbor since before Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The Roman presence has left numerous monuments across the department.