Saint Roman
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- Saint Roman may refer to Saint Romanos the Melode, and Saint Boris, brother of Saint David of Muscovy and son of Saint Vladimir.
Saint Roman (La Rousse/ Saint Roman) is the smallest and northernmost community in the Principality of Monaco. It is a quartier of Monaco, and a former subdivision of the traditional quartier of Monte Carlo.
On the edge of the Vaucluse, looking onto the border with the Drome and dozing between Bollène and Vaison-la-Romaine, Saint-Romain-de-Malegarde is a former outpost of the order of the Knights Templar, built on the left bank of the Aygues on the northern border of the Comtat Venaissin.
The top of the old village is built on a hill, where the streets are steep and narrow. The bottom of the village has absorbed new buildings such as the school and the mairie. Its parish church in the centre of the village dates back to the 13th century. Its façade is decorated with an 18th century sundial and a Maltese cross. There is also the remains of an ancient 12th century château. All that remains is three towers. The middle one is a troglodyte part of the former fortress.
Only a few hundred people live in the village all year round. Most of the inhabitants are wine-growers and cultivate appellation contrôlée "Côtes du Rhône" vineyards.
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