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Provencal boules

Also known as Boules lyonnaises · Jeu provençal

Illustration pattern only. No free-licence photograph yet: can you suggest one?

Throwing boules game parent of pétanque.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Monaco.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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