Oppède le Vieux provided David's group with a perfect picnic spot on a sunny and windless day.
The decline of the village started in 1731 with an earthquake that destroyed part of the castle. In 1793 revolutionaries pillaged the village and the church and little by little Oppède was abandoned. By 1936 there were only 12 people living there. In the 1960's a group of artists and intellectuals began to re-inhabit the village and the restoration of the houses has continued since then.
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