A mas is a largely self-sufficient farm, which can produce its own fruit, vegetables, grain, milk and meat. It was usually constructed of local stone, with the kitchen and room for animals on the ground floor, and bedrooms, storage places for food on the upper floor. Not every farmhouse in Provence is a mas. A mas is distinct from the other traditional kind of house in Provence, the bastide, which was the home of a wealthy family.
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March 7, 2008 by bquest
