Brignoles

Brignoles lies in the heart of Provence, where the counts maintained a palace in the town. War brought hardship in the late fourteenth century: in 1389 the municipal council appealed to the seneschal to stop the damage inflicted by armed men passing through. In 1502 the palace hosted the first meeting of the Parlement of Provence, after Aix refused to receive it, giving the old comital residence a new role in royal justice.