Editing Tarascon (section)

==Landmarks==
[[File:Tarascon.JPG|thumb|Porte de la Condamine]]
===Collegiate Church===
{{main|Église Sainte-Marthe de Tarascon}}
''Église collégiale Ste Marthe'' ([[Martha|St Martha]]'s [[Collegiate Church]]) is where, according to a local tradition, the [[Bible|biblical]] figure [[Martha]] is buried. The church was built half-[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] in the 12th century and half-[[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] in the 14th century. The [[crypt]] dates from the 3rd century.

Collegiate Sainte-Marthe was dedicated in 1197 and enlarged in the 14th and 15th centuries. The crypt houses the relics of Martha in a sarcophagus of the fourth century.

===Medieval castle===
The [[castle of King René]]. The present castle replaced a fortress, built on the site of the Roman town to monitor the border of Provence. After the destruction perpetrated in 1399 by the bands of Raymond de Turenne, the Anjou family decided to rebuild it entirely. The construction of the current castle of Tarascon was started in 1401 by [[Louis II of Anjou]]. The construction was continued by his first son, [[Louis III of Anjou]], and was completed in 1449 by his second son, [[René I of Naples]] (René d'Anjou). Thus, the castle is often referred to as ''le château du roi René'' (King René's castle). It was turned into a military prison in the 17th century, until its acquisition by the state in 1932.

It consists of two independent parts: the South, the stately home, flanked by round towers on the city side and river side with walls of up to 48 m high and square towers and the North, the lower court that defends the rectangular constructions. It stands right on the banks of the Rhône opposite [[Château de Beaucaire]], and near St Martha's Collegiate Church.

===Other historic buildings===
[[File:Abbaye Saint-Michel-de-Frigolet (2008).jpg|thumb|[[Frigolet Abbey]]]]
;Civilian and military architecture
* Historic town centre, including Rue des Halles and its arcades
* Hôtel de Ville ([[town hall]]), built in 1648 in Baroque style. The statue of St. Martha slaying the Tarasque was conducted by the sculptor Louis Le Male.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tarascon.fr/assets/files/visiter/patrimoine/In-search-of-the-Tarasque-web.pdf|title=Walking Tour : In search of the Tarasque}}</ref>
* Three [[city gates]] remain from the former [[city wall]], demolished in 1820: Portail St. Jean, Porte de la Condamine and Porte Jarnègues.
* Casernes Kilmaine. Former barracks. Since 2012, it house the ''Tribunal de grande instance'' court.
;Religious architecture
* Cloître des Cordeliers. 16th-century [[cloister]]
* [[Église Saint-Jacques de Tarascon]] ([[:fr:Église Saint-Jacques de Tarascon|fr]]). Built between 1740 and 1745 in Baroque style by Antoine Damour from Tarascon, following the plans of architect [[Jean-Baptiste Franque]] from Avignon
* [[Frigolet Abbey]]
* Chapelle Saint Gabriel ([[:fr:Chapelle Saint-Gabriel de Tarascon|fr]]). 12th-century Romanesque chapel southeast of the town.
* [[Abbaye Saint-Honorat (Tarascon)|Abbaye Saint-Honorat]] - Former [[Benedictine nunnery]]

===Hamlets===
Hamlets located on the territory of the commune include:
* Lansac
* Saint-Gabriel (ancient ''Ernaginum'')

===Climate===
The climate in the [[Alpilles]] is considered [[Mediterranean climate|Mediterranean]]. The winters are mild and dry and the summers hot and dry. The maximum temperature is observed in July and August ({{convert|29|C|F|1}}), the minimum temperature in December and January ({{convert|3|C|F|1}}). The rainiest month is January with seven days of rain on average, against two days in July, the driest month.  The Alpilles region receives more rainfall than the coast of the Mediterranean: 500&nbsp;mm / year in the Camargue against 600–700&nbsp;mm / year for the Alpilles. The [[Mistral (wind)|mistral]] blows violently from the north or northwest, especially in winter and spring . The mistral blows strongly 100 days a year on average and more weakly for 83 days, which leaves only 182 windless days per year. Two types are distinguished; the "white mistral", which clears the sky, and the rarer "black mistral", which is accompanied with rain.

On average, Tarascon experiences 18.2 days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, no days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|-10|C|F|1}}, 0.2 days per year with a maximum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, and 56.2 days per year with a maximum temperature above {{convert|30|C|F|1}}. The record high temperature was {{convert|43.0|C|F|1}} on 28 June 2019, while the record low temperature was {{convert|-7.7|C|F|1}} on 4 January 1993.<ref name = Meteociel/>

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|location = Tarascon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1990–present)
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|Jan record high C = 21.1
|Feb record high C = 23.6
|Mar record high C = 27.3
|Apr record high C = 30.7
|May record high C = 35.5
|Jun record high C = 43.0
|Jul record high C = 38.9
|Aug record high C = 40.4
|Sep record high C = 35.1
|Oct record high C = 31.0
|Nov record high C = 25.0
|Dec record high C = 20.4

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|Jan high C = 10.9
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|Mar mean C = 11.4
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|Jun mean C = 22.1
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|Jan record low C = -7.7
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|source 1 = Meteociel<ref name = Meteociel>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.meteociel.fr/obs/clim/normales_records.php?code=13108004&normes=2020
|publisher = Meteociel.fr
|title = 1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Tarascon
|access-date = August 22, 2023
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