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An extraordinary site surrounded by olive groves, built on a narrow rocky outcrop and encircled by a loop of the Var river. Imagine what life was like in this fortress…
The Pentagonal Tower dates back to 1359. It forms part of the ramparts that have protected the town of Castellane since the Middle Ages. At the foot of the Tower, the Jardins de la Tour site offers a magnificent view of the village, the Roc and the Verdon valley.
This small mill, whose existence is already attested in the early 19th century, is still in operation today. The current wheel was installed in the latter years of the 20th century.
The Notre-Dame-de-Valvert chapel, built of Annot sandstone, was once the church of a Lérins priory. It’s the austerity of this undecorated building in its rural setting that makes it so attractive.
Situated on the banks of the Vaïre river, Le Fugeret spreads out like a fan, but the commune extends well beyond the central village, into the Annot sandstone massif, and is made up of numerous hamlets, including Bontès, Argenton and Chabrières.
Perched on a rocky spur, Peyresq is a place with an exemplary destiny. Its lord was Fabri de Peiresc, a great humanist of the 17th century, and today it welcomes scientists from all over the world for high-level meetings.
Of the former church, destroyed in 1390 by Raimond de Turenne and again in 1574 by the Baron of Germany, only two pillars and a dedication dedication from 1539.
This chapel, rebuilt in the late 16th and early 17th centuries on the site of the original medieval parish church, was restored in 2010.
The ancient Romanesque cathedral bears witness to the rich past of Senez, established as a bishopric as early as the 5th century. Excavations carried out in the building in 2018 uncovered an early Christian church dating back to Antiquity,
The Tour de l’Horloge is part of the ramparts that have protected the town of Castellane since the Middle Ages. The gateway to the town, it overlooks the main road. A campanile stands at the top.