Xavier Boutin, an architect, drew this interpretative cavalier projection thanks to the field observations and exchanges with Vincent Buccio, head of the Service départemental d’Archéologie.

Several gates in the surrounding walls of Petra Castellana led into the city. A record from the 18th century mentions three gates : to the south, the east and the west. Only the west gate partially remains, which you probably walked through to enter the site

From the 13th century, the city of Petra Castellana was gradually deserted following an attack by the Count of Provence in 1262, but also because people would rather live in the village bellow which was more convenient

Xavier Boutin, an architect, drew this interpretative cavalier projection thanks to the field observations and exchanges with Vincent Buccio, head of the Service départemental d’Archéologie.

An association that livens up the village throughout the year, organizing carnival, tea dances, the Saint-Fortunat patron saint’s day and a soccer tournament.

We can still observe the fortifications of Petra Castellana, in particular on the north side, in front of you. We think that the wall used to surround the whole site but there are no obvious remains on the south side

The association is a theater company offering workshops open to all.

We have a better understanding of the organisation of Petra Castellana thanks to the excavations. We know that the towers and the beginning of the curtain walls* were first built, then linked together to form the ramparts

Singing practice, concerts, singing and music courses, meetings with other similar associations.