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Sheltered behind the walls of the city’s fortifications and along the Var river, several exhibits bear witness to the traditions, customs and history of the Entrevalais people.
Probably founded at the same time as the castral village of Clumanc in the 11th century, Notre Dame Church is not mentioned until the 14th century, when the nave and apse that can be seen today were probably built.
This 17th-century fountain features four sculpted male heads at the four cardinal points. Each is differentiated, as if to symbolize the geographical orientation it designates.
Formerly known as La Garde de Dieu, the village takes its name from its role as Castellane’s advanced military stronghold. It lies at the foot of the Teillon rock, which was home to an oppidum from the early Middle Ages.
Surrounded by mountains, nestling at the bottom of the valley where the Estéron river rises, the village of Soleilhas, as its name suggests, “looks towards the sun”.
Barrême, le repos de l’Aigle.
Night of Friday March 3 to Saturday March 4, 1815.
Napoleon’s first night in the Basses-Alpes, at the home of Justice of the Peace Tartanson.
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.
Barrême is known the world over by geologists who regularly use the term “Barremien”. The Louis Maurel Collection has been bequeathed to the Commune. The exhibition can be viewed during Town Hall opening hours.
Notre-Dame du Roc chapel has dominated Castellane and the Verdon valley since the 12th century. It can be reached from the town center via the Roc path (30-minute walk). Two orientation tables are located near the chapel.
Already in existence when the city’s fortification plans were drawn up in the late 17th century, it wasn’t until two centuries later that the Pont Saint Roch acquired its current appearance, with the addition of two wings on the downstream side.