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Villeneuve
Villeneuve
Perched high above the olive groves of the Durance River, this village offers superb views of the Alps and the Plateau de Valensole. Its heritage is ...
Oraison
Oraison
This monumental fountain was built in 1871.
Manosque
Manosque
The Hôtel de Pochet, a former mansion in the Renaissance style known as "à la génoise", was acquired by the commune in 1770.
Manosque
Manosque
A plaque indicates that the writer Jean Giono was born in this house in March 1895. He lived all his childhood and youth in the house in front of ...
La Brillanne
La Brillanne
This oratory is dedicated to Saint Agatha.
Oraison
Oraison
On November 11, 1921, a monument to our fallen soldiers was inaugurated on this field of rest.
Manosque
Manosque
This square was created in 2014 in front of the remains of the Observantin Convent (St. Francis of the Strict Observance), built in the late 14th and ...
Oraison
Oraison
Oraison is one of the only towns in France to have all its downtown streets named after people who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Oraison
Oraison
Notre Dame du Thor church was certainly built before 1662 and restored at various times.
Puimichel
Puimichel
This vaulted drinking fountain has a basin measuring 2.80 meters. Located on an old Oraison - Digne road, it was used to quench the thirst of several ...
Oraison
Oraison
The washhouse was built after the fountain in a reinforcement on a main communication route: Oraison - Le Castellet.
Le Castellet
Le Castellet
The history of religious buildings in the Val de Rancure is fairly well known thanks to the in-depth work of André Laurent, who for decades has been ...
Manosque
Manosque
This passageway provided access from Promenade Aubert Millot to Rue de l'Armistice.
Esparron-de-Verdon
Esparron-de-Verdon
Oraison
Oraison
The word "lavoir" comes from the Latin lavatorium, a place where people wash.
Oraison
Oraison
A testimony to the Middle Ages, the ruins of the ancient castle on the hill
Villevieille, still dominate the town.
Le Castellet
Le Castellet
It lies at an altitude of 550 meters.
Oraison
Oraison
It's one of the oldest, along with the one on rue Joseph Latil. There is a striking architectural similarity.
Le Castellet
Le Castellet
The inhabitants of Les Bachelas, in the western part of Le Castellet, also wanted to benefit from "modernism".
Manosque
Manosque
This passage allowed traffic to flow from rue grande (n°15) to boulevard Elémir Bourges.
Entrevennes
The Church of Saint Martin or Notre Dame de l'Assomption, officially dated to the 12th century, raises many questions.