St Pancras Chapel, Digne-les-Bains
St. Pancras chapel was restored by a local team of volunterrs. It overlooks the town of Digne les Bains and offers a panoramic view of the various surrounding peaks.
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St. Pancras chapel was restored by a local team of volunterrs. It overlooks the town of Digne les Bains and offers a panoramic view of the various surrounding peaks.
The synagogue of Carpentras is the oldest synagogue still in activity in France.
Beautiful baroque architecture, examples of 17th- and 18th-century frescoes and furniture and a large terraced garden.
The Petit Palais museum owes its name to the familiar name of the Archbishops Palace in which it is installed, name that it was given by reference to the great neighbouring palace: the Palais des Papes.
Pope Benedict XIII ordered the reconstruction of this building after the original Romanesque church collapsed, in 1404.
This cathedral, also known as Sainte Anne d'Apt, is believed to be built on the site where Saint Auspice was buried.
This large cathedral was originally built in 1096 and has undergone many additions and modifications over the centuries.
This church lies at the centre of what was the old Medieval village of Vaison la Romaine. It was built in the 11th century over the remains of early Christian buildings.
The heart of the old town of Sospel opens out into a wide sunny square dominated by the colourful facade of the Saint-Michel cathedral.
Graves, mausoleums and sarcophagi at this site date back to the beginning of the Roman empire, but it wasn't until the early Christian period that there was a large flurry of activity here.
Classified as a historic monument this 15th-century catholic church is located in the heart of the village of Biot.
Once connected to the cathedral by a semicircular vaulted corridor, the baptistery is a beautiful building situated in the narrow streets of Venasque.
One of the famous Cistercian abbeys, the Abbaye du Thoronet was built in the late 12th century. This is a magical place, set in beautiful countryside of the Var. The abbey is wonderfully tranquil, surrounded as it is by woods and small streams.
A great way to discover the religious heritage of the area and a great example of Romanesque architecture.
A Roman Catholic church that was once a catherdral and is now a national monument in France.
This chapel was originally built after a local woodsman saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary in the clouds above the site in 1519. The first stone for the building was laid a month after the vision.
This Romanesque chapel was built on a rocky promontory offering visitors breathtaking views of the Alpilles.
At the centre of the town's activity, the Church of Saint-Michel opens on to a square crossed by one of the main roads.