UNE HEROÏNE… LA BELLE JUDITH

On the church square, the door of the Annonciade is the theatre every year of the Fête festival. It is the celebration of the memory of a distant episode living in the memory of the Castellanais… In 1586, the wars of Religion spread terror in France, the Baron of Germany-en-Provence and the Duke of Lesdiguières interest a little too close to the little town of Castellane. But it is not counting on the courage of one of the village's followers, named Judith Andrau. It ébouillante from the top of a fortified door, the captain leading the attack. Castellane will be rescued and famous for his heroin every January 31.