2024

THE LADIES WITH HAIRCUTS

Natural Crafts

Two important ensembles of around ladies - also known as the fées cheminées - are located on the Assaillous mountain overlooking the village in the north. These stunning natural formations - several dozen on the site - come from rain erosion, which over time has widened the thick layer of clay-clay soils and moraine blocks deposited by glaciers covering mountain flanks. Century after century, the rock blocks, which protected the ground just below, and the dongas, thus gradually releasing the surrounding area, were the origin of these high columns covered by their rock. You will easily reach it within a few minutes by taking the road that is set up: from Saint Peter Square, take the Rue de l'Église to its end north of the village. You will have a magnificent view of the village and its valley.

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2024

THE BELLER

Religious buildings

The beautiful th century stone tower, typical of the high-alpine architecture with its high octagonal stone arrow and four corner pyramidons, is located at the town hall, on the edge of the public square and its stone fountain. A widower of his church Saint-Pierre, demolished in 1852 with the aim of expanding the village square in the midst of a demographic expansion, he now serves - despite the distance - the new church Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, present at the top of the village. This building has a certain particularity, since it does not have a bell.

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2024

THE BURGADE

Local history and culture

The Village is the heart of the old village. You will discover its narrow and pentues streets, which wind between the austere and high facades of stones built "hot and sand". Some of them still show turrets or old doors with stone lintels decorated and dated. Once a country of wine, these facades contain many old and low doors, dominating huge cellars. It was built on several levels of vaults of tufa, urged and aging here of famous wines. The fluent plots and fountains in the basins dug in the stone and somewhat aerate this hardened place. Seemingly modest, it took excessive efforts to bring water - precious and rare - to the heart of the village from sources on the mountain. To visit the town is to get closer to the soul of the old village, while reconnecting with its rich past. But at the same time, we appreciate the efforts of development and restoration, which today allow life to develop in these historic places, without making it just a museum village.

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