Reillanne


5 km from Vellemus, 6 km from Montfuron, 7 km from Saint Michel l'Observatoire, 8 km from Saint Martin les Eaux, 10 km from Oppedette, 11 km from Viens, 12 km from Pierrevert, 15 km from Manosque GPS : Longitude : 5.660833 E - Latitude : 43.878887 N Altitude : 600 m Population : 1341 A strategically important town during the Middle Ages, Reillanne was substantially fortified and was dominated by its castle. Nowadays, one of the castle’s towers is still standing whilst the chapel of Saint-Denis was rebuilt in 1858 ; there are also remains of the old fortifications and of the rampart’s gates, which date back to the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

What to see and visit: the Lombard-Gothic architecture of the Église de l’Assomption; the eighteenth-century Chapelle Saint-Denis. There are a number of traces of Reillanne’s Roman past, including Gallo-Roman engravings, a Roman road and the mass grave at Carluc. Activities available: circular arrow path, excursions. Marché Provençal : jeudi matin. Festivités : fête le 1er dimanche d'août. Fête de la Sainte-Barbe en octobre.