Heritage
From the prehistoric Baume Bonne cave to Vauban’s forts, from the Roman columns of Riez to the perched châteaux: the Verdon preserves a dense heritage. Here are 199 monuments geolocated, of which 90 listed or registered as Historic Monuments, category by category.
Baptistère paléochrétien du Ve siècle — l’un des rares conservés de Provence.
Listed 1840La grotte préhistorique majeure du Verdon : environ 400 000 ans d’occupation humaine, à Quinson.
Registered 1992Quatre colonnes monolithiques en granit, vestiges d’un temple romain du Ier siècle.
Listed 1840Château à quatre tours et toits vernissés, au-dessus du lac de Sainte-Croix.
Listed 1993L’un des plus beaux châteaux du Verdon : tours médiévales et corps Renaissance.
Listed 1986Second fort Vauban de Colmars, dit aussi Fort Calvaire, en aval de la ville.
RegisteredFortification de Vauban (fin XVIIe s.) gardant la ville-frontière de Colmars.
ListedChâteau fortifié médiéval dominant le village, aujourd’hui hôtel.
+ 1 more elements recorded across the area (not protected as Historic Monuments).
+ 105 more churches and chapels recorded across the area (not protected as Historic Monuments).
The must-sees: the prehistoric Baume Bonne cave and the Museum of Prehistory in Quinson; the Roman remains of Riez (four columns of a 1st-century temple and an Early Christian baptistery); Vauban’s fortifications at Colmars-les-Alpes (Fort de Savoie and Fort de France); the châteaux of Aiguines, Allemagne-en-Provence and Trigance; and the faience of Moustiers-Sainte-Marie with its Notre-Dame-de-Beauvoir chapel and its star.
We list around 90 buildings protected as Historic Monuments (listed or registered) across the Verdon area, among more than 199 geolocated elements of built heritage — from châteaux and forts to village churches and chapels.
Yes, several, often listed or registered as Historic Monuments: the château of Aiguines (above Lake Sainte-Croix), the Renaissance château of Allemagne-en-Provence, the medieval château of Trigance, and those of Esparron-de-Verdon, Gréoux-les-Bains and La Palud-sur-Verdon.
At Riez (the ancient Colonia Julia Augusta Apollinaris Reiorum, founded under Augustus): four monolithic granite columns, the remains of a 1st-century temple, and a 5th-century Early Christian baptistery, one of the few preserved in Provence.