The collegiate church boasts a valuable museum of religious art, including Provence’s oldest processional cross dating from the 14th century and hand-embroidered ornaments from the 17th century. Built outside the walls by architect…
This chapel was erected by public subscription as an ex-voto to the Virgin Mary, to thank her for sparing the village and its inhabitants after the violent fighting between supporters of Napoleon III’s…
A Cistercian convent dating from the 10th and 11th centuries, it was successively restored by the Augustinians, the Ursulines and the Trinitarians. It was under the Ursulines that the building took on its…
Medieval gateway built in the Middle Ages. It is surmounted by a building known as the Tour Sarrasine. This is one of the square towers that once lined the rampart behind which the…
In the heart of a Mediterranean landscape, an open-air museum displays the Carrara marble sculptures of Maria de Faykod. Some fifty white marble sculptures are harmoniously arranged in a vast natural space. The…
The Maison de la Truffe is located in the heart of the village of Aups, in the 17th-century Ancien Hospice Saint-Jacques. The site offers young and old, amateurs, experts and neophytes alike, a…
Provence is renowned for the beauty of its pottery, earthenware and tiles. The 14 stations of the Stations of the Cross at Ampus, inlaid into the rock and enameled, are in keeping with…
As in all Provence, “Ici l’eau est d’or” (“Here, water is gold”). Ampus invites you to take a stroll along the canal. With five centuries of loyal service behind it, the Canal de…
