If you climb the Alps on the highway from the west, along a beautiful mountain road, then Castellan you will see right behind the canyon, under a rock with a chapel . This is a sleepy and small village, which nevertheless gained quite wide popularity . By July the strength of it of the inhabitants increases from eight hundred local residents to twenty thousand . It happens at the expense of tourists and even not so much foreigners as the French . Here come on vacation in the very middle of summer, placing near the house on wheels - trailers and camping sites . One of the reasons ol the wild popularity of Castellan, probably in the fact that Napoleon once stopped here . Another is that Castellan is called the "gate of Verdun" . That is, from here begins the road to the Verdun Gorge, a paradise for sports fans and nature in general .
This old-old town stands at an altitude of about 720 m above sea level Between the Alps of Upper Provence (to the north) and the Maritime Al pami (in the east). Accordingly, being on the Cote d'Azur and having the desire to see the mountains on a rented car, the traveler naturally arrives in Castellane. And west of Castellana lies, in fact, the entire French Provence with its delights.
The settlement at this place was founded in the early Middle Ages . In the 9th century there were 84 inhabitants in the mountain village . @ By the turn of the millennium, by villages that by that time was already several, owned by the family of Baron de Castellan . In 1348 . to Castellan the epidemic of plague was reached, followed in the same year by a flood: the water in the Verdunsky Canyon soared, that flooded the settlement . After that the villages were parts but abandoned, and partly merged into a single town . Not the least role in its development was played by a medieval bridge that was made of stone in the 15th century and was often used by travelers as the only means to cross the ravine .
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How to get to Castellana
From Nice train station in one and a half hour on the two-car railroad train Chemin de Fer de Provence can be reached by Lake Castillon . The journey itself is a lot of fun . The narrow-gauge railway is laid out against the background of paper hills, through narrow tunnels, over mountain streams over bridges of small chips and past absolutely not real stations, as if from plastic . From Saint-Julien-du-Verdon on Lake Castillon to Castellana less than 15 km along the highway . In addition, from San André to Castellana there is a bus (on weekdays) .Finally, you can do all the way by car, from the Riviera coast, through the fortress of Antrivo and San André or from Aix-en-Provence through Manosque along the canyon or from the north, from the mountains, from Digne-les-Bains . By the way , Dinh - this is the final station Chemin de Fer de Provence .
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- Drink pastis at the cafe at the mayor's office and, if you're lucky, get acquainted with the mayor.
- Take a picture of the chapel of Notre-Dame du Roque at the very top of the rocky peak, climbing for this purpose to a height of 200 m (this does not require special training and takes about 40 minutes).
- Take active rest in the canyon.
Castellan itself is so small that in half an hour of walking it can be bypassed along and across. Therefore, there is no point in planning a long vacation here. Unless you want all day to ride bikes through the mountains in the district or to master other types of sports recreation. If this is what you are going to do, you are waiting for more than 15 campings, public well-equipped beaches on the river and reservoir (even with catamarans), many hiking trails, several stables in the area and excellent places for trout fishing on the river.
There is another special reason to visit Castellan, although it will not be valid for everyone. Halfway between the village and Manosk, about forty minutes' drive away, the picturesque Lake St. Croix is home to the notorious Duckassian restaurant La Bastide de Moustiers. Connoisseurs and connoisseurs of fine cuisine with a rustic touch will not refuse the pleasure of looking here, passing the gorge, on the way to the Alps or back.
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Attractions Castellana
Rock peak, under which the village is sheltered, is at an altitude of 900 meters above sea level . It was there that hid local residents from the Saracen warriors who did not leave Castellan stone on stone in 812 g . The rock undoubtedly dominates the surrounding landscape, hanging over the town and getting into the frame constantly, whatever you shoot here . Immediately, at the very top, a small stone church of Notre-Dame du Roi is built, quite often visited by the . Chapel many times destroyed, and the current building of the church has a history from 1703 g . Inside is a marble statue of the Virgin, presumably in the 16th century, and two icons of the 17th century .
The building of the Saint-Victor Romanesque church was originally built in the 11th century, but until our time came only parts of the 13th century. Today the church is numbered in architectural monuments. The base of its tower dates back to 1445, but the tower itself in 1560 was destroyed by Protestants and later rebuilt. The interior of the church includes several ancient objects of the 17-19th centuries, for example, the altar of 1724
Also interesting are two medieval towers of the 14th century: the Pentagonal and the Clock Tower with the same gate under it. Other sights Castellana - Lion fountain of the 17th century, the same stone bridge over the River Verdun, the ruins of the old settlement of Petra Castellana. Museum exhibitions are periodically opened in the town, but they are not very popular among tourists. Who wants to spend time on museums surrounded by such a nature as here?