

Culture and Tourism Department - Musée Urgonia.
Through its site geographic remarkable Orgon is a city gate: entrance East of the Communauté d ' agglomération Rhône Alpilles Durance, door is of the Alpilles regional nature park. To the West at the foot of the Alpilles vineyards and olive groves along the route Jean Moulin.Its cliffs, renowned among climbers and the Plains at the end of the Massif overlooking the gap of the Durance and views of Notre-Dame de Beauregard panoramic and circular to the Luberon and the Valley...This situation conducive to hunting, fishing, gathering, has favored Paleolithic human settlement attested by excavations and archaeological remains, Wren, dolmen, campaniform huts, anthropomorphic steles habitat... It cannot be a page describing what history since the Roman presence, crossing of the middle ages, the Renaissance, the modern and contemporary era have included in its buildings, its streets, its traditions! All routes trace the folders of the Municipal Tourist Office and the Ecomuseum of the monastery de Beauregard. Early 2014 will be transferred in the municipal museum housed in the old prison, the exhibitions of archaeology, geology created since 2011, a prestigious past legacy to the curiosity of the inhabitants and tourists. Former centre below the imposing ruins of the Castle, the chapels, the alleys and the Church are an inexhaustible source of discoveries. Large and small hikes in the massif, the thematic courses, educational trails including those of stone related to exhibitions, the village Museum on the panoramic location of Beauregard, the climbing routes, are all natural and cultural wealth which Orgon is proud and she is happy to share.
Accessible for disabled
Accessible for disabled
Openings
Openings
All year 2025 - Closed on sunday
Location
Location
Contact Office of tourism of Orgon 2 *.
Spoken languages
Spoken languages
Environment
Environment
- Close to a motorway
- Close to a trunk road
- In centre of town
- Town location
- Station district
- Close to a public transportation
- Bus stop < 500 m


