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Les fortifications de Sisteron

  • Historic site and monument
  • Military Patrimony
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04200 Sisteron
©Office de Tourisme Sisteron Buëch
5 towers, 3 gates, sections of ramparts built along the Durance River and the remains of a monumental gate are the main witnesses to the ancient fortifications erected around the old town of Sisteron in the 14th century.

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Les fortifications de Sisteron
04200 Sisteron

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Tour du Fort
Tour du Fort
Turret on the western front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a Monument...
Sisteron
Tour Notre Dame
Tour Notre Dame
Tower on the southern front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a...
Sisteron
Tour du Collège
Tour du Collège
Tower on the southern front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a...
Sisteron
Tour de la Médisance
Tour de la Médisance
Tower on the southern front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a...
Sisteron
Tour de la Gendarmerie
Tour de la Gendarmerie
Tower in the southwest corner of the town wall, defended by archères (single-shot slit) and arbalétrières (cruciform slit). The tower owes its name to the mounted gendarmerie,...
Sisteron
Tour du Fort
Tour du Fort
Turret on the western front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a Monument...
Sisteron
Tour Notre Dame
Tour Notre Dame
Tower on the southern front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a...
Sisteron
Tour du Collège
Tour du Collège
Tower on the southern front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a...
Sisteron
Tour de la Médisance
Tour de la Médisance
Tower on the southern front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a...
Sisteron
Tour de la Gendarmerie
Tour de la Gendarmerie
Tower in the southwest corner of the town wall, defended by archères (single-shot slit) and arbalétrières (cruciform slit). The tower owes its name to the mounted gendarmerie,...
Sisteron
Tour du Fort
Tour du Fort
Turret on the western front of the town wall, rebuilt in the 1370s when the community of inhabitants rebuilt the wall during the Hundred Years' War. It was listed as a Monument...
Sisteron
Updated on 26 March 2020 at 10:08
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