Perched on a balcony above the Durance valley, the village rises from a cascade of olive trees, one of the 5 most beautiful olive groves in Provence. Lurs stretches like a spur between the castle to the north and the seminary to the south.
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Perched in the balcony above the Durance valley, the village springs from a cascade of olive trees, one of the 5 most beautiful groves of Provence. Lurs spur stretches between the castle to the north and south of the seminar. Historians agree to assign to the founding of Charlemagne Lurs. In the early ninth century, the emperor placed the site under tual bishops of Sisteron, who built their summer residences. This rectangular building, the result of several massive construction campaign. On...