Dear Visitor, you who come this evening to Valréas to see this festival of the "Little Saint John" whose merits have been so highly praised to you, be warned that you will soon take a leap into the past of five centuries.
Each year, on June 23rd, at nightfall, a moving cortège with "sound and light" takes place in the historic town centre of Valréas : from the church Notre Dame de Nazareth to the Chateau de Simiane, a procession formed with 400 people dressed in period costume stroll past our eyes.
The former little Saint Jean, a little boy from 3 to 5 years old born in Valréas, hands over his authority to the newly elected representative who will look after the city during a whole year.
The former little Saint Jean, a little boy from 3 to 5 years old born in Valréas, hands over his authority to the newly elected representative who will look after the city during a whole year.