Route of the Princes d'Orange

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05700 Orpierre

Orpierre et la Vallée du Céans — ©Claire Wright

Orpierre, sur la Route des Princes d'Orange — ©Office de Tourisme Sisteron Buëch

Orpierre, la Maison du Prince — ©Office de Tourisme Sisteron Buëch

The 107-kilometer road linking the city of Orange (Vaucluse) to the village of Orpierre (Hautes-Alpes) via Rasteau, Vaison-la-Romaine (Vaucluse) , Buis-les-Baronnies (Drôme), the pass of Perty (1302 meters) Laborel, the valley of the Céans, and the hamlet of Bégües, commune of Sainte Colombe. is named Route des Princes d'Orange.

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Orpierre was a fief which depended on the family Mévouillon (before being sold by Galburge de Mévouillon), annexed for a time to Dauphine. The Dauphin sold his territory to Jean de Chalon, who became Lord of Orpierre and the grandson of Jean de Chalon, Baron d'Orpierre and Trescléoux, who married Marie des Baux, heiress of the Principality of Orange, that bound the destinies of Orpierre and Orange! The house of Les Baux, which provides Princes of Orange between 1115 and 1702, and whose...