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Saint-Clément-sur-Durance, un village fortifié

Historic site and monument, Historic patrimony in Saint-Clément-sur-Durance

  • Walking around the village, you can still see the traces of the fortifications...

  • The 'Trou des chiens' is a vestige of the rampart; through this hole the waste water flowed. The gate at the corner of Rue des Limes and Rue Bacchus (look! wine already) marks the limit of the old village. The village was first built a little further south. It was located between the tower and the road below. Saint-Clément-sur-Durance is located in a strategic place at the bottom of the valley. In 1692, the Duke of Savoy defeated a regiment composed of royal and Irish troops and ended up...
    The 'Trou des chiens' is a vestige of the rampart; through this hole the waste water flowed. The gate at the corner of Rue des Limes and Rue Bacchus (look! wine already) marks the limit of the old village. The village was first built a little further south. It was located between the tower and the road below. Saint-Clément-sur-Durance is located in a strategic place at the bottom of the valley. In 1692, the Duke of Savoy defeated a regiment composed of royal and Irish troops and ended up destroying the point and burning the village.
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