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Briançonnet

Population : 172 h

Alpes Maritimes Département


70 km from Grasse by the N85 - D5- St Auban

Briançonnet is a small medieval village located in the Esteron valley on the border between with the Alpes de Haute Provence. The village is grouped around a small pass with superb surrounding landscapes of forests, hills and mountains.

Take a walk around the steep paved streets and you will discover beautiful stone built houses, vaulted passage ways and doorways with ancient carved lintels.

The village is watched over by the remains of a feudal château from where there are beautiful panorama across the surrounding area. A number of pretty country chapels will give you just the right excuses to explore the wild surroundings of Briançonnet.

If you'ld like to know more about the history of Briançonnet, visit the "Musée du Temps Jadis", where you can discover all about the traditions and tools of rural mountain life of days gone by... there's even the ancestor of the wire-less drill and harvesting machines!






Places to visit :

12th. century St Martin Priory.
12th. century parish church with ovoid façade.
Chapels in the hamlets of Sagne and Prignolet.
"Musée du temps jadis" (domestic, agricultural and craft tools).
Roman inscriptions and mile stones.

Accommodation :

1 hotel restaurant
1 naturists' camping site. 1 rural gîte.

Leisure Activities :

Walking. Fishing. Saints's days fêtes in July and August.


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Neighbouring Villages :

Saint Auban (7 km), Les Mujouls (8 km), Gars (10 km).

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