Laragne - Haute Provence
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| 17 km from Sisteron Altitude: 573 m Population: 3372 The village of Larange benefits from an excellent climate that is at once Mediterranean and Alpine. With the River Buëch runs through its centre, the Montagne de Chabre overlooks the village, while a nearby plateau is home to the ancient hamlet of Le quartier d'Arzeliers. A pleasant and peaceful village, Laragne itself boasts a number of shops and many terraced cafés – perfect for whiling away time. The village’s market takes place every Thursday, and has been held every week since the seventeenth century... With many independent artisans scattered throughout the village, visitors are sure to enjoy wandering through Laragne’s beautiful narrow streets. |
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What to see and visit: the seventeenth-century Château de Laragne and gate; the fifteenth-century inn; the ruins of the imposing castle in the fortified hamlet of Les Arzeliers, which features round towers and ramparts dating back to the twelfth century; the Église Saint-Martin-de-Tours, built in the seventeenth century and restored in the nineteenth; seventeenth-century Église Sainte-Marguerite, also restored in the nineteenth century; the nineteenth-century church in Les Arzeliers. |
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Provencal market : jeudi matin (sauf le 3ème jeudi de septembre). Festivities : foires le 1er jeudi de janvier et Carême, le 3ème jeudi de mars, en avril, le jeudi de la Fête-Dieu, le 2ème jeudi de juillet, le jeudi avant l'Assomption, le jeudi avant la fête patronale et avant Noël, en octobre, le jeudi de la Saint-André. Fête la 3ème semaine de septembre. |
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