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Lurs
A balcony over the Durance in Haute-Provence | TOURIST INFORMATION |
- Lurs Syndicat d'initiative : 04.92.79.10.20
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 MORE ABOUT THIS "VILLAGE DE CARACTERE"From Lurs, perched on a spur overlooking the Durance valley, the Valensole plateau and the Digne pre-Alps to the east, and the Pays de Forcalquier to the west, you are looking down on the whole district!
« Village et Cité de Caractère » listed and labeled site, this village with its well-proportioned architecture said to have been founded by Charlemagne has been tastefully restored: stone streets and walls, pink roof tiles, genoise cornices and little windows.
A superb natural backdrop which sets off the summer residence of the Bishop Princes of Sisteron: on the south-facing slopes, olive-trees cultivated on terraces roll down to the Durance; to the west, according to the seasons, the fields of tulips, grain or vegetables are a patchwork of colours; to the north, a back-country of garrigues filled with the smell of thyme meets the wooded slopes of the Montagne de Lure. |
HERITAGE |
- Church: IXth century and after, decorated gate and three bay belfry in the form of an archway.
- Chapel of Saint-Michel : XIIth century.
- Clock-tower and its wrought-iron belfry.
- Ruins of the ancient castrum.
- Old village : alleyways, monolithic linteled doors, mullioned windows, covered passage-ways, projecting stones
- Promenade des Evêques (bishops' walk) : with fifteen oratories.
- Chapel of Notre-Dame de Vie.
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ACTIVITES | This village and its surroundings are worth a visit: narrow winding streets, the wrought-iron belfry with its 1499 bell, old facades, arches, oratories, open-air theatre, its working oil mill, Romanesque-Provencal style church, chapel of St Michel (12th), chapel of Notre Dame de Vie with a 360 ° view.
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NEARBY |
- Notre-Dame des Anges
- Roman Bridge : structure on the Domitian Way.
- Cluny priory of Ganagobie : one of the most beautiful Romanesque buildings in Haute-Provence, like a great stone boat hanging above the Durance. Visit of the church every day except Monday from 3pm to 5pm.
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WORTH A VISIT |
- Open-air theatre.
- Monessargues oil mill : Site Remarquable du Goût.
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MAIN EVENTS |
- Pèilgrimage to Notre-Dame des Anges : Whitmonday and 2nd August.
- Fête votive : last Sunday in July.
- Verre de l’Amitié (Friendship Glass) : 15th August.
- Rencontres Internationales de Lure : graphic arts and calligraphy, end of August.
- Provencal Christmas with live crib.
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OTHER INFORMATION |
- Altitude : 612 m.
- Population: 351 habitants.
- To get here :
- by road : A 51 motorway La Brillanne exit (10 km) then D 900 and D 12.
- by train : La Brillanne SNCF station then coach.
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