Built between 1200 and 1330, it has an elegant doorway, guarded by debonair lions. Inside are fragments of mural paintings from the 15 and 16C and stained-glass windows made of blown, tinted glass whose colours change depending on where you stand. Th..

The museum was founded by the watercolour artist, Paul Martin, a painter of the Provençal School. Old collections with a wealth of Italian and Dutch paintings (portraits by Frans Pourbus). An added bonus is the collection of 200 scientific instrument..

The concretions of a waterfall turned to stone and pathways, one of which has been laid out by land-art specialist Andy Goldsworthy, lead to this residence which brings an artist's vision face to face with natural elements (an astonishing Geological ..

The sculpture festival held here each year from 1983 to 1991 brought to prominence much new talent. Works are displayed on roundabouts, in squares and public gardens. The most popular is that of a hand, to the right of the town hall. The tourist offi..

Situated on the top of the hill, it has an attractive Provençal bell-tower .

At the far end of boulevard Gassendi, a typical Provençal-style fountain. Like the famous Mossy Fountain in Salon-de-Provence, its limestone concretions are covered with moss.

This wide boulevard with shady plane trees curtains off Digne's old quarter on the hillside, crowned by the Church of St Jerome.

In the former convent of the Cordeliers, now a school, is a medieval garden with beds of herbs, aromatic plants and a vegetable garden.

The Penitents' Chapel contains the treasure of the département's parish churches. In addition to objects from churches in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence region, it houses temporary exhibitions on religious themes and a video section.

An old «passive defence» shelter is a reminder of the role played by Digne - a strategic role, as far as Alpine defences were concerned, which caused the town to suffer a certain amount of damage.

The explorer and author, Alexandra David-Néel was the first European to enter the town of Lhassa in 1924. She wrote a number of books about her travels ( Travels of a Parisian to Lhassa ) and Buddhism (she contributed to its introduction into Franc..

This is Europe's largest geological reserve: 1900sq km, encompassing 47 districts. Rocks, fossils and landscapes are a testimony to 300 million years of history of the earth. The reserve is divided into twenty protected sites that can be accessed f..

In addition to a stretch of water on the edge of the Bléone, the base has a miniature golf course, a climbing wall, bowls pitches and a volley-ball pitch.

This is where Digne was founded in the 14C and grew around a castle that has since disappeared. Tiny, winding streets interspersed with flights of steps (such as the montée Saint-Charles with its vaulted passages) lead to the Church of St Jerome whic..