Things to see in Vézénobres

Highligths of Vézénénobes

Sabran's door

Also known as the Tour de l'horloge (Clock Tower), this is the only one of the 5 gates in the medieval wall to have been preserved. Its rusticated bonding allows us to identify its date of construction as the early 13th century. It was later topped by a bell tower and a clock. Once through the gateway, you can clearly see the beginnings of the rampart wall and the parapet walk.

Rue Des Maisons Romanes (photo ©emmanuel Rochat)

These houses probably date from the end of the 12th century. They feature diamond-shaped string courses topped with elegant mouldings. These houses were probably built by merchants from Pisa or Genoa, who would have established a trading post here on the Régordane road, a busy trading route between the Massif Central and the Mediterran

Hôtel de Montfaucon

This mansion is known as the House of Adam and Eve. This Renaissance town house was built in 1547 by Baroness Françoise de Montfaucon. The façade features beautiful mullioned windows and an elegant polygonal tower topped by a terrace.

Maison à “calaberts”

"les Calaberts" are sheltered, south-facing terraces where figs are dried. Several houses with calaberts can be seen in the village, but figs could also be dried by hanging from the facades on traffiches (iron bars).

L'Église

Dedicated to Saint Andrew, it was rebuilt in the aftermath of the Wars of Religion, after the medieval church on the outskirts of the Château de Montanègre was destroyed. The apse is decorated with a superb 18th-century fresco, recently restored.

Le Château de Fay-Perault

Also known as de Montanègre, situated at the top of the hill. This medieval castle, built in the 12th century, was enlarged and enhanced in the Renaissance style in the early 15th century and was destroyed in June 1628. It is now in ruins. The only remnant of the castle is a thirty-metre-high section of wall.