Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Hautes-Alpes

Fortification
05100 Briançon

The fortifications of Briançon, masterpiece of Vauban of the eighteenth century, protect this high-alpine town in the Hautes-Alpes. Classified at UNESCO, they include ramparts, forts and a bold bridge overlooking the Durance, witnesses to Franco-Italian military history.

Art baroque savoyard
05500 Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur

Saint-Grégoire Chapel, known as Les Pétètes, is an 18th-century religious building located in Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (Hautes-Alpes), famous for its naive statuettes on the facade and its local artisanal history.

Tour
05200 Embrun

The Brune Tower of Embrun, 12th century Romanesque dungeon, is a fortified episcopal vestige located in Embrun, in the Hautes-Alpes, symbolizing the power of the archbishops-prince of Empire.

Citadelles
05600 Mont-Dauphin

Mont-Dauphin's stronghold, built in the early eighteenth century in the Hautes-Alpes, is a military complex designed to protect the road to Italy and control the Durance valley.

Patrimoine défensif
05470 Château-Ville-Vieille

The Fort de Château-Queyras, a former 13th century castle rebuilt by Vauban, dominates the Guil Valley in Château-Ville-Ville (Hautes-Alpes). This historic monument, the centre of Queyras Castle, illustrates Alpine military architecture and its strategic role in the face of Savoyard incursions.

Eglise
05350 Molines-en-Queyras

The church of Saint-Romain de Molines-en-Queyras, listed as a historical monument in 1977, is a 15th century religious building located in the Hautes-Alpes, marked by reconstructions in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Caquetoire
05600 Guillestre

The church of Notre-Dame-d'Aquilon de Guillestre, a Catholic religious building of the 18th and 19th centuries, has dominated the city since a rocky promontory in the Hautes-Alpes, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Château fort
05130 Tallard

The castle of Tallard, a former castle of the 14th and 16th centuries, dominates the Durance plain in Tallard (Hautes-Alpes), combining medieval donjon and partially restored Renaissance houses.