A round-trip to Peyroules

Cette fontaine se situe sur une station du pèlerinage saint-Pierre et permettait donc de rafraîchir les pèlerins. Elle a été déplacée d'où son aspect récent, et profite d'un nouveau captage.

The town chapel is the former parish church of Saint-Pons Peyroules. Used as a chapel throughout the 19th century under the name of Saint-Anthony, the patron of the parish, it was abandoned in the mid-20th century. The attachment of the inhabitants and the determination of the town council have saved it from the ruin in the beginning of the 21st century.

From the ruins of the hamlet of Ville, you have magnificent views of the valley and the village, with its cultures, dense forests, and the mountains in the distance.

How strange is the name of "Ville"! The word Town, from the Latin "villa", indicates a group of houses in the Upper Middle Ages. Today we would say a village. A fortified village was therefore already there in the Middle Ages, the ruined chapel still remaining was the former castral church.

Il faut, pour atteindre ce quartier, gravir, aux sources mêmes de la rivière de Jabron, l’un des escarpements du massif qui limite la commune au nord. Le replat où l’on aboutit finalement s’appelle Ville, les pentes qui le surplombent sont l’Adret de Surville. La carte nous montre, juste au-dessus, en cime de relief, le Col des Portes qui permet de basculer sur la commune de Soleilhas.

This cow wheat is very recognizable with its beautiful purple and yellow inflorescence. It is quite rare and grows in fields and wasteland of a few very sunny areas of the department. Its fruit contains two large poisonous seeds (poisonous aucubin in large quantities).

The parish church of Sainte-Anne is a religious building built in the 19th century (1830).