Between Provence and Dauphiné, overlooking the cluse where the Durance flows, the Citadelle of Sisteron bars the sky, crowns the city with its enclosures, its bastions, its keep.
The view over 150 km is striking, it offers the most beautiful viewpoint of Haute Provence. A listed historical monument, stretching over 10 hectares, it bears eight centuries of architecture and history. Keep and round road, built on the narrow rocky thorn, date from the thirteenth century, the staging of bastioned enclosures of the sixteenth century. Of the project of Vauban, designed in 1692, only the powder magazine was realized. In the middle of the 19th century, the north face underwent major remodeling. It was at this time that the magnificent underground staircase connecting the fortress to the city was dug into the rock. Deeply wounded by the bombing of August 1944, the Citadel is now admirably restored and invites you to visit. Discover or rediscover this mythical place by taking a guided tour and following the demonstration of the drawbridge in Zig-zag.