In the heart of Sisteron, the gateway to Provence, take a journey through religious, military and civil history!
In Sisteron, a city huddled within its ramparts for centuries, days were punctuated by the sound of bells and clocks. Civil power, religious power and military power each had their own instruments for measuring time, their own rites and their own conceptions of the world.
You’ll pass through the narrow streets, past the public clocks, before climbing up to the citadel, a jewel of the region’s military architecture. The remarkable 13th-century Pommiers cathedral and the 17th-century chapel of the Visitandines, which houses the Terre et Temps museum, are among the places not to be missed, and will give you a fascinating insight into measuring instruments and the way in which nature gave mankind its first temporal reference points. After your stroll through Sisteron, don’t hesitate to continue along the Route du Temps, which holds many surprises in store all the way to Digne-les-Bains.
