Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Saint-Victor

From the 11th century on, people left the safe site on the rock and moved down to the valley of the Verdon river, where a fortified town was built. Two centuries later the settlement on the rock was given up completely and all inhabitants of Castellane lived inside the town walls, that had more than 10 gates. Saint Victor, erected in the 12th/13th century, was originally the seat of a priory of Saint-Victor Abbey in Marseille. From this church one nave and the apse still exist. From 1442 on this was the parish church of Castellane. This was the time, when the tower was added. As the parish grew the church had to be enlarged and so a second nave was erected in the 17th century.

Raymond VII, the Count of Toulouse, who signed the Treaty of Paris (1229), that ended the Albigensian Crusade and the political autonomy of Occitan, founded the town in a loop of the River Arize in 1238 as a bastide. Saint Victor, the fortified parish church, was erected in the typical gothique méridional style from red bricks just after the town was founded. The small crypt was completely dark - so I used the flashlight, what I try to avoid - normally. The crypt was used as a "lapidarium".

Raymond VII, the Count of Toulouse, who signed the Treaty of Paris (1229), that ended the Albigensian Crusade and the political autonomy of Occitan, founded the town in a loop of the River Arize in 1238 as a bastide. Saint Victor, the fortified parish church, was erected in the typical gothique méridional style from red bricks just after the town was founded. In front of the golden Madonna (left) stairs lead down to a small crypt.

Raymond VII, the Count of Toulouse, who signed the Treaty of Paris (1229), that ended the Albigensian Crusade and the political autonomy of Occitan, founded the town in a loop of the River Arize in 1238 as a bastide. The town still has the typical bastide-layout - and so there is a central square and the parish church right in its center. Saint Victor was erected in the typical gothique méridional style from red bricks just after the town was founded. The church is fortified - the tower reaches 32 meters.

Raymond VII, the Count of Toulouse, who signed the Treaty of Paris (1229), that ended the Albigensian Crusade and the political autonomy of Occitan, founded the town in a loop of the River Arize in 1238 as a bastide. The town still has the typical layout - and a central square right in its center. Here is the market hall and behind Saint-Victor, the parish church.