Briançon, sub-prefecture of the High the Alps ( 11500 inhabitants) is the second city of the highest Europe (height 1 326 m).
Situated in the crossroads of several valleys, this strengthened town knew how to ally sport, relaxation, culture and gastronomy.
The ramparts of the city, realized in Moyen-Age were strengthened by Vauban and will make(do) of her(it) a real fortified town.
A very rich cultural patrimony :
- Church of the Cordeliers (15th century),
- The Strong of Heads (18th - 19th centuries),
- The Collegiate church Our Lady and Saint Nicholas' Day (18th century),
- Fortifications of the city, bastionnées (18th century),
- Hardly Salettes, bastionnée surrounding wall(speaker) (18th and 19th century),
- Hardly of Randouillet (18th century),
- Frescoes, doors... And the list is still long.
More recent, you can take cable railway of "Prorel" which will allow you to join famous "Serre-Chevalier" domain and to admire more extraordinary landscapes some than the others.
For any information or demand of documentation the Office of Briançon's tourism is at your disposal.
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