Auribeau-sur-Siagne
This splendid hilltop village located between the Frayère and Siagne rivers shares its fascinating history with visitors as they wander the winding alleys and picture-postcard squares.
Listed as a key picturesque site in the Alpes-Maritimes, it boasts tall rampart houses, two gates – the Soutran and the Soubran, which stood as village defenses in days of old cobblestone alleys and stair-step streets, all giving Auribeau-sur-Siagne exceptional cachet.
The village was founded in the 12th century, but was abandoned and devastated by the plague and the wars of the late Middle Ages. In 1497, the lord of that day, who was also bishop of Grasse, invited people from the Ligurian coast to come repopulate Auribeau-sur-Siagne. The church square presents a view that seems to stretch to infinity over the wooded hills around the Siagne, the city of Grasse and its alpine foothills, the towering Pic de Courmettes, and the Valbonne plateau.
Things to do & Sights to see :
• Notre Dame de Valcluse Sanctuary
• Parish church
• Soubran gate
• Pré des Pitchouns amusement park
• Cirier d’Auribeau candle factory
• Hiking
• Fishing
• Mountain biking
Photo gallery
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Le Pré des Pitchouns
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SAS Le Cirier
Sylvain BREVOT, Maître Cirier, makes handcrafted scented candles, and invites you to discover his creations in a candle factory created in 1979.