Office de Tourisme
Place Marcel Pastorelli
04170 Saint André les Alpes

Tél. 04 92 89 02 39
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Heritage and Drapery in St Andre les Alpes. PDF Print E-mail

Discover the nine panels whenever you like, at your own pace.

 

Opposite the Tourist Office, discover the agriculture of the hillsides and the connection with wool and weaving.

 

In front of the station, take a look at all the tracks, roads and paths which were part of the network linking lower Provence to the Verdon valley.

 

At the banks of the Verdon, read about the countryside surrounding Saint Andre, from Troins to Meouilles.

 

From above the mill of Bagnis, consider what courage it must have taken the inhabitants to build the mill race.

 

Down in La Placette, join the intimacy of the18th Century inhabitants of Saint Andre.

 

Near the old Honnorat factory, relive the times when the little market town became the centre of textile production.

 

At La Sapiniere, let yourself into the secrets of St Andre’s drapery manufacture.

 

In the church square, participate in the 19th Century life of Saint Andre and Meouilles, the bravado and its women’s vigils.

 

Saint Andre became Saint Andre les Alpes, in 1928. Walk down the Grande Rue and follow the evolution of the valley and the era of the improvements in the Verdon area in the 20th Century.

 

>>Ask for a detailed leaflet in the Tourist Office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Map of the place of the various panels :