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Le Lauzet-Ubaye is a small mountain village built on the gorge of the Ubaye river, a few kilometers before it empties into the Lac de Serre-Ponçon.
The village is built on a sort of narrow rock island, with a deep valley in front and the deeper gorge of the Ubaye river behind.
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Nearby: |
Barcelonnette 21 km |
32 km |
Digne-les-Bains 65 km |
Embrun 33 km |
Guillestre 54 km |
Jarjayes 45 km |
Mont-Dauphin 51 km |
5 km |
24 km |
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The narrow streets between the houses have a medieval feel, but the roofs, balconies and wide ramps leading to the upper-floor barns is Alpine style [photo-3, photo-4].
There's a big stone church in the center of the village, with a nice fountain in the center square [photo-5].
Village commerce consists of a few shops and café-restaurants.
A tiny road goes down to the "new" bridge over the gorge, just beside the arched stone Roman bridge [photo-1, photo-2].
Another path, probably the old Roman road, loops around the rocks to bring you back to the village.
History
The commune of Le Lauzet-Ubaye combined the villages of Ubaye and Lauzet, but Ubaye was flooded in 1960 when the Serre-Ponçon dam was completed and the lake was created.
Gallo-Roman:
A Roman presence here is attested to by the beautiful single-arch Roman bridge across a deep gorge of the Ubay river [photo-2].
Medieval:
The Counts of Provence ruled this area until the 14th century, then the Dukes of Savoy until 1713.
Dates
Every Thur - Marché
1st Thur Apr - Foire
Every May - Foire
2nd Mon May - Foire
Hiking
- Maps:
- Didier Richard (1/50,000) #1 "Alpes de Provence"
There are loop hikes in the mountains on both sides of the Ubaye river, with a connecting trail passing through the village and across the gorge on the "new" bridge.
The mountains to the south are the most forested, with peaks at about 1500-1800 m. The northern slopes are forested up to around 1700-1800 m, but the peaks go up to 2500-2800 m.
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