Fortified Villages

1/14. Aigues-Mortes - 13th-century walled town in France's Camargue

2/14. Les Baux-de-Provence - Ancient fortifications at a rocky site, near St Remy-de-Provence

3/14. Briançon - the highest town in Europe, fortified by Vauban, on the site of the old Roman town of Brigantium

4/14. Cairanne - a walled Medieval village in the Vaucluse department

5/14. Carcassonne - a faboulous Medieval walled town, between Toulouse and Narbonne

6/14. Carcassonne - walled entry into the inner keep of the castle

7/14. Colmars - fortified village protected by two adjacent forts

8/14. Colmars - the Fort de Savoie overlooking the village

9/14. Entrevaux - fortified entry into the village

10/14. Entrevaux - Medieval celebrations on the village green

11/14. Manosque - walled Medieval town, northeast of Aix-en-Provence

12/14. Mont-Dauphin - close to Briançon and also fortified by Vauban

13/14. Mont-Dauphin - entry into the fortified village

14/14. Richerenches - walled by the Knights Templars in the 12th century, between Orange and Montélimar