Briançon Photo Gallery

1/24. View southwest across Briançon, down the Durance valley

2/24. Briançon upper town viewed from the top of Fort du Chateau, with the prominent towers of Collegial Notre-Dame

3/24. Collegial Notre Dame et St Nicolas in the center of Briançon

4/24. Front of the 18th-c Collegial Notre Dame et St Nicolas in Briançon old town

5/24. Collegial Notre Dame et St Nicolas in Briançon towering over the Place du Temple

6/24. Briançon's Place du Temple, with an old fountain and a shady terrace restaurant

7/24. Colorful Place aux Armes (south/west) in Briançon's Cité Vauban

8/24. Colorful Place aux Armes (west/north) in Briançon's Cité Vauban

9/24. The old half-round fountain in the Place aux Armes of Briançon

10/24. Looking north on Grande Rue in the the center of Briançon-Vauban

11/24. Grande Rue in the the center of Briançon-Vauban, early morning before the crowds

12/24. Grande Rue in the the center of Briançon-Vauban, with late-morning sunshine

13/24. Blue buildings at the south end of Grande Rue in Briançon-Vauban

14/24. The Briançon Fountaine des Soupirs (fountain of sighs) on Rue Grande

15/24. View up (north) on Rue Mercerie, a tower of the Collegial Notre Dame at the top

16/24. View down the Rue Mercerie, toward the Place aux Armes

17/24. Yellow-blue building on Rue du Roche, opposite the Briançon town hall

18/24. Shop sign for Briançon's Museum of Time [closed] depicting five ways to measure time

19/24. Fortified walls along the west side of Briançon Cité-Vauban

20/24. Draw-bridge entry at the north end of fortified Briançon Cité-Vauban

21/24. Fort des Trois Tetes overlooking Briançon; Fort du Randouillet is beyond on a far hilltop

22/24. Vauban's 18th-c Fort des Salettes protecting the north side of Briançon

23/24. The 18th-century Pont d'Asfeld over the Durance in a gorge beside Briançon

24/24. The Fort du Chateau fortress sits atop the hill at Briançon.