The Saint Pancrace chapel and the Thermal Baths Art Shelter

In the lunar atmosphere of the terres noires, at the foot of Queen Jeanne’s castle and the path taken by Napoleon on his return from Elba, lies Andy Goldsworthy’s Refuge d’art des Bains thermaux, the starting and finishing point of his itinerary through the UNESCO Geopark of Haute-Provence. This walk is rich in history and surprises!

Le Refuge d’art du Vieil Esclangon

In the heart of the Bès valley, our footsteps will wind along a winding path that will take us up to the Refuge d’art du Vieil Esclangon, the emblematic work of Andy Goldsworthy. This outing holds many other surprises: artistic (traces of herman de vries, Om by Paul-Armand Gette) and geological, in particular, as we walk on a beach millions of years old.

The art route in the Bès valley

The Bès valley, with its exceptional geological heritage, is the epicenter of the Musée Gassendi’s Art en montagne collection, where each work is a unique glimpse into the living canvas of the landscape. This is where Joan Fontcuberta’s hydropitheque, Paul-Armand Gette’s Om, several traces by herman de vries, an Andy Goldsworthy Sentinelle… are all on display.

The Cousson chapel

The summit and chapel of Le Cousson offer an exceptional panorama of the Haute-Provence region. It is in this magnificent setting that herman de vries left us some of his traces and that Richard Nonas imagined The second day, so many invitations to contemplate the landscape and be present to the world.

Art in the mountains” horseback ride

You are a rider and you want to explore in an authentic and original way part of the Gassendi Museum’s collection of Mountain Art, at the pace of horses, in the Bès valley, one of the wildest valleys in France.