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Let’s go back in time 40 million years, and discover the aquatic animal life of Castellane thanks to the geology!
Let’s go back 40 million years, when the sea covered the region of Castellane. In these lagoons, peaceful marine mammals, the sirenians!
Perhaps at the origin of the myth of the sirens, their story is told using
life-size animal models, films and reconstitution of landscapes.
At the Col des Lèques, 8 kilometers above Castellane on the road to Digne-les-Bains, lies the Valley of the Fossil Sirens. This paleontological site contains hundreds of bones belonging to an ancestor
current dugongs and manatees. Protected by a site museum, it is possible
to get there on foot in 30 minutes via a comfortable and equipped path.
Maison Nature & Patrimoines
2 place de l’église,
04120 Castellane
Telephone : +33492831923
Email : [email protected]
Website : www.maison-nature-patrimoines.com
Facebook page : www.facebook.com/maisonnaturepatrimoines
Tripadvisor : www.tripadvisor.fr/Attraction_Review-g677532-d14998207-Reviews…
Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/maisonnaturepatrimoines/
Exhibition
- Bad weather alternative
- Valeurs Parc Naturel Régional
- Recommended by high heat
- Biodiversity corridors in PACA
Rates
Free of charge.Opening dates
From 05/04 to 21/04Opening hours daily between 10 am and 1 pm and between 3 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 22/04 to 31/05
Opening hours on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 3 pm and 6.30 pm. except on 24/05/2025 and 25/05/2025.
Extra dates 01/05, 02/05, 08/05, 09/05, 29/05 and 30/05.
From 01/06 to 30/06
Opening hours on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 3 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 01/07 to 31/08
Opening hours daily between 10 am and 1 pm and between 3 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 01/09 to 30/09
Opening hours on Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 3 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 01/10 to 17/10
Opening hours on Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday between 10 am and 1 pm and between 3 pm and 6.30 pm.
From 18/10 to 02/11
Opening hours daily between 10 am and 1 pm and between 2 pm and 5.30 pm.
- English
- French
- Bank/credit card
- Check
- Cash
- Credit transfer
- Public WC
- Exhibition space
- Pets welcome
- Tourist information
- Tour free of charge
- Stroller-accessible
Updated on 14/02/2025 – Castellane Tourisme – Suggest an edit