The Hamlet of Rouine

In a characteristic landscape of the Haute-Provence Geopark, the famous black lands, this small hamlet seems out of time.

The small Romanesque chapel is made up of a single nave and crowned with a small bell tower. It was built at the request of the parishioners of La Rouine in 1647. Restored in the XNUMXth century by the inhabitants of the hamlet, it is decorated with contemporary stained glass windows by Albert Chabot de Marcoux.
The hamlet of La Rouine with its villages had up to 44 inhabitants in 1846.
When in 1944, the Laval farm maquis, near Lambruisse in the high valleys of Asse, was attacked by the Germans who left only two survivors, it was here that one of them took refuge. The young Del Vicario, injured, managed in the middle of the night to reach the Col de la Cine and reach La Rouine where he was treated and healed.
The surrounding area produces the famous White Sarteau Pear, used in confectionery and which now sits on the best tables.