Valderoure

The municipality of Valderoure “Vallée des chênes” extends along the green plain of the Lane where its small hamlets have their charms…

In Malamaire, let yourself be seduced by an old noble house with a round tower

To Valentin by the ancient Saint Léonce chapel and a Roman sarcophagus;

At the Ferrière, by the small chapel.

Leaning against a beautiful rocky cliff, Valderoure aligns its old houses above a vast meadow.

The essentials

L’ancienne maison forte

Built in the 13th century, the old strong house of Valderoure is located in the Malamaire district. In the Middle Ages, it defended and protected its occupants and their property.

This building has been redeveloped and enlarged several times over the centuries and was occupied by the lords of Séranon after they abandoned the old castle to find more comfort.

The Saint-Léonce Chapel

Inscribed in the supplementary inventory of Historical Monuments in 1947, the Saint Léonce chapel, built in the Middle Ages, has since been largely remodeled. Dependence of the priory of Lérins, only the window of the apse remains and testifies to these medieval origins.

With a rectangular plan with a semi-circular apse, the building has a flat roof without a bell tower. In the southwest corner of the chapel, reused stones testify to the Roman era, as does the sarcophagus outside.

The Saint-Roch oratory

This limestone oratory was erected in honor of “the mobiles” and mobilized of the year 1870 by Etienne Rebuffel, a stonemason. Swept away in a few months, Napoleon III’s imperial army was replaced in the fight against the Prussians and their allies by an improvised army, in particular that of the “mobile guards”, following a departmental lifting by lot.