The upper tower

...or the Belleudy Tower.We are now at the foot of one of the two towers which reinforced protection of the village in the 16th century.As is generally the case in the Maritime Alps, the village of Péone originated when the castle was built, at the start of the 13th century. Péone castle stood among the boulders which currently overlook the village, of which we can still today see traces at the top of the stacks.A cluster of building then sprung up at the foot of the boulders, shut off by a perimeter wall. This is known as a “castrum” (castle + village), a zone which today is unoccupied.Lower down, to the south-west, the oldest part of the current village, including the church, could date back to the 14th century.