Col St-Jean

Col St-Jean is a mountain saddle in Peille, Arrondissement of Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur and has an elevation of 642 metres. Col St-Jean is situated nearby to the hamlet Saint-Jean, as well as near the locality Barbon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sospel Cathedral and Ouvrage Barbonnet.

Sospel Cathedral

Church

Photo: Arriano60, Public domain.

Sospel Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in the town of Sospel, France. It was formerly the seat of the schismatic Bishopric of Sospel, created in 1378 from the Diocese of Ventimiglia during the Great Schism as the Avignon-obedience…

Ouvrage Barbonnet

Fort

Ouvrage Barbonnet is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, also called the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block and one infantry block facing Italy.

Col de Braus

Mountain saddle

Photo: Lorenzo.cerisola, Public domain.

Col de Braus is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Alpes-Maritimes in France. It connects Sospel and L'Escarène. A railway tunnel has been dug under the pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sospel and Castillon.

Sospel

Photo: Jpmgir, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sospel is a commune and former schismatic episcopal seat in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France near the Italian border and not far from Monte Carlo.