Ruins of the Siagne Viaduct

The remains of a railway bridge more than seventy meters high

Local name: Ancien viaduc de la Siagne

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The story

Before you is what is left of the viaduct over the Siagne. The Central-Var railway from Draguignan to Grasse ran across it. This section opened on November 8, 1890. The metal bridge stood about seventy-two meters above the river and, according to the department, was about three hundred meters long. On August 24, 1944, in the days of the liberation of Provence, the viaduct was destroyed. It was never rebuilt, and on January 2, 1950 the line closed for good. Today only the stone piers and abutments remain. Here the trail follows the old country road to Saint-Cassien along the left bank. Around you grow cork oak, maritime pine, elm and hazel, and by the water a shady gallery of hornbeams.

Visiting

Do not linger under the pier: the department warns that it has weakened. When the river is high, the stretch along the bank can be difficult.

On the trail

• Val de Siagne — 6.8 km, 3 h

Sources

• Randoxygène, Alpes-Maritimes Department — “Val de Siagne” (6.8 km, loop, +230 m, 3 h, moderate)
• Wikipédia (FR) — Ligne Central-Var: the section to Grasse opened in 1890, the Siagne viaduct, closure in 1950

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