MONTJUSTIN
Coat of arms:
a Silver "sinople " (three towers)with a golden elephant
A hilltop village of 54 inhabitants
600 meters high
It belongs to Jean de Villemus coming of a noble
branch of Reillanne(the branch still exists today)
A view on the Luberon and the Aiguebelle Valley on a side, and on the plain
of Reillanne and the Lure mountain on the other side.
The place where a great artist lives.
A speciality: yew cheese
It was a medieval castle quoted in 1022 The name comes from the Roman
"MONS JUSTINUS" evoking a sanctuary votive to Jupiter A terrible siege in
1589.
The duke of La Valette who was refused to rest in the city besieged the village
and slaughtered and hanged the inhabitants.
He destroyed the church and the village too.
