Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

The Dominici affair was the criminal investigation into the murder of three Britons in France. During the night of 4/5 August 1952, Sir Jack Drummond, a 61-year-old scientist; his 44-year-old wife Anne (née Wilbraham); and their 10-year-old daughter Elizabeth were murdered next to their car, a green Hillman, with registration NNK 686 which was parked in a lay-by near La Grand'Terre, the farm belonging to the Dominici family, located near the village of Lurs in the département of Basses-Alpes (now Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Gaston Dominici was convicted of the three murders in 1957 and sentenced to death. In 1957, President René Coty commuted the sentence to life imprisonment, and on 14 July 1960, President Charles de Gaulle ordered Dominici's release on humanitarian grounds due to his poor health. Dominici was never pardoned or given a re-trial and died on 4 April 1965. The case was discussed by the literary theorist Roland Barthes in his book Mythologies. Barthes argues that Dominici was denied a fair trial because the rural dialect in which he spoke was incomprehensible to the judges, resulting in a verdict based on preconceptions and speculation; such an unfair judgment, in which the accused is condemned due to the incompatibility of their own language with that of their accuser, is identified by Barthes as an omnipresent risk.The trial was the basis of the 1973 film The Dominici Affair directed by Claude Bernard-Aubert and starring Jean Gabin and Gérard Depardieu.

Ganagobie Abbey (French: Abbaye Notre-Dame de Ganagobie) is a Benedictine monastery in Ganagobie in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. It is part of the Solesmes Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation and as such focuses on Gregorian chant.

The Chapel of Notre Dame des Anges (French: Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Anges) is a Roman Catholic church located near Lurs, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. The chapel is a miraculous shrine and place of pilgrimage. It is in the Gothic and Romanesque architectural traditions.

La Brillanne (French pronunciation: [la bʁijan]; Occitan: La Brilhana) is a commune in the department of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence in southeastern France.

Ganagobie (French pronunciation: [ɡanaɡɔbi]; Occitan: Ganagòbia) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. It is the site of a Benedictine monastery, the Abbey of Our Lady of Ganagobie.

Sigonce (French pronunciation: [siɡɔ̃s]; Occitan: Sigonça) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Pierrerue (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ.ʁy]; Occitan: Peirarua) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

The canton of Oraison is an administrative division of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, in southeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Oraison.It consists of the following communes: Les Mées Oraison Villeneuve

Oraison (French pronunciation: [ɔʁɛzɔ̃] ; Occitan: Aureson) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Niozelles (French pronunciation: [njɔzɛl]; Occitan: Nuasèlas) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.

Villeneuve (French pronunciation: [vilnœv] ; Provençal: Vilanòva) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France. Villeneuve is located in Durance valley. This village, like many other villages in Provence, is built on the top of a hill to keep it protected from invaders. Villeneuve in French mean "New town" but was constructed in Middle Ages, originally further in the forest on the top of a high cliff. Only the little chapel remains on the rock to show where the original village was located.

Le Castellet is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.