Editing Barcelonnette (section)

==Architecture==
[[File:Mai 70 drapeau chasseurs 0001.jpg|thumb|''[[Chasseurs alpins]]'' in front of the Barcelonnette town hall in May 1970]]
* The town hall was constructed in the 1930s after the destruction of the Saint Maurice chapel in July 1934.<ref name="Collier212">Raymond Collier, ''La Haute-Provence monumentale et artistique'', p. 212</ref> Its pediment was originally from the old Dominican convent and was identified in 1988.<ref name="Palissy759">Arrêté du 30 décembre 1988, {{Palissy|PM04000759}}, accessed 25 October 2008</ref> No houses in the town date from before the 17th century, the town having been rebuilt after the fire of 1628. The old hospital in the town dates from 1717.<ref name="Collier434">Raymond Collier, ''La Haute-Provence monumentale et artistique'', p. 434</ref>
* The old [[gendarmerie]] on Place Manuel was originally constructed to house the subprefecture in 1825 in a [[neoclassical architecture|neoclassical]] style, and its façade occupies one entire side of the square. Place Manuel was named after the [[Bourbon Restoration in France|Restoration]] politician [[Jacques-Antoine Manuel]]; the fountain in the centre of the square contains his image sculpted by [[David d'Angers]].<ref name="Collier533">Raymond Collier, ''La Haute-Provence monumentale et artistique'', p. 533</ref>
* The parish church was originally built in the Middle Ages, but was destroyed in the fire of 1628. It was quickly reconstructed between 1634 and 1638, and further between 1643 and 1644. This was later demolished in 1926–27 to allow the construction of the current church, though this still contains the steeple from the 17th-century reconstruction.<ref name="Collier193">Raymond Collier, ''La Haute-Provence monumentale et artistique'', pp. 193 and 392-393</ref>
* The Cardinalis tower was constructed in the 14th century as a bell tower for the [[Dominican order|Dominican]] convent, which was founded on the bequest of [[Hugh of Saint-Cher]]. It was damaged in the wars of the 17th century and was rebuilt, though parts still exist from the original construction. It is classed as a [[monument historique]] of France.

The subprefecture has been situated since 1978 in a ''maison mexicaine'', the Villa l'Ubayette, constructed between 1901 and 1903.