Located in the heart of Briançon, home of heads takes the No. 13 Great Gargoyle at the heart of the Cité Vauban. Built in the seventeenth century, this building is one of the few that survived the great fire of 1692 that destroyed much of the area.
The facade was restored in the early twentieth century, is the image of the house of heads of Valencia, revealing low-relief busts of members of the family of the original owner, all in traditional Briançon suit.
Several other French cities also have houses of heads like Metz, Beziers, Viviers or Colmar, Toulon and Crest.
