Simiane owes its fame to the Rotonde, whose conical silhouette crowns the hill where stone houses have anchored their foundations into the rock. Located in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, at the junction of the regions of Sault, Forcalquier, and Apt, Simiane is not at the end of the world but only an hour and a half from Digne, Aix-en-Provence, and Avignon, and two hours from Marseille.