Embrun

Embrun, a fortified town in the French department of Hautes Alpes, crowns a rock-platform on the right bank of the Durance, and at the base of Mont St Guillaume (8344 feet), 23 miles E. of Gap by rail. It looks better from without than within; but its cathedral has a lofty Romanesque tower. Pop. 3812. Embrun occupies the site of Ebrodunum, capital of the Caturiges, and an important Roman station. It was the seat of a bishopric from 374 to 1802.