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Must See
resident of the village’s
cemetery. His modest, cedar-
shaded grave is a place of of the village’s formidable
pilgrimage for admirers, who fortifications to resist attack
leave coins in a growing pile as by France’s enemies in 1543–7.
visible tribute to a great artist. A combined ticket for entrance
to both the museum and the
Folon Chapel is available.
6 "'
Musée d’Histoire
Locale 7
⌂ Monté de la Castre Place de la
Grande Fontaine
§ 04 66 28 18 32 # 7:30am–
5:45pm daily (to 6:45pm A gushing 17th-century
The medieval village Apr–Sep) central fountain lends its
of St-Paul-de-Vence, name to this charming square
perched high on a hilltop St-Paul’s dramatic history is which was once the village’s
evoked by waxwork tableaux marketplace and communal
and life-size effigies created laundry. Until the 1960s,
5 by Paris’s Musée Grévin in this laundresses would wash
clothes and bed linen in stone
small museum. One of the
Cimetière main historic figures featured troughs here within an open-
Marc Chagall, who made is Sébastien Le Prestre de sided washhouse. The square
St-Paul-de-Vence his home Vauban (1633–1707), Francois I has long been a favourite
from 1966 until his death in and Louis XIV’s great military subject with artists working
1985, is the most famous architect, who reinforced much in St-Paul-de-Vence.

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Fondation Maeght Galerie LNG ART GALLERIES
800 m (875 yds) 500m (550 yds) 4 IN ST-PAUL-
DE VENCE
CHEMIN FONTETTE
L’Art et le Vin
Place du Jeu PLACE DU ⌂ 1 rue de la Pourtune
TILLEUL
de Boules L’Art et le Vin
This wine bar and
gallery is a perfect spot
RUE DE LA
POURTOUNE
to savour local vintages
Porte de Vence VERDALETTES and work by local artists.
and Ramparts
R. DES BAOUQUES Saint Paul Folon Chapel Artion
RUE DES
Église
⌂ 1 pl de l’Église
Collégiale
(Chapelle des
A Provençal offshoot of
PLACE DE Pénitents Blancs) a famous Swiss gallery,
L’EGLISE Artion exhibits work by
Musée d’Histoire
RU E GR ANDE
Galerie 337 MAIRIE PL. DE LA Locale old masters and world-
RUE DE class modern artists.
Ramparts
RUE DU L’ALLÉE
Place de la HAUT FLOUR Ramparts Galerie LNG
Grande
Fontaine ⌂ 11 rempart Ouest
Rue Grande PONTIS R. DU A gallery showcasing
colourful pop art and
work by 21st-century
street artists.
RUE DE FAN G A S
R. DU Galerie 337
PONTIS
R . G R A ND E
⌂ 29 rue Grande
RUE DU This modern art gallery
SOLDAT
RUE DU features exceptional
CASSE COU
sculptures, prints and
paintings by leading
contemporary artists.
R U E GRANDE
PLACE DE
R EMPA RT S O CO URT IN E SAI N T- P A UL
L’HOSPICE
PORTE
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