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The River Loup plunging over
the Cascade de Courmes into
a pool in the Gorge du Loup

In 1951, the village authorities
commissioned the artist to
EXPERIENCE Provence and the Côte d’Azur Peace (1952) is the principal
paint a mural on a wall in the
deconsecrated chapel next
to the castle, and his War and
exhibit of the Musée National
Picasso.. In the main square
there is a larger-than-life
bronze statue, Man with a
Sheep (1943), which Picasso
donated to the town.
Musée National Picasso
"= ⌂ Place de la Libération
# Hours vary, check website
∑ musees­nationaux­
alpesmaritimes.fr

34
Biot
! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes
£ @ n 4 Chemin Neuf;
www.biot-tourisme.com
A typical hill village, charming
32 Tourrettes-sur-Loup, a fortified Biot has always attracted
artists and artisans. The best
village, is famous for its fields
Gorges du Loup of violets, grown for use in per- known is Fernand Léger, the
fume and sweets. The Bastide French painter and sculptor,
! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes
k Nice £ Cagnes-sur-Mer aux Violettes museum con- who made his first ceramics
siders the role of the flower in
here in 1949. Some of these
@ Grasse g Nice n 2 pl de
la Libération, Tourrettes- the village’s history. and other works by him are in
sur-Loup; www.tourrettes Bastide aux Violettes the Musée National Fernand
surloup.com Léger, housed in a striking
'= ⌂ La Fer rage # Oct– modern building outside the
Rising in the Pre-Alps behind Mar: 10am–5pm Mon–Fri; town, which has the world’s
Grasse, the River Loup cuts a Apr–Sep: 10am–6pm Tue–Sat largest collection of his works.
deep path down to the sea, ∑ tourrettessurloup.com Biot is also famous for its
with dramatic cascades and
spectacular views along the
way. The superb country side 33 HIDDEN GEM
is crowned by the region’s Ceramics in
famous perched villages. Vallauris Vallauris
Gourdon owes much of its ! G6 ⌂ Alpes-Maritimes Browse the stalls and
appeal to its ancient houses, £ @ n 67 avenue Georges studios of local potters
which are grouped round a Clémen ceau; Golfe Juan in Provence’s ceramics
12th-century château built on Vieux Port; www.vallauris- capital of Vallauris. One
the site of an earlier Saracen golfe-juan.fr of the best is Les Petites
stronghold, perched high on Porcelaines (www.les
the cliffside. Its lovely terraced Vallauris owes its fame to petitesporcelaines.com)
gardens were laid out by the Pablo Picasso, who was offering beautiful hand­
famous French landscape instrumental in rescuing crafted homewares.
architect André Le Nôtre (p183). the town’s pottery industry.
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