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35 walls is a shady courtyard. The
surrounding marble columns
Did You Know? Cagnes-sur-Mer conceal a museum devoted
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After its population £ @ n 6 blvd Maréchal Juin; collection of modern art of
was deci mated by the www.cagnes-tourisme.com the Mediterranean. There is
Black Death, Biot also a fine collection of paint­
became a refuge The picturesque town of ings bequeathed by chanteuse
for thieves. Cagnes­sur­Mer is divided Suzy Solidor. The 40 works, all
into three districts. The oldest, portraits of her, are by artists
Haut­de­Cagnes, is also the such as Lolita Lempicka and
most interesting part, with its Kees van Dongen. Up on the
bubble­flecked glassware, steep streets, covered pas­ ceiling of the banqueting hall
in which bubbles of air are sageways and ancient build­ is a vast illusionistic fresco of
trapped within the glass. The ings, including a number of the Fall of Phaeton, attributed
craft of the glassblowers can arcaded houses designed in to Carlone in the 1620s.
be seen (and purchased) at the Renaissance style. The The last 12 years of Pierre­
La Verrerie de Biot. other districts are Cagnes­ Auguste Renoir’s life were
Ville, the modern town spent in Cagnes, at the house
Musée National Fernand where hotels and shops are that is now the Musée Renoir.
Léger con centrated, and Cros­de­ The house has been kept
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Pome # 10am–5pm Mon, resort and yachting harbour he died in 1919 and contains
Wed–Sun (to 6pm May–Oct) with a pebble beach and 14 of his paintings as well as
¢ 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec seafront promenade where 17 plaster sculptures. The
∑ musees-nationaux- summer entertainment views from the garden across
alpesmaritimes.fr takes place. the countryside down to the
The Château Grimaldi in sea are stunning.
La Verrerie de Biot Haut­de­Cagnes was built
\= ⌂ 5 chemin des Combes during the 14th century and Château Grimaldi
# Hours vary, check website reworked in the 17th by Henri " ⌂ Place du Château
∑ verreriebiot.com Grimaldi. Behind the fortress § 04 92 02 47 35 # 10am–
5pm Mon, Wed–Sun (to 6pm
Apr–Sep) ¢ 1 Jan, 25 Dec
Musée Renoir
"'= ⌂ § 04 93 20 61 07
# Hours vary, call ahead
¢ 1 May, 1 Jan, 25 Dec

The hilly town of Cagnes-sur-
Mer, topped by the 14th-
century Château Grimaldi
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