Antibes is a magnificent coastal town of France,a stupendous and shining French riviera pearl located along that magnificent Mediterranean coastline between Nice and Cannes facing the Bay of Anges.
Considered is one of the most charming place of the suggestive and charming Côte d´Azur thanks to its prestigious fame it is an exclusive destination since the 20s.
With its over 25,0 kilometres of beaches and 300 days of sunshine a year,the city is a relevant landmark of that coast which conquers everyone for its colours,lights and that blue sea so attractive and tempting.
Second city of the Riviera with a population of approximately 78,000 inhabitants,Antibes remains a city on human scale just a few minutes from the glamorous and historical attractions of Cannes and the other towns along that captivating shoreline.
Some of the highlights of that destination apart a relevant historic patrimony are the high quality of its beaches with the opportunity to practise water sports, fishing and sailing,the unforgettable landscapes and its the city has several charming parks and gardens.
That French Mediterranean city also offers a quite remarkable wide range of museums,among them Picasso Museum, located in the Chateau Grimaldi ,the Napoleonic Museum, dedicated to that figure who proclaimed himself Emperor of France and museums as La Tour and Fort Carré, dedicated to reviewing the history of that superb centre.
That site receives visits from the world of cinema, mainly linked to the Cannes Film Festival which raises awareness of the place.
It was around the mid 19th century that the Cap d'Antibes really began to develop and at that time wealthy tourists from all over Europe including England and Russia, discovered the place and built there luxurious mansions and villas.Traces of occupation dating back to the early Iron Age have been identified in areas of the castle and the Cathedral. Under the Chapel of the Holy Spirit during excavations were also found some remains of clay habitats.The rock of Antibes seems to be undeniable that period the seat of an indigenous community with ties to the Mediterranean populations such as Etruscans,Phoenicians and Greeks who founded in that coastal region their settlements and also they established a busy port and later the Romans settled in the current territory attracted by its pleasant climate and its strategic location.
Its name,"Antipolis" refers to its location "in front of City" and that city was the current Nice.According to earlier historical documents,the former settlement was founded in the 4th century BC by a colony of Phoenicians established in Marseilles,which, according to the geographers would have given that name Antipolis opposite the a city.
That eponymous derives by the Greek language,Anti means opposite and Polis means town or city because of its' location in front of the capital of the French Riviera.That interpretation is incorrect insofar Antipolis was founded before Nikaia the current Nice.
According to other documents based on texts from the 2nd century of Scymnos of Chios and Scylas that name means city on the opposite coast of Corsica,the Phoenicians are supposed to have borrowed a sea route through Corsica to arrive on the Provencal coast but that hypothesis does not seem more plausible than the last.
The exact location of a Greek city is poorly understood,in view of colonial Greek,it has probably been set at the foot of the rock of Antibes, in the current old town.
Traces of occupation of the Hellenistic period have been identified around the castle and the Parish Church corresponding to the Old Cathedral and next to the area of Massena on the course and in the rectory garden in Rue de la République.
In the early 2nd century some Ligurian tribes settled in the region and the Déceates Oxybians,launched repeated attacks against Nikaia and Antipolis
.The Greeks of Marseille involve Rome as they had already done a few years earlier against the federation of Salyens and in the year 154, the consul Quintus Opimius defeated the Déceates and the Oxybians and takes Aegythna, oppidum of Décéates.
Despite all the assumptions made for over a century by local scholars we know neither the meeting place of the battle of 154 BC. AD nor the site Aegytna.The territories conquered by the Romans following the capture of Marseille,Antipolis and Nikaia as are parts of their cities as Marseilles.
Under the administration of Lepidus,the former Antipolis achieves the status of autonomous region, probably from the year 43, then a little later under Lepidus and Augustus that site received the title of Romana Civitas (Roman Town) and according the Imperial law it was incorporated into the Gaul Narbonnaise province.
Tiny bronze coins are issued in Antibes in the name of Lepidus and they are on one side and the head of Athens on the reverse an allegory of Victory with legends "LEPI" for Lepidus, and "ANT" for Antipolis.
The Romanisation of Antipolis generated the granting of Latin rights to access the settlement means elite or community leaders responsible for the administration of the city,Roman citizenship regardless of their origin, or native Greeks of Marseilles Celtic or Ligurian.
There is also an aggregate share of Italian citizens or those from other provinces.Epigraphy reports a rapid imposition of Latin as the official language in the territory of Antipolis since the time of Augustus.Almost all the names of people and deities carved in stone are sounding Latin.
That does not mean the replacement of the Greeks and natives by the Italic Peninsula or Romans but the fusion of peoples and the adoption of Latin names and Roman culture.
Like most Roman towns, Antipolis possessed the necessary buildings for shows and entertainment. A Roman theatre is attested by the tombstone of the child Septentrion.The inscription reads, explicitly,it was greatly appreciated and danced on stage at the theatre Antipolis.
The remains of the amphitheater were still visible in the late 17th century in the restructuring of the fortifications of the city of Antibes.Some excavations in the old city led to the uncovering of habitat structures well preserved and showing a certain luxury,among them those are the most monumental of the rectory garden rue Clemenceau.
That shows a plan comparable to that of Gallic-Roman domus such as those of Saint-Romain-en-Gal. Large pieces around the mosaic floor is organised around a courtyard with a marble fountain.
The furniture can be dated to the late 3rd century although a state of the end of the Hellenistic period or the end of the Roman Republic was identified and another still paved with porphyry and green stone also appears to have been excavated along the streets Rue des Palmieres and Rue Blancherie.
The furniture kept at the Archaeological Museum of Antibes suggests a primary occupation between the time of Augustus and the 4th century and in the second century and the fourth century to the second. It should be noted that the furniture of the late Hellenistic period or the end of the Roman Republic is present at both sites.
Antibes was the seat of a bishopric since the 4th century until the year 1244 when the Episcopal seat was transferred to Grasse.Excavations in the Holy Spirit Chapel has identified an early Christian Church dating from the 5th century and it seems to have undergone many changes until the Carolingian period and the
present building was completely rebuilt in the 16th Century.
That is the Lower Empire that one day the wall that normally separates the top of the rock from the rest of Antibes old town and the gate flanked by two towers over Massena.We can not so far finding a retraction of the urban habitat,indeed, the various excavations in the old city have delivered large quantities of furniture of late antiquity.
That is especially true of the domus of the rectory garden situated in Rue Clemenceau seems occupied until the 5th century, as well as those of the Rue des Palmiers and Rue de la Blancherie mentioned before.
Despite the presence of some isolated graves uncovered late in the city centre near Massena course or in the rectory garden privileged burial space around the port continued to spread around Saint-Roch,as was shown by the excavations of the 1950s.The presence of caves rich furnishings and a grave containing a knife around the Cathedral is to be linked with the early Christian burial practises.
In the Middle Ages the Grimaldi arrival,a Genoese family ally Angevins was therefore a massive presence in eastern Provence.Of those,Luca and Marco Grimaldi sons of Antonio, had advanced funds to the Pope of Avignon,who then could not repay its debt.
Therefore, the brothers received the fief Grimaldi d'Antibes the most beautiful port in the region and it made stock in the year 1384.The development of Nice in the year 1388 brought a border on the outskirts of the city.
During the rivalry between Francis I and Charles V, efforts were intensified fortifications and they were pursued to the end of the reign of King Henry IV who had bought the town in the year 1608 by the Grimaldi in Antibes which then moved to the castle of Cagnes until the French Revolution.That branch is now extinct, however a collateral branch,the Grimaldi of Puget survives.
The city was a peaceful maritime small port until the mandate of Napoleon made it a seaside resort. Traditionally the city refused the Monarchy when Napoleon landed around the Elba island.
On 1st March 1815 Napoleon left that Tuscan island on which he was in exile and must land in the gulf of Antibes at the refusal to let him land.
He hoped that the garrison of Antibes will rise against Louis XVIII and he then sent some men led by the Captain Lamouret to help uplift Antibes but they remain loyal to their King stop the forefront and imprisons him in the chapel of the Holy Spirit and the former Masonic Street Casemates.
That loyalty will be worth in Antibes that King Louis XVIII return his good city status in the year 1821 and that loyalty is recalled on his shield "Fidei Servandae Exemplum 1815" and in the 19th century the city began to develop and grow and began the demolition of the walls.
The dismantling of the fortifications of Antibes began, along with increasing urbanisation towards the interior and the Cap d'Antibes.the city had a population of 6750 inhabitants.The economy was primarily agricultural gardens, vineyards, orchards, first turned to the cultivation of tobacco but also of the olive and mulberry for silk in addition to orange flowers and fragrant plants.
The famous resort f Juan-les-Pins was created in the year 1882 and Antibes remained a garrison town and since the year 1906 it still hosts the 112th Infantry Regiment and the 7th Mountain Infantry Battalion of the French Army.
The Château Grimaldi is one of the splendid highlight of Antibes.The castle is the subject of a classification as historical monuments since 29 April 1928.
Based on the ancient acropolis of the Greek town of Antipolis,Chateau Grimaldi will be occupied from 1385 by a branch of that Genoese family of Grimaldi and in the year 1608 King Henry IV acquired the fief in favour of the crown of France.
Settled in the Grimaldi castle of Cagnes,their ancient castle of Antibes in turn becomes the abode of the King's Governor,Town Hall and later a barracks until the year 1924. The following years it was led by Romuald Dor de la Souchère, before Antibes municipality bought the ruined castle, which became the Grimaldi Museum.
The Picasso Museum occupies the Château Grimaldi.The history of that exhibition started in the year 1946 when Pablo Picasso received an offer by Dor Souchère with the opportunity to set up his studio in that castle.
In the year 1957, Picasso received the official title of Honorary Citizen of the city of Antibes In year 1966, Chateau Grimaldi was transformed in the Picasso Museum and Romuald Dor de la Souchère was its first curator.
You can admire in that splendid exhibition about 245 works by the artist from Malaga but also paintings by Nicolas de Stael,Fernand Leger and Hans Hartung in addition there are also sculptures by Germaine Richier and Joan Miro.Picasso Museum was closed for renovation for many years and it was reopened on July 20, 2008.
Fort Carré is another historic highlight and symbol of the French city.It is a military fort built during the Reign of Henry II in the 16th century.That fort is located on the peninsula of Saint-Roch along the road from the seafront and it was erected on a rock rising 26 metres above the Sea.
The fort was developed mid-Square under Henry II by Henri-François Mandon and Jean Renaud de Saint Remy and slightly reworked in late 17th century by Vauban under Louis XIV.
In the 16th century while the County of Nice depends the Duchy of Savoy the border at level of the river Var,tensions between the Kingdom of France and that Duchy of Savoy were due to the latter's alliance with Spain of the Hapsburg's.
During the wars of Italy the Spaniards sacked Antibes in the years 1524 and 1536 showing the fragility of that region.King Henry II decided since there the construction of Fort Carré in a strategic location and the building is still as a sentinel with its panoramic view of monitoring the border of what was the former land occupied by the Duchy of Savoy.
HenriFrançois Mandon and Jean Renaud both came from Saint-Remy de Provence,Jean Renaud was also Lord of Saint-Remy and the family of Renaud de Saint-Remy has its own Chapel inside the Church of Saint-Martin.
Both have worked at the end of the reign of King Francis I to Henry Francis who has fortified Mandon of St. Paul in the year 1540 The walls of St. Paul are said to be the first bastions of France which would make Henri-François Mandon of the initiator of fortifications in France following the example of predecessors in the Alps.
The construction of Fort Carré left no plan and no real archives and the different elements collected in the later works agree to place the work begins in the early 1550, probably in the year 1553.
The Chapelle De Saint-Laurent a Chapel dedicated to St.Lawrence was on the hill was destroyed and in that occasion to give way to the military building and the name of St.Lawrence was retained for the central tower of Fort Carré which still bears the name Tour de Saint Laurent the Tower St. Lawrence.
It is difficult to determine with precision the various stages of the construction but it is likely that of the bastion architecture which was planned from the beginning.
That stronghold was attacked twice,in the year 1591 during the Wars of Religion when the Duke Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy made a breakthrough in Provence and took the fortress of Antibes without having to fight.
The French army launched an intense attack under King Henry IV rule to reconquer Provence in the year 1592 when Duke of Epernon led the siege eventually retake the town and fort and that is the only known military grip of Fort Carré.
In the year 1746 during the War of Austrian Succession Fort Carré and the city were bombarded by the artillery Austrian-Savoy Sardinian and also attacked by the English fleet but the fortress held the seat.
The intervention of Vauban was so important for Fort Carré.Sébastien de Vauban,then Marquis de Vauban,was a French military and one of the greatest military engineers of all time,a major figure of France's Sun King.
Visiting Antibes in the year 1680 he drew several plans and lists of work to be done for the defence of Antibes, its harbour and Fort Carré.He asked the engineer Antoine de Niquet the task of supervising the work.
On Fort Carré few of these works were actually carried out are being made through a general repair facilities to ensure comfort of the troops and the creation of the outer defences.
The silhouette of the building in no way modified by Vauban and the current form of the fortress has remained pretty much the one he had in the 16th century.The 19th century marked a turning point with the annexation of Nice to France in the year1860 and a substantial modification to the weapons that make obsolete the Fort Carré.
The fortresses of Antibes were decommissioned in the late 19th century resulting in the levelling of the city walls.the last use for military purposes was during the 2nd World Wa when Fort Carré served during the occupation of foreigners gathering centre for all the Alpes-Maritimes.
Between the years 1979 and 1985,the building was restored by volunteers of the Club du Vieux Manoir who worked during spring break and summer,teens club restore the facades,roofs they creates an access allowing the visit of the building.
That restoration gave the City of Antibes the opportunity since the year 1997 to open to the public the door of that iconic building and in the year 1998 it was classified as a historic monument.
The city of Antibes is well known for its magnificent parks and gardens.Very suggested in a visit to the garden of Villa Eilenroc built in 1867 as planned by the famous architect Charles Garnier.
In that beautiful place you can admire Great variety of species such as Mediterranean and exotic plants but also protected traditional Mediterranean species such as marine and parasol pines,Alep and Canary pines,Cyprus oaks, olive trees, arbutus, lavender, thyme, rosemary, eucalyptus, ficus and the major part of the park has been created with plants found in the Antibes area in 1920.
Le Parc Thuret (Thuret Park) also worth a visit.The history of that site started in the year 1857 when Gustave Thuret discovered the wonderful,unspoilt Cap d'Antibes and bought five hectares of land on which he built a villa and began the creation of a wide park.
The Botanical Garden of Villa Thuret which is considered a gem of nature is managed by the INRA the National Institute of Agronomic Research.The beautiful collection of trees and exotic plants provide many opportunities for learning and the cross-fertilisation of plant species that grow on the Mediterranean coast.
Exflora Park is a 5 hectares garden close to the large olive grove in which there are are different kinds of Mediterranean gardens reminding from the ancient Rome to the exuberant French Riviera of the 19th century.Fountains and ponds stretch along the terrace making a waterway 500 metres long.
Antibes is renowned for rose production, and rose bushes line the path leading to the sea.The luxuriance of that exotic garden and palm grove is reminiscent of the belle époque when English gardeners succeeded in planting flowers that bloom in winter,the season when the aristocracy visited the French Riviera.
A little further on is you can admire Théâtre de Verdure inspired by Italian gardens and a panoramic viewpoint with a splendid view of the coast,the Bay of Billionaires, the Lerins Islands and the scenic Esterel.
Further on there are also Moorish gardens which are featured with an orange grove developed on the ground is patterned with terracotta irrigation pipes similar to those in the famous Seville Cathedral in Andalusia.
The Catedral de Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea is the oldseat of the diocese of Antibes and the largest Church in the town.Its magnificent doors are dated the 18th century and they are the work of the sculptor Jacques Dolle.The Cathedral was destroyed by the Saracens in the year 1124 and rebuilt in 1125.The facade was damaged in 1746 by the arracks led by Louis XV and restored with funds from the royal coffers.The door produced in 1710 by Joseph Dolle includes figures of St. Roch and St. Sebastian who are both the protectors of Antibes.Inside the main highlights are the altar of Our Lady of the Rosary painted in 1515, a marble Virgin dating back the 19th century goblet of thee 16th centurys and wooden Christ developed in the year 1447.Very relevant are also a recumbent wooden of the 16th century.the baptismal font from 1772, and an organ made by the master Jungh dating back 1860.The Cathedral of Antibes has,as in many of the religious buildings of past times an exceptional acoustic which in an intimate setting places particular situation the sacred repertoire both as regards their vocal and instrumental role.
The iconic and emblematic Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc, also known as Eden-Roc is a palace located at the tip of Cap d'Antibes.It was built in the year 1870 in Napoleon III style by the creator of Figaro,Hippolyte de Villemessant bound for writers in search of inspiration.
Anthony Sella was who conferred the mythical dimension of the institution and gave it a great image and that prestigious reputation of the establishment.It is today managed by the Oetker Collection, and its director is Philippe Loses who also runs the Chateau Saint Martin & Spa,in Vence a 5-star Relais & Chateaux which the table is two stars in the Guide Michelin.
The Hotel du Cap Eden-Roc is composed of different buildings such as the Hotel du Cap which is he main building nestled in a park of 9 hectares of pine and the Eden Roc Pavilion on the side of rocks overlooking the sea and the two fountains.
The hotel has officially received its 5th star in the year 2000 and it is one of the best known in the world because of its reputation linked to several VIPs and celebrities who selected and select that accommodation as one of their favourite.
In addition it is also the institution which hosts the most beautiful evenings of the Festival International du Film de Cannes and it received several awards such as Tatler Travel Guide 2012 the Most Hotel with immaculate service in the world.
The Sunday Times voted it as Best European Resort in the year 2011 while Conde Nast Traveller magazine included it in Gold List of Top Hotels and The best rooms in Europe also in 2011.
Geo Season from Germany declared the hotel the Number 1 among the best 100 Hotels in Europe in the category Hotels Beach in the year 2012.
La Chapelle Saint-Bernardin the White Penitents' Chapel of Antibes is an important religious building located in downtown, at the civic number 14 of the street Rue Rostand and it dedicated to St. Bernardine of Siena a Tuscany Franciscan great orator.
That splendid Religious construction is listed on the inventory of historical monuments by Decree of 13th March 1995.Since ancient times it was a place of worship and at the current current building was erected on Roman foundations.
In the 15th century the activity of the Brotherhood of White Penitents of St. Bernardin was booming and they have to built that Chapel in 1513 says Muterse or in 1581 according to Mr. Dhumez, local historians.
Anyway, the side door Street San Bernardin solid walnut, is dated March 1581..After burning in the late 70s,the Chapel was restored in year 2007 and reopened to the public in 2008.The Gothic facade is crowned with pinnacles supporting the silhouettes on the sides of their penitents covered hood. Above the doorway you will notice a carved head of Lucifer.
In the interior the altar is adorned with four twisted columns of gilded wood in Baroque style decorated with acanthus leaves.Behind it was placed a dead furnace with a bell tower.The frescoes which adorn the oven represent the table of Jesus' apostles and date from the 16th century.
The altarpiece is dated the 17th century likely comes from the Convent of the Shoemakers and the Place de la Poste.The Chapel also has statues of three saints such as St. Jacques,St.Sebastian and St.Bernardine of Siena.
On the central ceiling, trompe l'oeil were painted the four Evangelists: Matthew,John, Mark and Luke,the Virgin Mary,Christ and St. Bernardine in the middle.
Two sentences are written in Latin: "Ecce Deus Salvator Meus" meaning"This is God my Savior" and "In my omnis spes vitae and virtutis" "In all my hope in virtue".The ceiling of the apses is ultramarine blue stars and a vaulted room with a reproduction of the painting The Descent from the Cross of Antoine Aundi is exposed.
Cap d'Antibes is one of the most scenic and captivating natural highlights of that stupendous and shining French Riviera Pearl a peninsula formed by a hill covered with Aleppo pines and overlooked by a lighthouse.
Its history is linked to that of Antibes whose exceptional site is well known since ancient times,located between Antibes and Juan les Pins that famous promontory is the place in which Francis Scott Fitzgerald was inspired and part of the setting for his novel "Tender" and also in which there are exclusive Hotels and magnificent villas.
On the promontory of Cap d'Antibes the lighthouse stands beside Shrine of the Garoupe which offers a stunning view from Cannes to the Baie des Anges.
Phare de la Garoupe (Garoupe lighthouse) is located at the top shelf of Garoupe on the peninsula of Cap d'Antibes.That building is 29 metres not far from the airport Nice Côte d'Azur and it is characterised by its luminous range is about 60,0 kilometres to the sea and over 100,0 kilometres for aircraft,furthermore it is also equipped with a beacon with a range of 180,0 kilometres.
The fire signal is composed of two successive white flashes over a period of 10 seconds while the bulb has a power of 500 watts.The Fresnel lenses,crystal, rotate under the action of a small electric motor, on a bath of 60 liters of mercury.
Although the weight of the optics is 2.5 tons it can be turned by hand without effort.A construction of the lighthouse was completed in the year 1948,the original building was built in the year 1830 and it was destroyed by German troops during the 2nd World War in August of the year 1944.
Below the lighthouse extends the stupendous forest of the Garoupe a public domain of 9 hectares acquired by the Coastal Conservancy and managed by the municipality of Antibes.
Port Vauban is the marina of Antibes and the largest marina in Europe.It has over 2,000 seats and can accommodate ships of more than 50,0 meters.
The port is known as "platform of billionaires" which are frequently the most beautiful yachts moored in the world, of which Phocéa Mouna Ayoub, the Lady Moura Nasser Al-Rashid,Octopus of Paul Allen,co-founder of Microsoft ,5KR Kingdom,the Saudi Prince Al Walid Bin Talal,the Pelorus of the magnate Roman Abramovich,owner of the Castle also Croé.
Along that same road in Cap d'Antibes is also the place in which that famed character Maupassant was wetting his yacht,the famous Bel Ami.
Worth a visit the Chapelle de St.Jean located at the intersection of the roads Saint-Jean and Saint-Maymes path and listed in the Inventory of historical monuments in the year 1989..That Chapel dedicated to St. John was erected in the 17th century att that time ownership of the Brotherhood of St. John the Baptist and Our Lady of the Garde.
Marineland is a marine theme park and dolphinarium founded in the year 1970 in Antibes on the Mediterranean coast on the road from the seafront of the Maritime Alps on the French Riviera. That complex including:aqua-splash,Water Park the small farm in the Far West,zoo farm animals and playground for children.
In 1970 the Count Roland De La Poype,an industrialist and also a former fighter pilot in the 2nd World War with an immense passion for the marine world created Marineland Antibes on the Cote d'Azur with a mission to make the life accessible for a large number of marine species treating to reach a wide audience.
In the year 2006,the Spanish group Parques Reunidos bought the Marineland Antibes for 75 millions euros.
Many years ago the dolphins, killer whales elephant seals and the seals were hunted for their fur,oil or meat and they were massacred in many places and by creating that theme park,the concept was the study of animal behavior.
President of the National Animal Welfare,Dr. F. Mery welcomes the establishment of Marineland to organise terms Marineland for bringing together this unique collection of aquatic mammals.One source of pride to its creator is the fuel system of the park in seawater process innovative for its time.
The technical installation pump sea water and recycled in each basin every two hours through several filters whose capacity exceeds two million litres per hour.The system is made possible by among other things,the establishment of the park 300 meters from the sea.
The speed of water recycling is the most efficient in the world,they say at the time.You can see in Marineland killer whales,dolphins,sea lions,the Aquariums with the tunnel of sharks,tropical fish,seahorses,sea turtles,the pelicans,flamingos,penguins, rays and also polar bears.In terms of supply it is the largest marine animal park in Europe..
Juan-les-Pins is the most important and glamorous area of Antibes.It is an ancient settlement whose varied and fascinating history dating back 2400 years ago. Events that have been part of the evolution of the city of Antipolis Antibes Juan-les-Pins are written in the history of France and Europe.
The city continued to increase in size after the 1st World War but remained less developed than other coastal cities.It is perhaps for that reason that it has retained its charm and attracted artists such as Prévert, Audibert,Greene,Picasso and Monet who found inspiration in the picturesque and historic atmosphere of that place.
It is a busy area with several cafes and clubs also highlighted by the presence of street performers and naturally a large audience is concentrated in the Casino and shopping.
In the year 1880 the current location of Juan-les-Pins was discovered by the Duke of Albany son of Queen Victoria. At that time Juan les Pins was a stupendous a pine forest surrounded by idyllic sandy beaches a pearl of the French Riviera already appreciated by Dos Passos,Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald for their immense beauty.
The current seaside resort of Juan-les-Pins was set in 1882 started a notable development in the 20s under the leadership of the wealthy American citizens Frank Jay Gould and Edward Baldwin.
Spa focuses on summer tourism,culture and sport, as well as the interests of business and information technology in Sophia Antipolis,Juan-les-Pins also features the Picasso Museum and the Museum Peynet,through which it has achieved its reputation as the city of lovers and one of the most romantic of Europe.
The Musèe Peynet is an exhibition devoted to the famous author of "lovers" who lived a long time in Antibes,the museum aims to become distracted with the works of Raymond Peynet through a set of lithographs,etchings,drawings from China, porcelain, dolls and cartoons for printing .
Sixty years of a very diverse career are so presented through this rich collection.Illustrator and cartoonist for the press,Peynet accepted since 1995 that the museum was dedicated to the recognition and also to put in value of that art getting regular exhibitions of prestigious brands ranging from Daumier to Plantu, through Dubout, Blachon, Moisan, Faizant, Ricord, Mordillo, and many others.
Juan-les-Pins enjoyed glory days in the 1920s, when the Americans started to fill the beaches and transmitting to the city the culture Jazz and the success was immediate.
Several young European people in search of fun and the most famous American stars of the era including Frank Jay Gould, Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and Douglas Fairbanks were accustomed to go to that place.
It was the beginning of the Roaring Twenties. After the 2nd World War the exuberant atmosphere of Juan-les-Pins went again and it became the European New Orleans.
Sidney Bechet was so impressed by the beauty of the place he was married in 1951 during a crazy day, the street in which bands,celebrities and journalists around the world mingled and danced. Bechet played well for the first time the air In the streets of Antibes one of his greatest songs.
In the year 1960 the Jazz Festival of Juan les Pins was launched and any great performers were present there to perform delighting thousands of people.The list of those stars is very long but worth to be mentioned Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock,George Benson, Keith Jarrett, Al Jarreau among others others.
Today the festival takes place in July and after the great history started on July 7, 1960 the date of the inauguration of the First European Festival of Jazz,that event created by Jacques Souplet in collaboration with Jacques Hebey continues to be successful and loved.
In the year 1960 for the first season the United States the birthplace of Jazz participated as guest of honour at the festival the orchestra Wilbur Paris with the bassist Charlie Mingus,Bud Powell, Dizzy Gillespie and the creator of bebop and Rosetta Tharpe.Originally,that festival was spread over nine nights.The program included the Grand Final Tournament Jazz 1960 organised by the French Radio and Television which took place the day before the inauguration.To the success of this first edition,the Jazz Festival of Juan les Pins was renewed every year and the event experienced a recession in the year 1972 during which the city of Nice granted itself the festival, but since 1973 the festival came back to to its former seat.
In the " Parc Les Pins"(The Pines Park) the park of the Casino was placed an arc with the debris of a large trophy to celebrate the first victory in Roman Gaul dated 154 B won in the neighbouring plain.
If you are fond about museums the Napoleonic Museum dedicated to that historic French figure is a very interesting site in which you can also admire a beautiful view of the coast.Located in the old battery called Graillon it hosts several models of ships and Napoleonic souvenirs.
The Archaeological museum housed within a bastion dating from the 17th century made by Vauban contains artifact's found in excavations on land and underwater and it is one of the most important of the entire Southern France.
Antibes celebrates several events.The Battle of Flowers and the Saint Juan festival in June,the festival of St.Pierre and Notre Dame de Bon Port in July, are some of the best known.
Those traditions come together the different cultural events festivals of music and magic shows organised throughout the year.Although there is no special celebration Antibes enjoy a good wine,go to the theatre or a concert to the nearby Cannes and Nice fill our leisure time activity.
That is the place in which life is good,the sky is blue the long nights are warm,restaurants welcome you, there are luxury hotels, discos and casinos were made to attract people all year.
City of culture, tourism and history, Antibes Juan-les-Pins has something for everyone.There are many prestigious international events including the famous Music at the Heart and festivals among the oldest in Europe as the Underwater Images World Festival and the famous" Old Antibes Antique Fair.
European Rally Championship celebrates in the city Rally d'Antibes with big names won this prestigious race such as Sebastien Loeb,Jean Joseph, Auriol,François Delecour Nicholas and many other successful drivers.
The city offers a big variety of beaches where the quality is absolutely outstanding and amazing..In Antibes you can enjoy the beaches of "Brague,Fontonne,Gravette,Fort Carré,Ponteil and Salis.Cap d'Antibes has the Garoupe,Godille,Joliette and Rocher while .Juan les Pins has the beaches of Les Pins,Ondes,Pont Dulys,Epi Hollywood,Gallice and Rêve all magnificent and attracting a multitude of tourists.
In Antibes,in terms of gastronomy,the contrast is striking,you can enjoy a great cuisine starting from a delicious Soupe de poissons de roches (Fish soup with seafood),Carpaccio de-thom I cru Mariné au citron vert gratins Dauphinois,ravioles, rissoles,Creuzets des Ecrins,
for the most demanding palates the light and fragrant Provençal specialties are the most fine in Mediterranean cuisine such as ratatouille,aioli, pistou,bouillabaisse,bourride other variant of fish soup and bring a touch of sun at the table.
Gourmets will be delighted by the honey,calissons, mendiants disks of chocolate-covered dried fruit and quince.The appetiser is also one of the classic rituals a pastis or a local wines Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Cotes-de-Provence, Rasteau or Bandol .
One scene shows Belmondo pass the parapet before the door leading to the square of Revely to enter a window of the building to the left of the door, supposed to be a hotel that houses Catherine Deneuve.
The year 1983 was the time of Never Say Never Again by Irvin Kershner a James Bond with Sean Connery,Klaus Maria Brandauer and Max Von Sydow the scene shot in the Fort Carré.
The Current Antibes commercial activities are related to timber,textiles,salt fish,wines,perfumes,olive oil, oranges and fruit.A few industrial activities as the production of olive oil distilling essences of flowers,the manufacture of noodles and pasta,ceramics, salted fish and marine items.
The port received annually several ships and coasting was 150 to 200 ships of 7,000 to 8 500 tons.Antibes recent decades has seen a new development thrust through the establishment near Sophia Antipolis technology park.Nice airport is the closer to the city around the world, since most of Europe,North Africa, America and the Middle East are linked to the capital of the Riviera with daily connections.With more of 10.4 million passengers the hub airport of Nice moved up to third place in French airports in number of passengers after those of Paris.Antibes is a great destination,you can walk,observe and imagine as was to take place in ancient life entering into that sort of other dimension,raising in mind images of noisy markets and seaports,crucible of buccaneers and pirates which have characterised that place for centuries and centuries.
Antibes and Juan Les Pins do not get bored,casinos,nightclubs,cocktail lounges and bars,exclusive private beaches and a large list of excellent restaurants,will entertain and create the right atmosphere for an enjoyable stay or a very pleasant weekend in that stupendous and shining French Riviera pearl.
Francesco Mari
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