Saint Tropez Attractions, France

Citadel
High over the town of St-Tropez towers the Citadel, which was built between 1590 and 1607. In the gateway is a large modern relief by Paul Landowski, depicting a ship's cannon being made ready for action. Within the six-cornered fortress is the Musée de la Marine et de l'Histoire Locale (Museum of Shipping and Local History), in which there is a good reproduction of a Greek galley to be seen. From the battlements there is a good view of the Gulf of St-Tropez and the Massif des Maures.

Old Town
The Old Town of St-Tropez is situated to the west below the citadel and is bordered on the other side by the harbor basin. Part of it has been laid out as a pedestrian zone where shops, boutiques and restaurants abound.
Rue de la Citadelle leads down into the center; on the right in Rue du Portail-Neuf stands the 18th century church, in Italian Baroque style, in which can be seen a bust of St-Tropez and beautiful woodcarving (at Christmas time there is a fine Provençal crib).
Northwest of the church near the harbor and the Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall) stands the former Palais des Bailli Pierre-André de Suffren (1729- 1788), Bailiff of the Order of Malta and one of the most important admirals of the French fleet ("Scourge of the English"; his statue stands on the east side of the harbor). From here it is not far on the right to the Mole Jean-Réveille, enclosing the harbor on the north, from where there is a good view of the town's seafront. Luxury yachts in the harbor provide a splendid spectacle, especially when the regatta "La Nioulargue" is being held at the end of September and beginning of October.

Museum of the Anunciation
At the southern corner of the harbor basin in St Tropez (Quai de l'Epi) stands the former Chapel Notre-Dame de l'Annonciade (Chapel of the Annunciation, the Church of the White Penitents of 1510). It now houses the Musée de l'Annonciade, which contains the very remarkable collection of the Lyons industrialist Georges Grammont, pointillist and Fauvist paintings, the creators of which have worked in St Tropez - artists such as Signac, Derain, van Dongen, Rouault, Braque, Bonnard, Matisse and Maillol.

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