Tourism : Mandelieu La Napoule on the french riviera

Mandelieu la napoule

Overview

Mandelieu-la-Napoule is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes département in France, located on the French Riviera just to the southwest of Cannes and northeast of Théoule-sur-Mer. It is known for the Chateau of La Napoule, a fortified castle of the 14th century. In the 20th century, Henry and Marie Clews, a couple from a wealthy New York banking family, renovated the castle, which they then inhabited. Henry was a painter and sculptor whose work still fills the castle, which is now run as a non-profit arts foundation by his descendents. The population of Mandelieu-la-Napoule is less than 20,000. It is the home of ex MI6 agent Richard Tomlinson


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SightSeeing

• CHATEAU DE LA NAPOULE
  This 14th-century castle was dismantled by the Duke of Savoy's soldiers, and transformed into a glass factory after 1789. Much later on, it was bought by Henry Clews who undertook major restoration that give[...]
• JARDINS DU CHATEAU DE LA NAPOULE
  The gardens were designed by Mary Clews, wife of the American sculptor Henry Clews who restored the castle in Gothic style at the beginning of the century. Wandering around the alley-ways, you'll come across[...]