Monuments Cagnes sur mer Sightseeing in Cagnes sur mer

Cagnes sur mer

SightSeeing

• CHATEAU DE CAGNES-SUR-MER
  A stronghold build c. 1300 on a hilltop by the Grimaldis of Cagnes, transformed into a palatial home c. 1620 (reception rooms and staterooms in the Baroque style, splendid trompe-l'oeil paintings). Today, it[...]
• CHATEAU GRIMALDI
  Built on Greek and Roman ruins, it served as the Bishop's Castle during the Middle Ages, then as a fortress, the seigneural residence of the Grimaldis and the residence of royal governors. After the[...]
• DOMAINE DES COLLETTES
  The estate owned by artist Auguste Renoir, whose home is now a museum, is comprised of a century-old-olive-grove surrounding an area planted with orange-trees and a terrace of rose-bushes. Superb view of the[...]
• MUSEE ETHNOGRAPHIQUE DE L'OLIVIER
  Reconstruction of a traditional oil mill with the round stone wheels, presses, jars, a collection of oil lamps, tools, objects in olive wood laden with iconography folklore and so on.
• MUSEE RENOIR
  The Domaine des Collettes, and its park enhanced by the olive-trees so beloved by the artist, was the last home of Auguste Renoir. Preserved as is with its original furniture and decoration, the house also[...]