Monuments Villefranche sur mer Sightseeing in Villefranche sur mer

Villefranche sur mer

SightSeeing

• CHAPELLE SAINT-PIERRE - CHAPELLE COCTEAU
  Ancient Romanesque chapel dedicated to Saint Peter, patron-saint of fishermen, entirely restored and decorated by Jean Cocteau.
• CITADELLE SAINT-ELME
  To protect the County of Nice from invaders, the Duke of Savoy had the Citadel built in the 16th century, together with the satellite fortresses of Mont-Alban and Saint-Hospice, and the port of La Darse where[...]
• COLLECTION ROUX
  Collection of almost 300 figurines in polychrome ceramics, representing scenes of daily life in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
• EGLISE SAINT-MICHEL
  In the Old Town. Built in the 14th century, it was transformed to suit contemporary taste in the mid-18th century. It contains a recumbent figure of Christ sculpted in fig-tree wood by a galley-slave.
• MUSEE DES MAQUETTES MARINES
  Models of French and foreign warships and sailboats past and present. Open all year round.
• MUSEE GOETZ BOUMEESTER
  Survey of work by two artists, Christine Boumeester and Henri Goetz, friends of Picasso, Picabia, Miro and Hartung.
• MUSEE VOLTI
  Bronzes, beaten copperwork, sanguines, an important collection for both the quantity of works on exhibit and for their museographic staging. Also contains the Goetz-Boumeester Collection.