It is a a whole range of beautiful landscapes which are offered to the glance visitors of the Beausset-Old man: Chain of Holy the Balsam, background with the golf of Ciotat, leaving an escape towards the sea. Throats of Ollioules at the medieval villages of Castellet and CadièreEn passing by the slopes and the broad planted small valleys of olive-trees.

many vestiges tell the animated past of the Beausset old man. It remains there a Romance vault of XIIème as well as a more ancient gallery where are exposed more than 80 ex-votos in thanks with Our Lady of Beausset Vieux. Several famous men remained there: Louis XIV, Bonaparte…

One can reach the sanctuary by the old mule track, the way is marked out by a series of oratories. After the abandonment of the beausset-Old man in 1506, the installation of the community was done on the nipple where is the current agglomeration. This one, although more recent (a few centuries nevertheless) is not less rich in historical memories. The city of Beausset is classified green station, it deserves the turning. You will be able to enjoy his excellent olive oil there while placing you under the ND protection of the Beausset Old man.

The Ligurians, Phocéens de Tauroentum, the Romans, in turn occupied this height of 400 mêtres, at the top of our hill-mother, who is the Beausset-Old man, an incomparable observatory and a cutting off, almost inexpugnable, in a time when it was necessary to supervise and to protect itself.

Then the Princes of the Beams, the Viscounts of Marseilles and Evèques of Marseilles were our lords successively until the Revolution.

Of our old habitat remain only the sober one and moving Romance vault by Xlle century and an adjacent gallery much more ancient, where exposed are painted and naive, more than 80 ex-votos, attesting the miracles achieved by the celestial protective one, Our-Lady of the Beausset-Old man, whose venerated statue, the last in date, leaves the workshop of Pierre Puget. Remainder it is gold a Virgin on field of azure, the feet on a money crescent, the head surrounded by seven stars of same with the currency "Baussetensium Advocata" (the lawyer of Beausset) which appears in our armorial bearings.

This place of pélerinages traditional always very followed is also a high-place of tourism. In addition to the antique building of Marial and its entours, given in state and maintained always well by a team voluntary workers, who are already a powerful attraction, this view-point makes it possible to discover a complete circular sight.

One can reach the sanctuary, foot, by the old mule track which are marked out by a series of oratories dedicated to the protective Saints and to the Virgin who appears in the Communal Armorial bearings with the currency "Beaussetensium Advocata" (the lawyer of Beausset).

Aprés the abandonment, in 1506, of the Beausset-Old man, the installation of the Community was done on the nipple where is the current agglomeration, this one is not less rich of historical memories, although it has existed only for a few centuries.

"HISTORY OF the BEAUSSET" of Jean GAVOT to the editions Jeanne LAFFITTE, 1989 (re-examined and increased republication edition of 1976 of the same editor)

To visit:

The church of XIXème. The large fountain. Oratory of saint-Louis.La Romance vault. The statue of Our lady.