At the end of a wild peninsula, the gulf of Saint-Tropez is rich of a rich history of a succession of high feats of arms and great historical events. Saint-Tropez was populated in antiquity, by of Phéniciens installed in Marseille.Ils created stations of damping along mediterranée, to ensure navigation between their counters of trade. Among those one finds that of Athenopolis, perhaps located on the site of the current town of Saint-Tropez.Lors of the invasion of Gaule by the Romans, the city took the name of Héracléa.

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Into year 68 of our era, the Knight Torpes intendant of the house of Néron, was converted by Saint-Paul of which it ensured the garde.Il proclaimed openly his faith Chrétienne at the time of the festivals of Diane in Pisa.

After the fall of the Roman empire, Provence was invaded by various populations which drove out the inhabitants of them. At the end of the thousand-year-old first, Saint-Tropez was deserted.

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In the year 972 Guillaume of Provence drove out the last invaders and builds what is now the Suffren tower At the 15th century, king Rene gets busy to raise and repleupler Provence devastated and depopulated by the invasions and the peste.En 1441 it creates with the profit of sound chambella Jean de Cossa Baronnie de Grimaud, this one realized that the weak point of the area of Saint-Tropez and that was needed at all costs the protéger.Il was the Gulf entrusted this load to an Italian gentleman, Raphaël de Garezzio which made come 21 génoises families, which rebuilt and strengthened the cité.Une started from these fortifications surrounds the day before city still nowadays.

In 1558 the king grants the right to them to raise an army under the authority of a Captain of ville.En the 1637 Tropezienne army puts in escape 21 galères espagnoles.Tous these privileges will be repealed by Louis XIV in 1672 at the time of the installation of a royal garrison to the Citadel (it currently shelters a Naval museum)

Of more than his traditional activities (fishing, shipyards, trade, agriculture), Saint-Tropez provides as of XVIe century of many sailors and navigators to defend his coasts (they were initially corsairs)

During the revolution, Barras persuades Tropéziens to give again at their village the name of Héraclée. We are in 1793.

The XIXe century sees developing to a significant degree the activities related to the navy; thus one in 1860 in Saint-Tropez builds "the Queen of the Angels", one three masts of 740 barrels which will be the floret of the Merchant navy.

Saint-Tropez grows, prosperous. In 1866 the statue of the Baillif de Suffren on the port is set up. In 1913, Emile Ollivier, minister of Napoleon III, are buried in the tomb which it made build on rocks dominating the sea with the Saline ones, just opposite its field of the castle of Moutte.

Each year, of splendid ceremonies, as the Bravados restore the last rich person of St tropez. The Bravado of May, in particular, is the communion of a whole population in the veneration of Patron saint and the celebration of glorious feats of arms for the defense of the country of Maures.

St Tropez with contributed to re-elected Riviera.

With St Tropez all famous and is celebrated there:
- beaches: Bouillabaisse, Caneliers, Saline, Pampelonne… one counts forty it on the peninsula.

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- the place of the Strings where, under the plane trees, take place of the parts of games of bowls interfering high-speed motorboats of the show business and high-speed motorboats local carrying the famous leather sandals, the "Tropéziennes" and sirotant the Pastis per hour of aperitif.

St Tropez became St Too since 1950, when the artistic and intellectual world Parisian, envoûté by the charm of the small port, went down with St Too much for the summer. Crossed there on the port Sagan, Picasso, Prévert and much of others. The myth has been accentuated with the arrival of Brigitte Bardot in the Sixties, it is installed there for more than 20 years

If you have the choice, prefer April, Mars, May, June and September to appreciate St Tropez. Without crowd, old St Tropez will appear with its small lanes charming and flowered with the hot colors

From good morning, the place with Grasses offers vegetables, fruits and flowers beside the marina where remain some sinners who sell their fish on the market, not far from the famous breweries "the Gorilla" and "Sénéquier".

A market of Provence typical takes place each Tuesday and Saturday morning on the Place of the Strings.

The "Bravados" of St Tropez, processions religious and festives, are very animated. The first begin in May, last A place on June 15
To visit:

The old port. The Place of the Strings. Rue Gambetta, La Place de l'Ormeau et l'église du XVIIIème
avec son clocher jaune et ocre. Musée de l'Annonciade avec sa collection de Paul Signac, Braque,
Matisse, Utrillo, Van Dongen, Bonnard, Dufy... et la maison des papillons.