Saint-Paul-de-Vence on the French Riviera
Monday, 27 May 2019 - 11:00 am (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union
Category/Kategorie: General, French Riviera
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Saint-Paul-de-Vence is a
commune in the
Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France with 3500 inhabitants. One of the oldest medieval towns on the
French Riviera, it is well known for its
modern and
contemporary art museums and galleries such as
Fondation Maeght which is located nearby.
Saint-Paul-de-Vence has long been a haven of the famous, mostly due to the La Colombe d’Or hotel, whose former guests include Jean-Paul Sartre and Pablo Picasso. During the 1960s, the village was frequented by French actors Yves Montand, Simone Signoret and Lino Ventura, and poet Jacques Prévert.
© panoramio.com - avu-edm/cc-by-3.0
Saint-Paul is also well known for the artists who have lived there, such as
Jacques Raverat,
Gwen Raverat and
Marc Chagall and more recently the couple
Bernard-Henri Lévy and
Arielle Dombasle. Former Rolling Stones bassist
Bill Wyman has a home there. American writer
James Baldwin died there in 1987. British actor
Donald Pleasence died there in 1995.
Miami FC player
Vincenzo Rennella was born in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.
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Saint-Paul-de-Vence Tourism and
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