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The tower dates from the 12th century. The west face retains its original appearance with its arrow-slits indicating an internal staircase. We don't know where…

Formerly named Place Mirabeau, it later became Place Georges Clemenceau. Only the oldest parts remain from the former episcopal palace - the building on the…

This square bears the name of Jean-Baptiste Surian (1670-1754), a member of the Académie Française, and Bishop of Vence from 1728 to 1754. The square…

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The Portail Levis is one of the three gates of the Roman road. This ‘portal' consisted of a square tower, demolished in 1819, with, at…

Vence is one of those rare mediaeval towns which have retained their walls and to have an old town in the form of an ellipse.…

L'Enfer, a picturesque corner, evokes its mediaeval past. At the corner of a courtyard is a commemorative stone erected by the town to Publius Cornelius…

The Porte du Signadour (watchman's tower in provençal) dates from the 13th century.

The first gate in the walls allowing people to leave the town led to the Place Antony Mars, formerly the Place Vieille. In 1431 the…

Monseigneur Moreau (Bishop of Vence, 1759-1763) ordered an opening to be made in the walls in order to reach the Great Seminary more quickly. In…