Carved into the rock at the foot of the Roquebrune castle, it is punctuated with staircases, vaulted passages, medieval residences where the guests of the seigneurial court stayed.
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An 1863 guidebook describes Roquebrune as "amphitheatrical when viewed from the sea", with "its houses seeming to climb one on top of the other". A visit to rue Montcollet shows that this is not just an image. It was a real challenge to draw up a plan of these singular constructions, described in another guidebook from the same period in the following terms: "As for the houses, it's a dream! They cling to the ground, embedded in the mountain". All of which fuelled human fascination and created myths. For example, local legend has it that an underground passageway led to the lower part of the château. The existence of caves and galleries, many of them man-made and landscaped today, reinforces the belief. In the past, this street - one of the oldest in the village - provided access to the castle from under the keep.
An 1863 guidebook describes Roquebrune as "amphitheatrical when viewed from the sea", with "its houses seeming to climb one on top of the other". A visit to rue Montcollet shows that this is not just an image. It was a real challenge to draw up a plan of these singular constructions, described in another guidebook from the same period in the following terms: "As for the houses, it's a dream! They cling to the ground, embedded in the mountain". All of which fuelled human fascination and...
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