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...
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- Town location
- Close to a public transportation
- Village centre
- In the historic centre
