24
Aug
Forest trail of Défends

Along the way, you’ll discover Mediterranean flora with educational panels, and the 17th-century Sainte Croix chapel… There’s also the 1814 Peace Monument and a magnificent panoramic view over the bay of Saint-Cyr-les-Lecques and…

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24
Aug
DOOR SAINT JEAN

(listed as a historic monument) This gate bears the symbolic name of the first parish. Bored into the ramparts, it was the main entrance to the village in the Middle Ages. And conversely,…

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24
Aug
DOOR MAZARINE

So named because it was opened in 1657 with the authorization of Mazarin, then Lord of La Cadière. It was enlarged in 1937. It was next to this gate that King Charles IX…

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24
Aug
GLUE DOOR

It has the same characteristics as the Porte St Jean. It is also one of the three primitive gates that gave access to the village. The portcullis slide can still be seen, but…

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24
Aug
The discovery of cade ovens

La Cadière is home to 25 ovens, but unfortunately they are all on private land, except for 2 on the GR 51 towards La Toussane. Cade ovens are massive constructions, built of large…

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24
Aug
La Cadière-d’Azur clock tower

Built in the 16th century, it is narrow (2.6 meters at the base) and rises to a height of around 20 meters. It is topped by an attractive wrought-iron campanile. The clock :…

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1
Aug
Monumental drinking water reservoirs

It was Cardinal Mazarin, then abbot of Saint-Victor, who authorized the opening of a new gate in the ramparts (the Porte Mazarine). It was decided to build the first reservoir “to hold the…

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1
Aug
Saint-André Church

Built between 1508 and 1522 on the site of a 12th-century church and enlarged in the 17th and 18th centuries, this late-Gothic church features a beautiful polychrome marble altar with ciborium. The church…

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