La Cadière-d’Azur

(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, it was the most direct way to access the water from the Fontaine Saint Jean and to attend mass at the chapelle Saint-Jean. The gate was originally fitted with a portcullis, and we can still admire the two sturdy casements ordered in 1561 by the Municipality. They are adorned with old nails, some of which still bear 13th-century initials.

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 the Sainte Baume.

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 water coming from the Candis fountain, and to carry it from the fountain to the fountain below the square".

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 features a beautiful polychrome marble altar with ciborium, and a painting of the Flagellation by Rubens, which is listed as a Historical Monument. The church has a hexagonal bell tower, one of whose bells dates back to 1456, making it the oldest in the Var region.