Saturday, September 17 and Sunday, September 18
- The Heritage Journey
The theme of this 2011 edition gives us the opportunity to highlight the extraordinary vitality and richness of a national heritage that has been built through the movement of works and artists, influenced by different currents and influences.
Indeed, from the moment of its construction, a building is the result of a diverse composition between the influences of its architect, the fashions or techniques of an era, and the skills inherited from neighboring regions or bordering countries.
Therefore, the Tourist Office will offer a rich program of guided tours providing a special insight into this aspect of the Saint-Paul heritage.
Moreover, a visit to the collegiate church will allow visitors to discover remarkable 17th-century paintings, works by artists foreign to the region that arrived in Saint-Paul through the influence of prominent village families, such as the Bernardi and the Barcillon.
Another itinerary on the theme of fortifications will, among other things, illustrate the principle of bastioned fortification, born beyond the mountains and later adopted by French military architects.
Additionally, a lantern-lit night walk on Saturday evening will reveal a different, more intimate Saint-Paul.
For Heritage Days, the guided tours offered are free of charge.
- Saturday, September 17
11 a.m.: The treasures of the Collegiate Church
In the 17th century, the collegiate church experienced an extraordinary artistic activity resulting in an intense circulation of works and artists. While Claudio Coello’s painting is a remarkable example, it also reminds us that this artistic momentum was supported by illustrious families of the village.
4 p.m.: Saint-Paul de Vence, the last journey of Marc Chagall
For nearly twenty years, Marc Chagall painted countless couples of lovers floating above the village among bouquets of multicolored flowers.
This visit is an invitation to travel through the pictorial universe and the Mediterranean years of Marc Chagall.
9 p.m.: Lantern-lit night walk in the dimness of the alleys, the village reveals a more intimate face and unveils its most secret stories.
Sunday, September 18
11 a.m.: The treasures of the Collegiate Church
4 p.m.: From medieval walls to bastioned ramparts
In the Middle Ages, Saint-Paul de Vence became an important military stronghold and underwent several fortification campaigns during the 14th and 16th centuries.
Discover the remnants of the medieval enclosure and the bastioned ramparts that still deeply mark the village’s appearance today and constitute one of the gems of the regional heritage.
- Free access to the Museum of Local History and the Chapel of the White Penitents
decorated by Folon – Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
