Roquebrune-sur-Argens , hyphen(link) among the Moors and the Estérel, is one Provençal town millennium situated away from the big communications. Protected by the class(course) of Argens which one crossed(exceeded) only in boat until 1830, she(it) was saved(spared) by the wars and the invasions and was able to keep(preserve) in her(its) stones the tracks of its past.

to see :
The parochial Church : The impressive size which we notice was given to him(her) in the XVI-th century, under François's 1-st administration. She(it) is characteristic of time revival, period of economic and demographic flourish.

Castrum (fortified town established on a rocky hook): After Guillaume 1-st, Count of Provence, had hunted(chased away) definitively buckwheat of their Fraxinet's den (Garde-Freinet) towards 973, the population, installed(settled) previously on the cultivable grounds of La-Valetta not far from the chapel John Dory In Vallis and who had scattered, came to settle down on the most close, easily defensible height. And so was born (the end of the X-th century), Castrum de Roquebrune.

The Chapel Saint Michel :The first construction of this chapel seems to go back up(raise) to the XII-th century. The presence would be indeed given evidence, in 1152 , date to whom(which) the pope Eugène III gave to Montmajour the church St - Michel near the Castrum de Roquebrune.

And many others else...
The office of Tourism proposes you a brochure detailed(retailed) on the route(course) through the history of the village millennium of in the course of streets, in the course of time...

For any information, please, contact the O.M.Tourisme

Credit text and photos: advertising Leaflet(gatefold) " The history of the village millennium " Municipal Office of the Tourism