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Draguignan's cultural Patrimony
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the stone of the fairy

Pierre de la Fée : The called Dolmen " Pierre de la Fée " owes his name to the legend of the Fairy Estérelle the theater of which it is there partially, legend due to Jean de Notre Queen(crown) (XII-th century) and resumed by Frédéric Mistral.

Dolmens are collective graves. The room(chamber) funeral, opened to the sleeping, of which remain here the paving stone of coverage (about 25 tons) and the supports were contained in a stony screed.

The Tower of the Clock :
The tour which dominates the cliff of Draguignan was the symbol of the power of the city, successively comtal then municipal. Reconstructed in 1662, after the obtained amnesty of Louis XIV, further to the bloody confusions of the Sling, the municipality made build the Tower of the current Clock. Registered on the inventory of Ancient memorials, the height amounts to 18 m, not understood(included) the bell tower.

The American Cemetery and the Memorial : The military cemetery "Rhone" groups together(includes) 861 graves of American soldiers died in the fight in 1944 during the operation " Dragoon ".


On the breast wall of the monument of the Angel of the Peace are registered the names of 293 soldiers the place of grave of which remains unknown.

For any information concerning Draguignan's patrimony, please , contact the equips with the Office of Tourism which stays, all year long, in your service.

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