Culture
Museum de l'Annonciade
The artists of color
The museum "de l'Annonciade", founded in 1922, remembers us that the city of Saint-Tropez was one of the most active places in the avant-garde painting in the early years of the twentieth century. Paul Signac discovered in 1892 this charming little fishing port from the board of his yacht Olympia. Attracted by the scenery, Signac bought a house in which he installed his studio: "La Hune." Hither he invited many other contemporary artists, including Cross, Matisse, Derain and Marquet.
The collections, beginning with the early artists from 1890 to 1950, impress by their quality and homogeneity. All exposed artists have their work based on the consideration of color built up, without losing sight of the reality of the pictorial representation. At this first-class compilation includes paintings, especially the movements of Pointillism to Fauvism.
The Museum d'Annonciade can be considered as one of the first museum of modern art in France. From the beginning, you could found work in its galleries of the most important living artists. Through the cohesion and harmony of the collections, supported by the founders and largest donors, Georges Grammont, this museum have become an outstanding example in France and around the world:in a confined space, they collected the most important masterpieces of the history of French painting.
Homepage des Museums l'Annonciade (englisch)
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| Opening times: from April to October |
| * every day: 14h30-18h |
| * monday, wednesday and friday: 10h-12h30 |
| * closed on sunday |
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In the old gardens' quarter of Saint-Tropez, Dany Lartigue has collected over several decades, a collection of exotic butterflies. More than 35,000 different specimens: including several endangered and today protected species, as little known or rare species, such as the Black Apollon of Mercantour.
The citadel
The citadel of Saint-Tropez has been overlooking the village since the early XVII th century. Most important defense element between Antibes and Toulon during centuries, it is one of the few monuments of this size on the Var coast. Formely, its slopes were free of vegetation, making it possible to fire the canons against nearby enemy ships.
In order to preserve this site and to better welcome you, the town of Saint-Tropez and the State are restoring the citadel. The dungeon is currently being rebuilt and is closed to the public.
A museum of Saint-Tropez’s maritime history and a naval museum are projected for 2012 and 2013.
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