Red inn
At the evocation of the Auberge Rouge everyone immediately thinks of Claude Très-Lara's film as well as Fernandel confessing Françoise Rosay behind a grill...
Category: History
11 June 1909, the earth trembles in Provence
The most violent earthquake that France experienced in the 20th century Photo by André Abbe On 11 June 1909 at 21:00, the Earth...
The Vespers Marseillaises
This name refers to « Sicilian Vespers" when in 1282 the French settled in Sicily were massacred and expelled from the island. On the port of Marseille –...
The Revolutionary and the Micocolier
At the gates of the Verdon between Sillans la Cascade and Montmeyan, you can reach the village of Fox-Amphoux perched in a hillside road...
27 January 1968, the Minerva no longer responds
La rade de Toulon-Photo André Abbe. July 2019, the wreck of the submarine the Minerve has finally been located. An old riddle of half a century The...
Two brothers dead in the war
They are the brothers of my great maternal grandmother Jules Fabre – Photo family Boyer Family Archives Boyer Louis Fabre – Photo family Boyer...
Avenue du XVe corps
Photo André Abbe The cities of Fréjus, Toulon, Nice, Saint-Raphaël to name but a few have an avenue of the 15th body But what is this...
Incredible story of Martin Bidour shot twice
Jean Louis Ferdinand MARTIN was born in Barjols, Var, on August 24, 1825. He is the son of François, a long sawer from the Apinac region.