Monuments to visit Var

Set on the quay of the port, the bronze statue of the Genius of Navigation was sculpted by the Toulon Louis Joseph Daumas and inaugurated on May 1st, 1847 in honour of King Louis Philippe. This statue once had the nicknames of Genius of the sea, military engineering, marine engineering, but also for the Residents of Toulon "L'Ome negre" or "The Man of Bronze". Erected in honour of all the illustrious sailors, it is under the nickname "Cuverville" it is most often referred to, because of the orientation of the rear anatomy to the city. However, many people have forgotten that this popular nickname goes back to the memory of Vice Admiral of Cuverville, commander of the Mediterranean fleet in 1895.       

This place was built in 1917 by the Vietnamese who came to fight with the French, at a place where a huge lying Buddha throne in the garden outside. A cultural garden with monumental marble statues made in Vietnam was recently added.

It is crowned by a bell from 1551.

This unusual sculpture in downtown Toulon is a life-size reproduction of the prow of the frigate La Flore, a royal ship of the ^18th century. The original figure, which represents Neptune, the Roman god of the sea, is on display at the Musée National de la Marine. Leaning against a wall, where a mast and a sail are painted, this monumental work is more than 10 meters high. It will pleasantly surprise you when you arrive on the small Vatel square, lost in the middle of the pedestrian streets of Toulon, between the Vezzani street and the Capucins passage.

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It flows on a Roman site and dates from the 16th century.

In the south of Armes square, this 400 meter long building, designed by Vauban, was originally used in the manufacture of cordage of sailing ships. This length was necessary to weave together the ropes of sailing ships strand by strand, rolled up on huge drums. This place had two levels of workshops. Inside the rope factory, the vaults supported by two rows of square stone pillars can be discovered in the Service Historique de la Défense library, the only public place of rope-making. The door of the facade of the rope making factory closed the former Jesuit College.

Château de La Verdière, located in the commune of La Verdière in the Var department, is a listed historic site. Built in the Xᵉ century, it is the largest château in Provence by surface area. The château also features temporary exhibitions and a history of a renaissance.