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Saint-Paul-de-Vence has long been a haven of the famous, mostly due to the La Colombe d'Or hotel, [8] whose former guests include Jean-Paul Sartre and Pablo Picasso. [9] During the 1960s, the village was frequented by French actors Yves Montand , Simone Signoret and Lino Ventura , and poet Jacques Prévert .
View of the sculpture garden at The Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul de Vence, France. The Maeght Foundation or Fondation Maeght (pronounced) [1] [2] is a museum of modern art on the Colline des Gardettes, a hill overlooking Saint-Paul de Vence in the southeast of France about 25 km (16 mi) from Nice.
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Vence (French pronunciation:; Occitan: Vença) is a commune set in the hills of the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France, north of Nice and Antibes on the Mediterranean coast.
Puget-Théniers, cantons: Puget-Théniers, Beuil, Gilette, Guillaumes, Roquestéron, Saint-Étienne-de-Tinée and Villars-sur-Var. The population of the department in 1812 was 131,266, and its area was 3,226.74 square kilometres (1,245.85 sq mi), covering both present-day Arrondissement of Nice , Principality of Monaco and Province of Imperia .
Marc Chagall (1887–1985); lived in Saint-Paul-de-Vence between 1948 and 1985. Henri-Edmond Cross (1856–1910); discovered the Côte d'Azur in 1883, and painted at Monaco and Hyères. Maurice Denis (1870–1943); painted at St. Tropez and Bandol. Raoul Dufy (1877–1953); whose wife was from Nice, painted in the region, including in Nice.
The Chapelle du Rosaire de Vence (Chapel of the Rosary), often referred to as the Matisse Chapel or the Vence Chapel, is a small Catholic chapel located in the town of Vence on the French Riviera. It was dedicated to the Dominican Order. [1] The church was built and decorated between 1947 and 1951 under a plan devised by the artist Henri ...
It is currently located at the Maeght Foundation in Saint Paul de Vence, France. [1] Labyrinth consists of 250 works, mainly sculptures, scattered in a terrace garden overlooking the sea, which illustrate the story of the connection between the Maeght family and Joan Miró. The labyrinth is a walk through the mind and imagination of the artist. [2]