Évenos

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Évenos
Coat of arms of Évenos
Évenos (France)
Évenos
region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur
Department Var
Arrondissement Toulon
Canton Ollioules
Community association Sud Sainte Baume
Coordinates 43 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 43 ° 10 ′  N , 5 ° 50 ′  E
height 78-804 m
surface 41.95 km 2
Residents 2,405 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 57 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 83330
INSEE code 83053
Website http://www.evenos.fr/

Castle ruins of Évenos

Évenos is a French commune with 2,405 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Var in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . It belongs to the canton of Ollioules in the arrondissement of Toulon .

geography

The municipality of Évenos is about ten kilometers northwest of Toulon . It is made up of three villages: Sainte Anne d'Evenos , today's administrative center of the municipality, the old village of Évenos ( Nebre in Provencal ) on a hill and Le Broussan .

history

A few centuries before our era, the region was inhabited by Celto-Ligurian tribes who have left many traces in the Destel gorges. In this gorge was the village of Saint Estève, in which there was a large chapel with three apses and a leprosy station operated by the Templars. The Romans built an oppidum on the remains of a Greek tower .

Louis IX of France, Saint Louis stayed here on his return from a crusade. The Saracens destroyed the village several times. The residents who inhabited the current location of Évenos began to fortify the village with a medieval castle in the tenth century.

Around this castle there is a second rampart, which is now partially destroyed. Only the sidewalk, the “chemin de ronde” is still there. A church is part of the castle fortress, it was fortified, the defense platform can be reached via a staircase that leads down from the “chemin de ronde”. It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century and got a roof and a small bell tower.

Attractions

  • The Romanesque parish church of Saint-Martin in the old village of Évenos was built in the 11th century.
  • The castle (which is now privately owned) is visible from the Gorges d'Ollioules and was completely renovated in 2016.
  • The wild side of Provencal nature can be experienced in the gorge of Ollioules ( Gorges d'Ollioules ), the Destel Valley ( Vallon de Destel ), by the sandstone cliffs of Grès de Sainte Anne and in the Croupatier cave .
  • Fort Pipaudon , which today belongs to the municipality of St Anne d'Evenos .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In the meantime archived page from http://www.le-var-en-provence.com/evenos/index.html ( Memento from September 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed January 5, 2016. Also a plaque at the entrance of the Church specifies the 11th century as the time of construction.

Web links

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