Agay (Saint-Raphaël)
Agay is a district of Saint-Raphael in the southeast of France in the Var department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur . Agay is located directly on the coast of the Côte d'Azur .
location
After Saint-Raphaël it is nine kilometers to the west and Cannes is about 35 kilometers to the east. It is a popular tourist destination due to its location on the Mediterranean Sea , but is less visited compared to Saint-Tropez and Nice , which are in the immediate vicinity.
history
The roots of Agay are said to reach back to a port of the Oxybinier, a Celtic-Ligurian tribe. The port called Agathon offered the Greeks of Massilia protection and trading opportunities. Around 57 BC Then the Romans founded a port facility ( Portus Agathonis ). In the 10th century, the Count of Provence, William the Liberator , gave Agay to Bishop Riculphe of Fréjus . In 1235 the Agay, which was no longer inhabited due to the numerous Saracen raids, came to Raymond Beranger IV.
Under Cardinal Richelieu , the place called Agay from that time on was equipped with fortifications, two of which were towers. One on the treetop where the lighthouse is today and the other at Le Dramont . After the revolution, the crews stationed in the castle there were withdrawn and Agay was incorporated into St. Raphael. During the Second World War, the Germans destroyed the castle and burned the landscape around the Estérel . The Anthéor viaduct was targeted, and most of the houses and the chapel were destroyed.
Worth seeing
- Fountain of the Little Prince ( Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ecclesiastically married in Agay in 1931) on the east side of the beach at the parking lot of the Center Commercial.
- Baumette lighthouse with the stele.
- Renovated old and still inhabited post office.
- Place du Togo , a meeting place for boules players and a venue for events.
- Île d'Or , which animated the draftsman Hergé to create his black island .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 26 ' N , 6 ° 52' E