Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Var

Fort
83400 Hyères

The Château Sainte-Agathe is a 16th century military fort located on the island of Porquerolles, in Hyères (Var), built to protect the inhabitants from pirates and naval attacks.

Patrimoine défensif
83400 Hyères

The fort of the Moulin, built in the 16th and 17th centuries on the island of Port-Cros (Hyères), is a military structure transformed several times, now integrated into the National Park of Port-Cros.

Puits
83720 Trans-en-Provence

The Trans-en-Provence air well, built in the 1930s, is an experimental concrete tower designed to condense atmospheric humidity, located in the Var in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Maison d'architecte
83400 Hyeres

Villa Noailles, a 1920s modernist masterpiece in Hyères (Var), is an avant-garde residence designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens for Viscount Charles de Noailles. Symbol of artistic patronage, it combines rational architecture, cubist gardens and exceptional furniture in a Mediterranean setting.

Patrimoine hydraulique
83370 Fréjus

The ancient aqueduct of Fréjus, built in the second century, is a 41 km Roman structure classified as a Historical Monument since 1886. Located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, it linked Mons to Fréjus to supply the city with water, with remains still visible today.

Eglise baroque
83990 Saint-Tropez

The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Saint-Tropez, a baroque building dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, dominates the historic heart of this emblematic Varician town of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Amphithéâtre gallo-romain
83370 Fréjus

The Amphitheatre of Fréjus, built between the end of the first and the beginning of the second century, is a Roman building located in Fréjus in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, which can accommodate up to 12,000 spectators.

Eglise gothique
83470 Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume

The Basilica of Saint-Marie-Madeleine of Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, a Provencal Gothic building of the 13th-17th centuries, houses the relics of Marie Madeleine and was a high medieval pilgrimage site in the Var, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.