Selection of the most beautiful monuments in the Var

Romanesque Church
83610 Collobrières

The Chartreuse de la Verne, an ancient Cartus abbey founded in 1170, is a medieval jewel located in Collobrières in the Var, in the heart of the Maures massif. Ranked a historic monument, it combines Romanesque architecture and 18th century restorations.

Pre-Roman art
83140 Six-Fours-les-Plages

The chapel Notre-Dame de la Pépiole, a preroman building of the 8th and 12th centuries in Six-Fours-les-Plages (Var), is one of the oldest Palaeo-Christian monuments in France, marked by its merovingian history and its unique biblical stained glass windows.

Romanesque Church
83600 Fréjus

Saint-Léonce de Fréjus Cathedral, a medieval building with paleo-Christian origins (Vth century), combines octagonal Baptistery, Romanesque cloister and 13th century bell tower in the Var, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Gothic Church
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.

Hydraulic heritage
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.

Gallo-Roman amphitheatre
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.

Romanesque Church
83340 Le Thoronet

The Thoronet Abbey, a 12th century Cistercian jewel located in Thoronet in the Var, embodies the ideal of monastic simplicity in the heart of a preserved forest site in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Abbey
83170 La celle

The Abbey of La Celle, 11th century Romanesque Romanesque jewel in La Celle (Var), is a former double monastery listed as a historical monument, a witness to medieval religious history in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.