Tuesday.

First stop, St. Paul de Vence, one of the oldest medieval villages on the French Riviera.  This, and the nearby museum, is so spectacular that a special edition of the blog is required.  Both the old city and the museum, a museum that counts for several museum visits.

First the museum, its history here:  https://www.fondation-maeght.com/en/

Mostly outdoor spaces with very large pieces.

A view inside, a lovely space also with large pieces.

And from the special exposition, mostly works of this type but many in carrera marble.

The town is just too preciious to describe.

The donjon is 12th century origin, the eglise is from the 13th with some additions.  No flying butresses, therefore small windows.

Nave,

Roman arch which unsurprisinly needed a metal rod brace

As we visited in the rain and the streets are old cobbled rocks and that the town is built on a steep hill it did not surprise us that it was slippery, We brought out the walking sticks.

The city is surrounded by ramparts and our first thoughts were to Monty Python throwing sheep over them.