Villefranche su Mer is pretty small and it occupied a strip of land along the mountains and the sea. This bay and harbor were more suited for military fortifications of which there many. The citadel is the one seen above and the is the one that we toured through. There was an art exhibit, a hotel where we saw a wedding and several other enterprises all operating inside the walls. As I mentioned before in a previous post, when the fortified walls were ordered to be removed this structure from 1554 was allowed to remain standing. This was partly due to the aesthetics of the construction and partly due to how well it worked as a fort. We then walked into town for lunch and continued to stroll along the water
Very delicate bridge over the gorge
Steep walls
It is amazing that it has been around for almost 500 years
These ladies asked me if I could take their picture, so I did. That got a chuckle and we saw them four more times as the day progressed
The gate that could swing up and out of the way
Cannons to rain destruction upon the pirate fleets
Round belly
A big red gate and a blue statue from the art exhibit
A tired model
The blue is in sharp contrast with the green and red.
Wood and stone were his materials of choice
Looking out of one of the tower's windows
Carved redwood
Many pieces were outdoors but there were even more inside
Golden
No one can enter
Golden eye
More art inside
Shadows of our fellow travelers
Nice symmetry
Who dat with the hat?
More ghost shadows
More art down the long corridore
Two sided
Congrats!
Get a room!
Luckily they are already at a hotel
Getting sexy already
If only the cannons were still pointed out these windows
The military harbor
Now just pleasure baots
We found more art!
This guy is prolific
Nice setting for a show
My head popping out of the art
Having a blue moment
I am guessing the Moors swung by at some point in time
The dome is slowly being covered with ivy
So is the cannon
More art through the door
The jetty
We areound the back
Contrasting styles
Who is in the window?
Leslie is
One gigantic projector
Olives to start!
Bring us more!
A fantastic church
Nice balconies
Pizza time
That is a big ball of motzerella
Spicy sausage
The Chef's salad
Wood fired oven
Three wheelers cafreening down the hill
But the car is smiling
Racoon crossing
A weathered beast of a man
More big playthings floating about
The train station
All these are dinghies for larger boats
A nice walk along the water
Dinghy town
A villa perched on the rocks
Additional fortifications
Sea mammals
A little free linrary
The tiniest of busses
VIP's arriving for lunch in their Bently
We walked into the town
Got a gelato
Strolled the narrow passages
Stacked tightly
Some flowers while we wait for the HoHo to return
