Chateauneuf-Grasse

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Villages > Chateauneuf-Grasse      

Nearby:  | Le Bar-sur-Loup 4 km | Cannes 19 km | Gorges-du-Loup 7 km | Gourdon 9 km | Grasse 7 km | Mouans-Sartoux 9 km | Mougins 13 km | Nice 32 km | Opio 1 km | Pont-du-Loup 7 km | Saint Paul-de-Vence 17 km | Tourrettes-sur-Loup 15 km | Vence 21 km |

Below: | Sites | History | O.T. | Sports | Hiking | Dining | Lodging Hotels |

Inside the old village is a change of pace, as there's no commerce and no shoppers. The only village activity of that sort is the médiathèque, and that's very well done. The libriary (bibliothèque) part has three floors of books, including a floor for childrens' books, and a section of English-language books. The "média" part has 15 computers for online activities.

Chateauneuf-Grasse has a good number of narrow streets for wandering and exploring, most paved with a decorative strip of flagstones up the center. The house facades are a mixture of the older-style stone-and-mortar and those surfaced in the brighter provençal colors. The town hall (mairie) is in a peach-orange with blue-grey shutters. Beside the mairie is another colorful building with trompe-l'oeil windows on the one end that perfectly match the real windows on the front.

Other Sites

Roman

Notre-Dame-du-Brusc

The Notre-Dame-du-Brusc chapel is the reduced remains of a vast basilica built in the 11th century, on the site of a 5th-century church. The site was occupied since the Bronze Age, and became an assembly point during the Roman era. A large Roman site was located here and the adjacent area of Le Vignal.

History

Name
First record, 1153 Castrum de Castello, Castro novo

Celto-Ligurian: The ruins of the dolmen of Pierre-Haute were located to the northeast [we haven't found it].

Medieval: A local population grew here in the 5th century at Brusc (2 km southeast) with the building of a church and baptistery. A few centuries of invasions troubled the area until the feudal system took over around the 11th century, and the large basilica was built then at Brusc.

In the 12th century the Lords of Opio built a new castle on the highest point in the area, the site of a previous oppidum. This castle became known as the Chateau Neuf d'Opio, and people began moving close for protection.

In the 13th century, relations between Opio and the New Castle of Opio deterierated to the point where the higher point broke off from Opio and became independent. The communal boundary included the site of Brusc with Chateauneuf-Grasse.

Notre Dame du Brusc had suffered during the Wars of Religion, and in the 17th century it was rebuilt.

In the 19th century (1822) the commune of Clermont was attached to Chateauneuf by royal decree. In 1830 the hamlets of Bergiers detached from Chateauneuf and attached to the commune of Rouret.

Office de Tourisme

Tel (Mairie): 04 92 60 36 03; Fax: 04 92 60 36 00

Sports

Golf

Golf de la Grande Bastide

Location: 761 che Picholines

Tel: 0493 777 008; Fax: 04 93 77 72 36

Hiking

Maps:

IGN (1/25,000) #3643 ET "Cannes, Grasse, Côte d'Azur"

Dining

Le Pré du Brusc

Location: 427 chemin des Colles (by the Notre Dame-du-Brusc chapel)

Open: lunch; dinner (by reservation)

Closed: Mon dinner; Tue

Tel: 0493 773 210

Real Provencal and country cuisine, in the country beside the golf course, near the Club Med.

Lodging - Hotels

Hotels in Towns Nearby to Chateauneuf-Grasse

• 1 km — Opio hotels

• 7 km — Grasse hotels

• 9 km — Gourdon hotels

• 9 km — Mouans-Sartoux hotels