Sainte-Agnès
Member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France
Photo: Patrick Rouzet, CC BY-SA 3.0 
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Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0 
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Some 800 metres above the bay of Menton, Sainte-Agnès calls itself the highest coastal village in Europe, and the road up gives views over Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Menton and on to Italy. Its fortress, long disputed between Ventimiglia, Provence, Savoy and even the Grimaldi, was razed under Louis XIV. Below the village, a Maginot Line fort dug into the rock in the 1930s is now a museum.
Highlights
- The Maginot Line fort, built from 1932 and now open as a museum
- Ruins of the medieval castle, demolished on Louis XIV's orders
- The winding road from Menton, with views of the coast and Italy
- The Borrigo torrent and its waterfall
- The legend of a shipwrecked Italian princess who sheltered in a nearby cave
Summary based on Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA), written with AI assistance.
Population: 1,380
Travel guide (Wikivoyage)
Sainte-Agnès est un village des Alpes-Maritimes, classé parmi les plus beaux villages de France.