Tourism
The castle of Vallauris, former priory of the Abbey of Lérins, which was reconstructed in the 16th century, is one of the rare Renaissance edifices to be found in the region. It houses the National Picasso Museum, War and Peace as well as the Magnelli Museum and the Ceramics Museum.
The Castel Museum
National Picasso Museum, War and Peace, Magnelli Museum, Ceramics Museum
Place de la Libération - Tél. 04 93 64 71 83
Open from 10.00 to 12.15 and from 2.00 to 5.00 (till 6.00 from 15 to 30 june and from 1 to 15 september and from 10.00 to 7.00 every day in july and august).
Closed on Tuesdays and Bank Holidays - Price : 3,25 €
Place de la Libération - Tél. 04 93 64 71 83
Open from 10.00 to 12.15 and from 2.00 to 5.00 (till 6.00 from 15 to 30 june and from 1 to 15 september and from 10.00 to 7.00 every day in july and august).
Closed on Tuesdays and Bank Holidays - Price : 3,25 €
The Magnelli MuseumThe Magnelli Museum In the more recent part of the castle. This museum plays host to the largest public collection of artworks by Italian painter (...)
The Ceramics MuseumThe museum contains rich and fascinating collections of ceramics. Contemporary ceramics: in 1966, a national competition in artistic ceramics (...)
The national Picasso MuseumIn 1952, inhabited by a desire to return to an ideological form of “Sacred Art” and enchanted by the Romanesque chapel in the Castle at Vallauris, (...)
