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The castel museum

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 Magnelli Museum


The Magnelli Museum

In the more recent part of the castle. This museum plays host to the largest public collection of artworks by Italian painter Alberto Magnelli, one of the masters of abstract painting.

Comprising 47 paintings assembled during the artist’s life-time, this collection was acknowledged by Magnelli himself to be the essential backbone of his lifework, from “Neve” (oil on canvas, 1910) to his very last works dated 1969.


Plan de la ville
Plan de ville
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