Antibes is a Greek fortified town named Antipolis in the 5th century BC. With the arrival of the Romans the town became an important commercial centre and a stopping point for ships in the Mediterranean basin.

For more than four and a half centuries, Fort Carré has towered above Port Vauban and is one of the finest examples of military architecture in Europe. It was built on an ancient Roman site, twenty-six meters above sea-level, to protect the town and to defend the frontier of the Var at a time ... (more)