Mougins Vieille ville
Spiral hilltop village of cobbled lanes, surviving medieval gate and old stone houses.
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This guide to the old village of Mougins, in the hills above Cannes, is about a hilltop that looks built to keep enemies out. It follows the monks of the Lérins Islands who held it for centuries, and the armies of the War of the Austrian Succession that arrived in the seventeen-forties. Start in the lanes near Rue des Lombards, then drift up toward the church square.
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