Musée des explorations du monde
Hilltop medieval monastery-fortress holding world antiquities, instruments and a climbable watchtower.
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This audio guide to the Musée des explorations du monde in Cannes looks past the medieval fortress the monks of Lérins raised on the Suquet hill to the man who first filled it: Tinco Lycklama à Nijeholt, a Dutch nobleman who crossed Russia, the Caucasus and Persia in the eighteen sixties. It follows his flair for performance, from masked balls to a painted portrait. Best heard in the courtyard beneath the old watchtower.
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