Place des Lices (Saint-Tropez)
Place des Lices | |
|---|---|
| City square | |
 Place des Lices | |
| Location | Saint-Tropez, France |
| Coordinates: 43°16′12″N 6°38′28.1″E / 43.27000°N 6.641139°E | |
Place des Lices also known as Place Carnot[1] is a nineteenth century public square in the city of Saint-Tropez, France.[2]
Location[edit]
Place des Lices is located south of the Saint-Tropez's Vieux Port[3] at the convergence of Avenue Foch and Boulevard Vasserot.[4]
History[edit]
The area of Place des Lices dates back to the ninth and tenth century when the field was likely used as a jousting ground as the original meaning of Lices was "jousting ground".[5] By the early 1800s, the field was converted into a city square when twelve plane trees were planted.[6] Between 1890 and 1940,[3] Places des Lices became a popular gathering space for French artists particularly at the square's Café des Arts.[7]
Description[edit]
Place des Lices is lined with rows of hundred year old plane trees on the square's white sandy ground.[8] The edges of the square is lined with rows of cafés.[9] The square also houses an eighteen century fountain.[10]
Activities[edit]
Each Tuesday and Saturday, Place des Lices hosts a Provençal market.[11] Locals at Place des Lices often play the boules game pétanque.[12] The square also hosts pétanque tournaments during summer.[13]
Cultural depictions[edit]
Art[edit]
Several artists including Paul Signac,[14] Joseph Kutter,[15] Henri Matisse,[16] and Charles Camoin[5] have painted works depicting Places des Lices.
Television[edit]
Place des Lices appeared on the fourth episode of The Amazing Race 30 (2018) as the site of a Head-to-Head competition of pétanque and the leg's Pit Stop.[17]
Gallery[edit]
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Place des Lices, St. Tropez by Paul Signac, 1893 -
Place des Lices, St. Tropez at the Carnegie Museum of Art -
Saint-Tropez, Fontaine des Lices by Paul Signac, 1895 -
Saint-Tropez, Place des Lices by Joseph Kutter, 1930 -
Place des Lices Fountain -
Place des Lices at Night -
Boules Players in Place des Lices
References[edit]
- ^ Alexander, Laura. "8 Top Tourist Attractions in Saint-Tropez & Easy Day Trips". PlanetWare. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "PLACE DES LICES OUTDOOR MARKET, ST TROPEZ". parisplusplus.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ a b The Rough Guide to France. Rough Guides. 2003. p. 1112.
- ^ "LUMIÈRES SUR LA PLACE DES LICES". Saint-Tropez (in French). Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Place des Lices". saturdaymarket.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Place des Lices, Saint Tropez". seesainttropez.com. October 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Mark Baker; Korina Miller; Simon Richmond; Andrea Schulte-Peevers; Andy Symington; Nicola Williams (2018). Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring. Lonely Planet. p. 611.
- ^ Sfetcu, Nicolae (2016). French Riviera Tourist Guide (Guide touristique Côte d’Azur). p. 36.
- ^ Lola Akinmade Åkerström (2013). Fodor's European Cruise Ports of Call. Fodor's. p. 211.
- ^ "L'eau, la vie..." Gulf of Saint-Tropez Tourism (in French). Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Fodor's France 2016. Fodor's. 2015. p. 1057.
- ^ "Place des Lices". Lonely Planet. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Jouez à la pétanque place des Lices". Le Parisien (in French). March 30, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Place des Lices, St. Tropez". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Saint-Tropez, Place des Lices". National Museum of History and Art. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ "Henri Matisse - Place des Lices, St. Tropez 1904". art-matisse.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
- ^ Walker, Jodi (January 24, 2018). "The Amazing Race recap: 'Gotta Put Your Sole Into It'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
