Citadelle Saint-Elme

The citadel of Villefranche was built in the sixteenth century and is one of the earliest bastioned fortifications in Europe. It was the heart of the defences that Emmanuel-Philibert of Savoy raised round his naval port of the Darse – with the Fort du Mont-Alban, the Saint-Hospice tower on Cap Ferrat and the Beaulieu battery – after the Franco-Ottoman fleet's attack of 1543. Since 2009 it has hosted the Franchement Art fair.

Citadelle Saint-Elme is a castle in Villefranche-sur-Mer. The station Villefranche-sur-Mer is 650 m away (about 10 min on foot).