Saint-Cyr-on-Sea (in Occitan Of Provence Sant Ceri de Mar according to the traditional standard or Sant Céri de Mar according to the Standard mistralienne) is a commune of France in extreme cases western of the department of the Var.
Geography
Saint-Cyr-on-sea is located at the edge of the Mediterranean (coordinated: 43°10' 44.03" NR, 5°42' 31.20" E):- with 10 kilometers in the west of Bandol
- with 11 kilometers in the east of Ciotat.
- with 3 kilometers of exit 10 of the highway A50 connecting Marseilles (with 38 kilometers) and Toulon (to 25 km).
Saint-Cyr-on-sea is made of three villages:
- Saint-Cyr military school , in the grounds
- Lecques , the principal port, is a seaside resort and tourist. She is recognized by her beaches and the museum of Tauroentum .
- the Madrague : village which is organized around a port which is commonly called the Petit Port of Saint-Cyr military school.
- One also finds, Port of Alon and its Calanque (see Calanque of Port of Alon).
History
Saint-Cyr-on-sea was populated as of prehistory, as testify some the stone flints discovered on the site to the museum of Tauroentum . The excavations reveal an intense activity at the time Roman. These excavations were carried out as of the 17th century. Witness of our past and guard of our inheritance, the museum of Tauroentum is one of the florets of Saint-Cyr-on-Sea. Built on the vestiges of a Villa Maritima , it shelters three beautiful mosaics in black and white of, as well as a " Tomb on floor maison" remarkable which attests richness of this antique remains Roman. The excavations made it possible to exhume funerary glassmakings, lamps, rare currencies and some objects like the columns twisted out of white marble of. It is thanks to the association of the Amis of Tauroentum created into 1927 that the site will be saved. Classified museum, controlled since 1969, this site acts by its charm and its beauty and testifies to the long story of Saint-Cyr-on-Sea.The commune of Saint-Cyr military school was detached from the commune of Cadière-with Azure in 1825.
The commune of Saint-Cyr-on-Sea is proud to have on its Portalis place one of the four exact counterparts of the Statue of Freedom in France, in reduced model, whose signature of Bartholdi on the base attests of its authenticity. Inaugurated in Saint-Cyr military school in 1913, it is offered by Anatole Ducros, a great landowner of Saint-Cyr military school. It measures 2,50 m is the length of the index of that of New York, entirely out of cast iron and covered with a fine gilded layer.
Economy
Saint-Cyr military school is an agricultural commune. One cultivates there fruit and vegetables early products, olive-trees and especially of the vine, the common one belongs to name Côtes of Provence AOC Bandol.
It is also a Seaside resort and tourist. With its beaches, its Creek S (Creek of Port of Alon) where is practiced deep-sea diving, and the museum of Tauroentum .
Twinnings
See too
External bonds
- Tourist bureau of Saint-Cyr military school
- Town hall of Saint-Cyr military school
- www.cc-sudsaintebaume.fr
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