Hyères - Old Town
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The heart of Hyères Old Town is the Place Massillon, where the lively daily market is held and where the 12th century Tour St-Blaise can be seen, the remains of a residence of the Knights Templar.
In the Rue Rabaton can be found the birthplace of the great preacher Massillon, court minister to Louis XIV and Bishop of Clermont. Continue along Rue Ste-Cathérine to the Place St-Paul (orientation table; extensive view), with the church of the same name, originally built in the 12th century and restored in the 16th when the side chapels were added.
In the Rue Rabaton can be found the birthplace of the great preacher Massillon, court minister to Louis XIV and Bishop of Clermont. Continue along Rue Ste-Cathérine to the Place St-Paul (orientation table; extensive view), with the church of the same name, originally built in the 12th century and restored in the 16th when the side chapels were added.
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A few yards to the west stands the Porte des Princes, part of a former monastery. To the north of the square in the Rue Paradis are some pretty 13th century houses (No. 24 on the left; No. 6).
Southeast of the Place Massillon, on the edge of the old town center, stands the 13th century Porte de la Rade, the former main gate of the town which gives access to the Place Clemenceau. To the north lies the Place de la République with a monument to Massillon, and the 13th century Church of St Louis, (Romanesque/Early Gothic) which formerly stood outside the town walls. East of the apse of the church, on the Cours Strasbourg, is the theater and behind it the attractive Jardin A. Denis.
The busy Avenue du Général-de-Gaul leads west from the Place Clemenceau and forms the boundary of the New Town to the south.
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