Méounes-lès-Montrieux

Méounes -lès- Montrieux is a commune with 2028 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Var department in the Provence- Alpes- Côte d' Azur.

Geography

Méounes -lès- Montrieux lies just 20 km south of Brignoles and slightly more than 20 km north of Toulon in a straight line in the wooded foothills with oaks and Aleppo pines highlands of the Massif de la Sainte -Baume. A few kilometers north-east in Néoules you reach the wide plain of the upper Issole Valley. To the south west the upper reaches of the Gapeau, which rises between Signes and Méounes -lès- Montrieux and the community through flows falls off rapidly over the neighboring Belge animal and reaches Solliès -Pont, the wide plain of the lower Gapeautals that the Massif de la Sainte- Baume separates from the massif des Maures.

History

In Gallo -Roman period, the area was inhabited by Méounes. Stones of a temple of this period were used for the construction of the church.

The medieval settlement is documented since the year 1060, as the place was mentioned as Molna, which was a district of Signes then to the detachment from the mother church in 1252. The name is etymologically probably dates back to the Celtic word for mountain. The local rule exercised the counts, later the bishops of Marseilla from.

The Charterhouse of Montrieux, founded in 1117, had two famous Priore. In 1150 it was Jean d' Espagne, the Charterhouse Le Reposoir founded in the Savoy Alps in 1151. In the 14th century led Gérard Petrarch, the brother of the famous Italian poet Francesco Petrarca, the monastery.

Population

Culture and sights

The site of the historic center of Méounes -lès- Montrieux with its old streets and beautiful doorways is very picturesque. Particularly interesting are the fountains, of which the most built in the 17th to 18th century Place des Ecoles is as Inscrit Monument Historique under special preservation. A little bit outside of the village are the ruins of the old village Montrieux -le- Vieux.

The parish church of the Assumption of the 16th century combines Romanesque and Gothic elements. For construction of the church stones of an ancient Gallo- Roman temple were used. In the 17th century it was enlarged and has since consisted of three aisles, a tower with a domed roof on six pillars. The peculiar side portals are classified as Monument Historique Inscrit. To the treasure of the church include altarpieces of gilded wood and marble angels by Antoine Duparc.

The Karthause consists of two parts. One stands in the middle of the forest in Montrieux -le- Vieux. The now derelict buildings served as the 12th century as a lay accommodation and are registered as a further Inscrit Monument Historique. The other, much larger part was in Montrieux -le- Jeune, emerged in the 12th century and was rebuilt in the 17th and 19th centuries. The small monastery and have been designated as Monument Historique Chapelle Sainte - Roseline was Charles II, King of Naples, titular King of Jerusalem, Prince of Salerno and Count of Provence in the Angevin style build. The altar of the chapter house, which is the sculptor Pierre Puget attributed, is the former main altar of the chapel of the Charterhouse of La Verne.