This fortified ensemble set in the heart of the medieval part of the town is comprised of the cathedral, the cloister and outbuildings, the baptistery, the bishop's palace and also houses the Archeology Museum. Access is through a doorway with two sc..

This square building, with 11m sides and topped with a dome that was reconstructed in the 19C is one of the oldest baptistries in France (5C). Inside, digs have restored the original marble floor. The bishop would have washed the feet of those being ..

The two naves dedicated to Our Lady and the Virgin Mary were joined up in the 13C by three arcades. A Romanesque steeple looms over the narthex, and the apse is topped with a tower that served as a fortified defense for the bishop’s palace.

A remarkable feeling of calm prevails in this 12C and 13C cloister and its garden, where an austere cypress tree stands next to the well. The wooden ceiling of the galleries is decorated with painted panelling depicting animals, holy figures and ch..

Dating from the 2C, these arenas are 114m long and 82m wide. Half of the amphitheatre rests on the slope of the hill that crowns the rampart. The arenas were built with simplicity and thrift in mind, and today host shows and corridas in summer.

A contemporary of the arenas, it is of relatively modest size. Note the radiating walls bearing the arches supporting the tiers and the stage for the orchestra.

Jean Cocteau drew up the plans and interior decor of this chapel dedicated to the knights of the Holy Sepulchre. He died before the work was completed (in 1963) and it was his adoptive son Edouard Dermit who finished it. Try and find Jean Marais in t..

At n° 53 rue Sieyès two atlases flank a doorway: they are the remains of the former residence of Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès (1748-1836), who wrote the Tennis Court Oath and was a member of the Convention, of which he became president (1795) then D..

This street that follows the layout of the medieval wall still boasts vestiges such as the fine tower at n° 71. At the end of the street, Passage du Portalet crosses a series of little squares.

The Maison du Prévôt, also known as "Maison du Capitou", has a fine rusticated façade and a door set in a fortified tower.

The former bishop’s palace, which later became the town hall, boasts a 14C façade of pink Esterel stone (on the rue Beausset side). The other façade dates back to the Restoration.

The former town hall, dating from the 18C, has a pretty façade with a balcony and a colonnaded loggia.

A fine arcade remains, probably formerly part of the Roman baths. Surrounded by greenery, it has a romantic feel to it.

One of the two towers of this semicircular gate remains.

Archaeological digs only started in Fréjus in the early 20C; until then the Roman ruins fell prey to pillagers and developers. The famous Hermès de Fréjus , which has become the town’s emblem, and a fine mosaic floor are among the objects housed in ..

Quais Cléopâtre and Agrippa, linked by a small bridge over the water, and small typically Provençal squares - everything here is marvellously artificial, starting with the pleasure boat harbour resembling a Roman palace, which reunited Fréjus with th..

At the top of the hill are traces of buildings. The east wall used to overlook the harbour, while the west wall runs along boulevard Saint-Decuers. On the south side are the remains of towers, one of which may have been a lighthouse. This quarter, wh..

On 2 December 1959, the vault of the Barrage de Malpasset suddenly gave way and a 55-metre wave swept through Fréjus, carrying with it everything in its path and reaping death and destruction. This sculpture commemorates the disaster.

A few pillars and arcades remain of the aqueduct that captured water at Mons, over 40km away. This work of art went from the ramparts around the town as far as the castellum, from where the local distribution network was sourced.

This tower which indicated the entrance to the harbour in Roman times was raised in the Middle Ages when it was used as a seamark for sailors looking for the entrance to the harbour. To the southeast can be seen traces of the wall of the canal linkin..