Place des Lices
City square
Place des Lices
Place des Lices
LocationSaint-Tropez, France
Coordinates: 43°16′12″N 6°38′28.1″E / 43.27000°N 6.641139°E / 43.27000; 6.641139

Place des Lices also known as Place Carnot[1] is a nineteenth century public square in the city of Saint-Tropez, France.[2]

Location

Place des Lices is located south of the Saint-Tropez's Vieux Port[3] at the convergence of Avenue Foch and Boulevard Vasserot.[4]

History

The area of Place des Lices dates back to the ninth and tenth century when the field was likely used as a jousting ground as the original meaning of Lices was "jousting ground".[5] By the early 1800s, the field was converted into a city square when twelve plane trees were planted.[6] Between 1890 and 1940,[3] Places des Lices became a popular gathering space for French artists particularly at the square's Café des Arts.[7]

Description

Place des Lices is lined with rows of hundred year old plane trees on the square's white sandy ground.[8] The edges of the square is lined with rows of cafés.[9] The square also houses an eighteen century fountain.[10]

Activities

Each Tuesday and Saturday, Place des Lices hosts a Provençal market.[11] Locals at Place des Lices often play the boules game pétanque.[12] The square also hosts pétanque tournaments during summer.[13]

Cultural depictions

Art

Several artists including Paul Signac,[14] Joseph Kutter,[15] Henri Matisse,[16] and Charles Camoin[5] have painted works depicting Places des Lices.

Television

Place des Lices appeared on the fourth episode of The Amazing Race 30 (2018) as the site of a Head-to-Head competition of pétanque and the leg's Pit Stop.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Alexander, Laura. "8 Top Tourist Attractions in Saint-Tropez & Easy Day Trips". PlanetWare. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ "PLACE DES LICES OUTDOOR MARKET, ST TROPEZ". parisplusplus.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  3. 1 2 The Rough Guide to France. Rough Guides. 2003. p. 1112.
  4. ↑ "LUMIÈRES SUR LA PLACE DES LICES". Saint-Tropez (in French). Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "The Place des Lices". saturdaymarket.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Place des Lices, Saint Tropez". seesainttropez.com. October 4, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ Mark Baker; Korina Miller; Simon Richmond; Andrea Schulte-Peevers; Andy Symington; Nicola Williams (2018). Lonely Planet Europe on a Shoestring. Lonely Planet. p. 611.
  8. ↑ Sfetcu, Nicolae (2016). French Riviera Tourist Guide (Guide touristique Côte d’Azur). p. 36.
  9. ↑ Lola Akinmade Åkerström (2013). Fodor's European Cruise Ports of Call. Fodor's. p. 211.
  10. ↑ "L'eau, la vie..." Gulf of Saint-Tropez Tourism (in French). Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  11. ↑ Fodor's France 2016. Fodor's. 2015. p. 1057.
  12. ↑ "Place des Lices". Lonely Planet. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Jouez à la pétanque place des Lices". Le Parisien (in French). March 30, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Place des Lices, St. Tropez". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Saint-Tropez, Place des Lices". National Museum of History and Art. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Henri Matisse - Place des Lices, St. Tropez 1904". art-matisse.com. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  17. ↑ Walker, Jodi (January 24, 2018). "The Amazing Race recap: 'Gotta Put Your Sole Into It'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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