Place des Lices (Saint-Tropez)

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

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

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 as the site of a Head-to-Head competition of pétanque and the leg's Pit Stop.[17]

  • Place des Lices, St. Tropez by Paul Signac, 1893
  • Place des Lices, St. Tropez at the Carnegie Museum of Art
  • Saint-Tropez, Fontaine des Lices by Paul Signac, 1895
  • Saint-Tropez, Place des Lices by Joseph Kutter, 1930
  • Place des Lices Fountain
  • Place des Lices at Night
  • Boules Players in Place des Lices

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. 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. "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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