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St Tropez History
- There is evidence of the area of Saint-Tropez being inhabited since prehistoric times; however the most famous earliest occurrence in the area happened in Greco-Roman times. At this time the town was known as Athenopolis, or Heraclea Caccabaris. In 68 CE, St. Torpès, who was one of Emperor Nero's centurions, became a martyr when he refused to give up his faith. He was beheaded and his body thrown into a boat with a dog and a cock, with the animals intended to eat his remains. The boat eventually drifted into what is now called the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, and his body was still intact. It is from the legend of this man that the town takes its name. The town was originally called Ecclesia Sancti Torpetis after him, with the current name of Saint Tropez only being used after the Revolution.
In the 11th century, St Tropez was a priory of St-Victor. In the centuries that were to follow, the town was ruled by a variety of leaders made up of the viscounts of Marseilles, the Castellanes and the Suffrens. In the later medieval period, Saracen raids on the town forced the inhabitants to flee to the surrounding hills, and in the 14th century the war between Louis II d'Anjou and Charles de Duras caused the town to be destroyed completely.
The 15th century marked a chance in fortunes for the small township, when wealthy Genoise families embarked upon its rebuilding and in 1470 declared St-Tropez a republic independent of France. The republic was ruled by captains elected by the townspeople, and as a result of being an independent state, the town benefited from being exempt from all the French government’s taxes. Throughout the 16th century, St Tropez increased in popularity as a trading port for both fishermen and traders, and as a general port of call. In 1615 the Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga mission made a stop in Saint-Tropez, marking the first recorded instance of Franco-Japanese relations.
The town suffered from many attacks during the 16th and 17th centuries from the Turks, Spanish and troops of the Duc de Savoie. In 1637 the captain led an attack against a fleet of Spanish galleons, securing the continuity of the town. However in 1672, King Louis XIV, the current king of France at that time, reinstated French control over the city. The town continued as a small fishing port throughout the next few centuries without much notability. However, in the 20th century the town again came to prominence. In the 1920s Saint-Tropez attracted famous members of the fashion world to its shores. During the Second World War St-Tropez became even more important when it was used on August 15, 1944 as the central site of the beach landing in Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of southern France. During this time the port was destroyed, but it was rebuilt after the war.
In the 1950s the town began to gain its reputation as the luxury holiday destination we know it for today. At this time, Bohemian artists moved their quarters from Paris to St Tropez for the summer drawn by the beauty and quality of light of the town, and along with the other famous visitors made up of writers and actors, made the town a popular, exclusive resort. The film series, Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez, made Saint-Tropez famous internationally. However the individual who is largely credited with St-Tropez’s fame is Brigitte Bardot. During her lifetime she mainly lived in Saint-Tropez, in contrast to most other film stars who preferred nearby Monaco. As a result of her presence in the town St-Tropez became a haunt of the world’s media and attracted many visitors, making the town the popular resort it is today.
