With abundant water and the sheltering pre-Alps behind it, VENCE has always been a significant city. The old town is blessed with numerous ancient houses, gateways, fountains, chapels and a cathedral (daily 9am-6pm) containing Roman funeral inscriptions and a Chagall mosaic. In the 1920s it became yet another haven for painters and writers: André Gide, Raoul Dufy, D.H. Lawrence (who died here in 1930 whilst being treated for tuberculosis contracted in Engl... [More]