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9 unusual facts about Vallauris


French butter dish

The French butter dish design is thought to have originated in Vallauris, France.

Henri de Jordan

In the 1960s, he even worked on ceramic decoration at Sant Vicens (Perpignan) as like as Picasso at Madoura (Vallauris).

Île Saint-Honorat

They returned from exile in Vallauris two years later when the island was retaken by the French.

Jacqueline Roque

She settled down on the French Riviera and took a job at her cousin's shop, the Madoura Pottery in Vallauris.

Lérins Abbey

They returned from exile in Vallauris two years later, when the island was retaken by the French.

Roger Capron

In 1952, Roger Capron purchased an abandoned pottery in Vallauris and opened a small ceramics factory, with 15 workers.

In 1946, Roger Capron moved to Vallauris, where he founded a ceramics workshop known as 'l`Atelier Callis', contributing to the renaissance of ceramics in Vallauris.

Sylvette

The model for the painting was (Lydia) Sylvette David, also known by her married name Lydia Corbett, a French woman who worked in a pottery studio near Picasso's studio in Vallauris, in the summer of 1953.

Vallauris

During his time in the town, he created a great many sculptures and paintings including War and Peace, one of the major artworks of the period.


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Lérins Islands

Monks have inhabited the island more or less continuously since AD410 and, at the height of their powers, owned Cannes, Mougins and Vallauris, plus Seborga, en Italie.


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