Grimaldi Tower

En un regard

Le château en bref

The Grimaldi Tower stands next to the Chapel of Saint-Esprit and the former cathedral of Antibes, in the Alpes-Maritimes. It is said to have been built at the end of the 11th century, after the region was recaptured from the Saracens, at a time when Antibes was held by the Rodoard family. In 1275, the lordship passed to the Bishop of Grasse, before Pope Clement VII pledged it in 1383 to the Grimaldi family for 9,000 florins. Antoine Grimaldi, who died in 1358, founded the Antibes branch of the Grimaldi family, which gave its name to the tower. In 1608, Henry IV bought back the temporal jurisdiction from Alexandre de Grimaldi for 250,000 livres and relinquished it to the inhabitants of Antibes. The tower, the parish church and the neighbouring Chapel of Saint-Esprit are protected as historic monuments.