1) The townSaint-Raphael is a seaside station, situated at the east boundary of the Var. She comprises Valescure, Boulouris, the Dramont, Cap Esterel, Agay and Antheor. The town lie down upon 9000 hectares along of his thirty kilometers of mediterranean seaside. The three quarter of his area are occupied by the Esterel massif. |
The St-Raphael old harbour |
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2) The sport politicalThe local administrative area counts more than 10 000 members shared out in 111 clubs and associations. His political is to favour the access to sports installations for everybody, while privileging associative life. To reach this aim, the town leans on the work and the participation of the Sport Municipal Organization, Sport Municipal school, and the streets Organisation. |
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3) Saint Raphael, seaside townDestination diving :
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Archeological Museum : More than thirty archeological sites, about twenty historical
wrecks since the sixth century before our era until the Provence landing
in august, the 15th of 1944 are marking out Saint Raphael sea deeps.
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Inside the old provençal town, in the old presbytery rebuilt in 1782, the Museum conserves the mains discoveries like an important amphoras collection coming from underwater excavations leaded on our littoral. |
2000 years of underwater history : Dive to the discovery of beatiful sites coming from wrecks of Saint Raphael seas. |
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A remarkable typology made of earthenware jar, flower vases, oil lamps, annular gourds from tenth century is exposed. This furniture, exceptional by his rarity, is presented at Garrouste showroom. You will find too the first diving furnitures whence the prototype of breathing device of thirties. From the top of the thirteenth century tower, the Issambre's peak, the Saint-Tropez's peninsula are revealing themselves to the infinity. |
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4) Geographical situation |
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