Le Mourillon - Toulon, France
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member denben
N 43° 06.459 E 005° 56.763
31T E 739715 N 4776982
Le Mourillon is a neighborhood to the east of the city of Toulon, near the entrance to the Rade.
Waymark Code: WMTKCJ
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 12/03/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member NW_history_buff
Views: 8

Le Mourillon was once a fishing village, and then became the home of many of the officers of the French fleet and to part of the naval dockyard. Le Mourillon has a small fishing port, next to a 16th-century fort, Fort Saint Louis, which was reconstructed by Vauban. The Tour Royale, also known as Fort de la Grosse Tour, is a fort built in the 16th-century to protect the entrance of the naval port of Toulon. It was the first fortification of the harbor, built 22 years after Provence became a part of France.

In the 1970s the city of Toulon built a series of sheltered sandy beaches in Le Mourillon, which today are very popular with the Toulonais and with the naval families.

The coordinates are from the Mourillon beaches.

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Le Mourillon est un quartier à l'est de la ville de Toulon, près de l'entrée de la Rade. Il fut autrefois un village de pêcheurs, puis devint le foyer de nombreux officiers de la flotte française et une partie du chantier naval. Le Mourillon a un petit port de pêche, à côté d'un fort du 16ème siècle, le Fort Saint Louis, qui a été reconstruit par Vauban. La Tour royale, aussi appelée Grosse Tour,appartenait à la Marine nationale avant d'être rachetée par la ville de Toulon en 2006. En saison, elle ouvre ses portes au public et offre un point de vue unique sur la rade.

La presqu'île du Mourillon donne à la fois sur la petite rade et sur la grande rade. C'est dans cette dernière que se trouvent les plages du Mourillon. Ces plages artificielles de sable ont été gagnées sur la mer dans les années 1960-70.

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