Description
The hilltop village of Mougins, on the outskirts of Cannes, with a rich, well-conserved, medieval heritage has, for decades, seduced many artists, celebrities and chefs to reside and work here.In 1924, the surrealist painter Francis Picabia built his home here. Famous art, fashion, filmstar, political and artist friends followed, and in turn set up home in Mougins, including Fernand Léger, Yves Klein, Édith Piaf, Paul Éluard, Robert Desnos, Jean Cocteau, Isadora Duncan, Winston Churchill, Man Ray, Jacques Brel and Pablo Picasso. Pablo Picasso spent the last 12 years of his life living in Mougins (19611973), where he died and lived in a 'mas' (farmhouse) at Notre-Dame-de-Vie, which is a small hilltop just beside the old village of Mougins and next to the 12th-century chapel of the same name. Picasso's studio was in the old village in a building that is now the tourist office, while the studio of Fernand Léger was above what is now the village wine shop, next to the rear of the Mougins Museum of Classical Art.Mougins also has a strong culinary history with such great chefs as Roger Vergé and Alain Ducasse having owned restaurants in the village. The legendary hospitality of chef Roger Vergé attracted the greatest international stars to his 3 Star Michelin restaurant amongst whom were, Elizabeth Taylor, Sharon Stone, Sean Connery... and many other celebrities.
