St.Tropez is a small town in southern France, in the Var departement and is a part of well known and famous French Riviera. According to the legend "Saint Tropez" is named a martyr St.Torpes, - beheaded for refusionof giving up his faith. His body was thrown in a boat, which was drifted to st.tropez to a place which is today called : the Golfe de (Gulf of) Saint Tropez. Between 1470 to 1672, city of St.Tropez was ruled by captains as independent republic. Each captain had right to raise an army, which was actually used in 1637 to drove away Spanish galleons. This local area was free of French government taxes. However, King Louis XIV brought the city under control of France.
St.Tropez started to grow and attract international stars from 1920, View the rest of this article
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