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Our village: Sospel by Riviera Reporter’s Patrick Middleton
Sospel , a village of some 4000 people, 350 metres above sea level, close to the Italian frontier and on the edge of Parc du Mercantour, is one of the region’s surprises. When you’re tired of the hustle and hassle of the bigger towns this is the place to come, just 15 kilometres inland. It’s got a complex history and in some respects can be compared to a once successful and prosperous person who’s fallen on harder times. Its era of glory began in the later middle ages and continued into the eighteenth century when it became one of the jewels of the Kingdom of Savoy. It had benefited from its strategic site on the so-called “salt road” – the route between Nice and Turin. Its most picturesque feature, one of many, is the towered toll bridge over the river Bevera that for centuries controlled a regular flow of traffic. Old Sospel was an administrative and ecclesiastical centre with its own bishop and cathedral of St Michael. This vast building, the largest church in the Alpes-Maritimes, is now somewhat decrepit and is reduced to the status of a humble parish church. It’s expensive to keep up and frankly is rather a white elephant. An appeal has recently been launched to raise funds for its restoration. Sospel’s past … written in stone
You don’t have to go to books to appreciate Sospel’s past splendour. It’s written in stone in the old town, an area with all the charm and interest of le vieux Nice but without the filth and human squalor. Every first time visitor, equipped with resident Mark Moxom’s handy little guide Secret Sospel, should spend an hour wandering through its cobbled streets and looking at its marvelously preserved architectural heritage with its ancient houses, narrow alleys, archways and squares. The old town is separate from more recent developments and offers the chance of a sudden step back in time. But there’s more to Sospel than its past. Given its location the surrounding countryside offers great opportunities for walking, riding, fishing and the study of an exceptionally rich natural environment.
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