CANNES 190

A little of History
Towards 200 before JC, Cannes was colonized by Oxy-bians and served as base against their raids on Antipolis. Beaten by Romans the charm of Cannes lay by the Is-lands of Lérins where Ostrogoths beat a convent which fur destroys a first time by Sarrazins. Then second time before being chased away by Guillaume II in 9 ° century.

The Count d' Antiboul donates, of the place of Suquet in the abbey of Lérins islands which became a fortified town of Knight Templar and the knights of Malta.

Connected in France at the same time as Provencal, Cannes was destroyed by the wars and the epidemics.

It was for a long time a small Provencal fishing port until 1830, when an English high-ranking person built a villa.
Since this date its international craze was extraordinary, in the point to be the most luxurious French capital of French Riviera with its luxury hotels its casinos its ports of sailing and numerous cultural, artistic, commercial, industrial activities and Research .

The Festival of Cannes

The international festival of film art of sticks was created by France and by the General Council of the Maritime Alps by 1933.

The first demonstration of the "Cannes film festival" took place in 1939. In spite of its suspension during the war years, the Cannes film festival is
one of the most highly-rated and the most prestigious international demonstrations to the world .