Riez

The small town of Riez, seen here from the Mount St.Maxime, was pretty important long ago. The mount was a stronghold of a celtic tribe, before the romans took over and founded the town below (there are still some pillars of a roman temple). The "Diocese of Riez" existed from the early 5th century upto the French Revolution. One of the first bishops was St. Maximus (433-460), after whom the mount, I am standing on, is named. Out of this time is a still existing baptistery just outside the town of today.