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Brigitte Bardot was born, under that name, on September 28, into a wealthy Parisian family.
Brigitte Bardot's house in Saint-Tropez - France Audio guide in English
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Visit the surroundings
La Tour Suffren
Saint-Tropez
La légende de Saint-Tropez
Musée de l Annonciade
During ancient times, this small Mediterranean bay attracted a large number of Roman, Celtic and Greek conquerors.
In the year 68, Torpes, steward of Nero who refused to renounce his Christian faith, was tortured and killed in Pisa by the emperor.
His remains, accompanied by a rooster and a dog whose only food was the corpse of the deceased, were thrown aboard a boat on the Arno.
The Christians of present-day Saint-Tropez found the boat, hid the remains of the Holy Martyr and erected a chapel for it.
Torpes gave its name to Saint-Tropez, the rooster inspired the name of the neighboring village of Cogolin (which means "little rooster") and the dog, that of Grimaud (which means "old dog").
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