{"id":228560,"date":"2025-04-01T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T06:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/?p=228560"},"modified":"2026-02-24T22:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:26:53","slug":"menton-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/france\/menton-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Quelle ville fran\u00e7aise d\u00e9voile chaque ann\u00e9e d&rsquo;immenses sculptures en citrons ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>C&rsquo;est dans cette ville au bord de la mer M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e que se d\u00e9roule la <strong>f\u00eate du Citron<\/strong> durant chaque hiver, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement d\u00e9sormais inscrit \u00e0 l&rsquo;inventaire du patrimoine culturel immat\u00e9riel en France.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Aux fronti\u00e8res de l&rsquo;Italie<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Cap vers Menton, cette ville historique et lumineuse, \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re italienne, que l&rsquo;on remarque avec ses fa\u00e7ades color\u00e9es. Au fil de ses ruelles pav\u00e9es, on traverse son histoire depuis l&rsquo;\u00e9poque m\u00e9di\u00e9vale, avec ses monuments religieux, son vieux port, ses escaliers exigus, ainsi que ses belles vues sur la mer M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, notamment depuis le cimeti\u00e8re du vieux ch\u00e2teau situ\u00e9 sur les hauteurs. \u00c0 propos de son atmosph\u00e8re chaleureuse, Flaubert aurait \u00e9crit : \u00ab\u00a0L\u2019Italie commence, on le sent dans l\u2019air\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228565\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228565\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228565 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2.jpg\" alt=\"Menton - \u00a9 Adobe Stock\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228565\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menton &#8211; \u00a9 Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Deux monuments religieux \u00e0 voir<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Un petit tour \u00e0 Menton est l&rsquo;occasion de d\u00e9couvrir deux splendides monuments religieux de la r\u00e9gion. Tout d&rsquo;abord : la chapelle de l\u2019Immacul\u00e9e Conception ou des P\u00e9nitents blancs, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e9difi\u00e9e entre 1680 et 1687. Cet \u00e9difice de style baroque \u00e9tait autrefois le si\u00e8ge de la confr\u00e9rie des P\u00e9nitents Blancs. Elle est d\u00e9sormais class\u00e9e au titre des monuments historiques.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_228564\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-228564\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-228564 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag.jpg\" alt=\"Menton - \u00a9 Adobe Stock\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-80x53.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/adobestock_menton-paris-zigzag-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-228564\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Menton &#8211; \u00a9 Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ensuite, au c\u0153ur du quartier historique de Menton se trouve un autre monument de style baroque, cette fois-ci construit en 1639 : la basilique Saint-Michel Archange. Celle-ci domine la vieille ville, et se remarque avec son clocher d&rsquo;une cinquantaine de m\u00e8tres de haut. \u00c0 l&rsquo;int\u00e9rieur, les visiteurs peuvent d\u00e9couvrir de vastes fresques en trompe-l&rsquo;oeil sur la vo\u00fbte centrale qui ont \u00e9t\u00e9 r\u00e9alis\u00e9es par Cerrutti-Maori.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000080;\">La f\u00eate du Citron<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mais Menton n&rsquo;est pas seulement connu pour son architecture historique. Cette ville a aussi la particularit\u00e9 de c\u00e9l\u00e9brer, chaque ann\u00e9e, un agrume tout jaune : le citron, cultiv\u00e9 dans la r\u00e9gion. En effet, chaque ann\u00e9e, l&rsquo;Office de tourisme organise la <b>f\u00eate du Citron<\/b> au mois de f\u00e9vrier. Celle-ci s&rsquo;apparente \u00e0 un immense carnaval qui pr\u00e9sente d&rsquo;immenses chars et sculptures r\u00e9alis\u00e9es avec des citrons et des oranges. Elle est depuis peu inscrite \u00e0 l&rsquo;inventaire du patrimoine culturel immat\u00e9riel en France.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGIp7wKIvXg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Voir cette publication sur Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DGIp7wKIvXg\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Une publication partag\u00e9e par Alessandro Buonaurio (@alessandrobuonaurio)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u00c0 lire \u00e9galement : <a title=\"Ce sublime et spectaculaire village perch\u00e9 b\u00e2ti en bord de falaise est le plus recherch\u00e9 sur Internet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pariszigzag.fr\/france\/village-perche-rocamadour\/\">Ce sublime et spectaculaire village perch\u00e9 b\u00e2ti en bord de falaise est le plus recherch\u00e9 sur Internet<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Image \u00e0 la une : <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Menton &#8211; \u00a9 Adobe Stock<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C&rsquo;est dans cette ville au bord de la mer M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e que se d\u00e9roule la f\u00eate du Citron durant chaque hiver, un \u00e9v\u00e9nement d\u00e9sormais inscrit \u00e0 l&rsquo;inventaire du patrimoine culturel immat\u00e9riel en France. Aux fronti\u00e8res de l&rsquo;Italie Cap vers Menton, cette ville historique et lumineuse, \u00e0 la fronti\u00e8re italienne, que l&rsquo;on remarque avec ses fa\u00e7ades color\u00e9es. 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