Why go
The castle and Sainte-Marguerite church reward time in old Roquebrune; the Lumone mausoleum points to the Roman road. On the shore, Eileen Gray’s E-1027 and Le Corbusier’s cabanon offer a strikingly different chapter of design. They are spread across the village and coast, so prioritize by interest.
The full story
The medieval castle was built at the end of the 10th century and remains the clearest anchor of the hilltop village. Nearby Sainte-Marguerite church has medieval origins, although later restorations changed its appearance. The Lumone mausoleum, probably from the first century CE, stands along the route of the Roman Via Julia Augusta. Cap Martin adds a military layer in the interwar Maginot fortification. The coast then turns toward private villas and modernist experiments. Eileen Gray built E-1027 by the sea in the 1920s. Below it, the Corbusian site grew in stages: the Étoile de Mer appeared in 1949, Le Corbusier’s cabanon was attached in 1952, and small camping units followed. The chapel of La Pausa has a different story, linked in local tradition to a vow made during a 15th-century plague. Public entry to individual buildings can vary; choose the sites you most want to enter before setting out.