Rue Augustine Dupuy

The Martin-Duby Museum owes its name to Joseph Martin-Duby, city councilor, painter, collector, and initiator of the Museum of Art and Popular Traditions. The building was in turn a private house, then a grain lodge in 1555, a grain market in 1689, and finally a town hall from 1759 until 1969.

The Fountain on the hill

The Fountain on its square was built in 1727 by the architect Rambot and its double flight stairs with a wrought iron railing date from 1814. It became the Municipal Museum in 1994, dedicated to Provencal art and popular traditions. It houses many objects and paintings in its collections, mêlant acquisitions and donations of ’inhabitants of Auriol and puts à the honor in a room of édiée « the Trésor d’Auriol ».

There are facsimiles and contemporary coins from the Trésor »: 2000 Greek coins buried in the Barres district around 480 BC then covered by an Auriolais farmer in 1867. Some of these coins are now exhibited in major museums including the American Numismatic Society (ANS) in New York. The Clock Tower adjoining the Museum was built in 1564.

The Clock Tower was built in 1564

Place d’Amont:
The floor of the square was once made of juxtaposed round river stones, « the calade » from the provençal name which denotes a pavement paved with fluvatile pebbles. The fountain of the square has been replaced by a plane tree. On the square stood the notary's house. In the past, the whole canton came to Auriol to request the services of the notaries of the region.