Tel un mirage, la Mosquée Missiri apparait dans le paysage de Fréjus, éclatant de son ocre, brisant l’azur céleste. Monument insolite et unique en France, il reste fidèle à l’architecture des mosquées d’Afrique de l’Ouest.
Dès 1928, les militaires imaginent de construire une mosquée pour les troupes coloniales afin que les soldats de l’empire colonial ne se sentent pas trop isolés à l’extérieur de leur pays d’origine. L’initiative du projet en reviendrait au capitaine Abdel Kader Mademba, appuyé par le colonel Lame alors commandant d’armes. Le but était de construire un monument comparable à la pagode Hông Hiên Tu, construite par les tirailleurs indochinois.
Achevée en 1930, elle sied non loin du camp de Caïs. Elle est à l’époque agrémentée de cases africaines et de termitières reconstituées dans le but de « Donner au tirailleur noir l’illusion, la plus fidèle possible, de la matérialisation d’un cadre analogue à celui qu’il a quitté ; qu’il y retrouve, le soir, au cours de palabres interminables, les échos du tam-tam se répercutant contre les murs d’une construction familière, évocatrice de visions susceptibles d’adoucir la sensation d’isolement dont il est parfois atteint, le placer, en quelque sorte, dans une ambiance natale. » (capitaine Abdel Kader Mademba).
Elle est propriété du ministère de la Défense. C’est le musée des troupes de marine de Fréjus qui est chargé de sa garde.
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The Pays de Fayence (Fayence district) has many great provencal villages. All of them have a particularity such as the view from Mons or the artistic streets of Tourrettes. Do no forget to stop in Seillans that has the label of "Most beautiful village in France"
North of the A8 motorway, you will find the Pays de Fayence. Saint-Cassien lake, a real oasis of freshness in the Var, awaits you! Take a break at the Lake House before visiting the villages of Bagnols-en-Forêt, St-Paul-en-Forêt or Tanneron.
The city of Roquebrune-sur-Argens is the most westerly of the destination. It includes three districts: La Bouverie, at the foot of Gorges du Blavet; The village, overlooked by its magnificent rock, and Les Issambres, with its nautical activities by the sea.
Les Adrets de l'Estérel is a small town located at the extreme southeastern Var. Bordering the Maritimes Alpes, it is composed of large green forests. The town overlooks the bay of Cannes and has an exceptional view on the Lérins Islands and the Corniche de l'Estérel.
Puget sur Argens is a small village located in the middle of many wineries. Its commercial area, near the village, includes many shopping center. North of the village, the Bois du Defens give rise to several walks.
Welcome to Les Issambres, the district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens located on the coast. True paradise with its 8 km of beaches and creeks, this family seaside resort, already frequented at the time by the Romans, is located between the Gulf of Saint-Tropez and Fréjus-Saint Raphaël.
Frejus, located halfway between Cannes and Saint-Tropez, is at the heart of the Côte d'Azur. Based on a sandstone buttress of the Esterel massif, the town dominates the valleys of Argens and Reyran. Frejus has the appearance of a small Provencal town whose new districts extend to the sea.
65km from Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport, Saint-Raphaël is located between Cannes and Saint-Tropez. This seaside resort on the Mediterranean coast is at the bottom of the great Esterel mountains. Saint Raphael, whose city center is by the sea, is divided into different neighborhoods that have all their characteristics and their personalities.
