ClasséArchaeological site · protected 1926Cité gréco-romaine d'Olbia-PomponianaPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Hyerestourisme · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Phare de Porquerolles · Photo: Jlucnet · CC BY-SA 3.039historic monuments
History of Hyères · Monuments historiques
39 historic monuments, the oldest from Antiquity
Part of the town has been a protected historic area, a site patrimonial remarquable, since 2019. The Culture ministry lists 39 historic monuments in Hyères: 10 classé (France’s highest heritage protection) and 29 inscrit (the second level). That’s 7 for every 10,000 residents, more per resident than 78% of compared French towns; the median compared French town has 2.5. We have photos of 31 of them.
Monuments historiques
39
7 per 10,000 residents
median compared town 2.5
median compared town 2.5
Classé
10
the highest protection
Inscrit
29
the second level
Oldest part
Antiquity
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
11%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Hyères in 31 photos
Nearly every classé monument, photographed. Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Église Saint-PaulClassé
ChâteauClassé
Château dit Fort du MoulinClassé
Église Saint-LouisClassé
Chapelle Saint-Blaise dite "Tour des Templiers"Classé+26See all photosPhotos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
How old
How old Hyères’ monuments are
Each monument once, by the oldest part the list dates.
Prehistory & Antiquity to the 4th c.2
Middle Ages 5th–15th c.8
16th to 18th century Renaissance to Revolution5
19th century 1801–190010
20th century and later since 19011
10 of 26 dated monuments have parts from before 1500. The oldest dated: Cité gréco-romaine d'Olbia-Pomponiana (10th c.). 13 monuments have no date on the list.
Map
Where Hyères’ monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscritWithin 400 m of Château
4 of 10classé monuments stand within 400 m of Château, with 6 of the town’s 39 monuments.
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
39 monuments by protection
10 Classé29 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point.
Classé
10 classé monuments in Hyères
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. 4 of the 10 are protected in part only (a façade, a roof, a room). Each card opens the monument’s page.
Classé
Classé
ClasséChapel · protected 1987Chapelle Saint-Blaise dite "Tour des Templiers"Photo: Baptiste Rossi · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1954Château dit Fort du MoulinPhoto: Technob105 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséLighthouse · protected 2012Phare de PorquerollesPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Jlucnet · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Classé
ClasséHouse · protected 1926Maison romanePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Juliofsanguino · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
ClasséChâteau · protected 1862ChâteauPart of the building is protectedPhoto: Denis Biette · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Monument · protected 1958Oppidum de Costebelle (ancien)
Inscrit
29 inscrit monuments in Hyères
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
All 28, A to Z
Ancienne église anglicane Saint Paul’s ChurchBatterie des Mèdes (ancienne)Batterie du Bon Renaud (ancienne)Batterie du Lequin (ancienne)Batterie du Pradeau, dite aussi la Tour FondueChâteau Sainte-AgatheDomaine de San SalvadourEcole Anatole FranceÉglise Saint-Pierre-de-l'Almanarre et fragments des remparts voisinsFort de l'EminenceFort de l'EstissacFort de la RepentanceFort de Port Man anciennement appelé batterie de Port ManFort du Grand LangoustierFort du Petit LangoustierFortin de l'AlicastreFortin de la VigieImmeuble, 3 rue du PortaletMaison dite « villa La Favorite »Ouvrage de GaléassonPorte de BarucPorte de FenouilletPorte de la Rade ou Porte MassillonPropriété dite Le Plantier de CostebelleSanctuaire Notre-Dame-de-ConsolationVilla Marie-Laure-de-Noailles ou château Saint-BernardVilla Tholozan ou AlbertiVilla Tunisienne
2 more, named only by their kind
2 more are named in the list only by their kind: 1 building (immeuble) and 1 other, most from the 17th century. The one with an address is in the list above, by it.
17th c.1
19th c.1
What’s protected
Military buildings are the largest group in Hyères
Each monument under the main domain Mérimée gives it.
Military & fortified17
Houses & homes11
Religious buildings6
Bridges & engineering1
Archaeological sites1
Military & fortified: 17 of 39 monuments (44%). 6 are religious buildings, 3 of them classé.
Mérimée files each monument under one main domain: a château with its chapel counts once. 3 have no domain on the list.
Protected area
Hyères has had a protected historic area since 2019
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR93-37 | ZPPAUP March 27, 2019 | AVAP (heritage area rules) March 27, 2019 |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
When protected
10 of Hyères’ monuments were protected in 1989
Monuments by the year they were first protected.
1989 · 101926 · 6
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First protected, in 1840: Église Saint-Louis. That was France’s first list of monuments historiques, drawn up in Prosper Mérimée’s time as inspector. 10 were protected in 1989 alone. 5 have been added since 2011.
Born before 1900
6 people born in Hyères before 1900
Their lives on one line.
André Bouys
Eustache Guibaud
Hippolyte Baraduc
Hippolyte Panhard
Henri Aiguier
Célestin Forno
1650170017501800185019001950
AB
André Bouys1656–1740 · portrait painter
HB
Hippolyte Baraduc1850–1909 · French physician
EG
Eustache Guibaud1711–1795 · French writer
HP
Hippolyte Panhard1870–1957
HA
Henri Aiguier1876–1927 · French politician
CF
Célestin Forno1891–1961 · French politician
Everyone born in Hyères Birthplaces from Wikidata, checked against Wikipedia.
Towns its size
Hyères has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 51,000 to 60,500 residents, by historic monuments.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around Hyères
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyères | 55,858 | 39 | 10 | Yes |
| Carqueiranne | 9,408 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Crau | 19,556 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Le Pradet | 10,933 | 1 | 1 | — |
| La Londe-les-Maures | 10,584 | 1 | 0 | — |
| La Farlède | 10,014 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Garde | 26,476 | 4 | 1 | — |
In brief
Hyères in brief
Hyères’s oldest monument, Cité gréco-romaine d'Olbia-Pomponiana, dates from Antiquity. All told, the list holds 39 historic monuments, 10 of them classé, including Phare de Porquerolles. For its size, it has more historic monuments than 78% of compared French towns. 2 of its monuments, Propriété dite Le Plantier de Costebelle among them, are Maisons des Illustres, the homes of people who left their mark on France.
Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Part of it has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019. André Bouys (1656), Hippolyte Baraduc (1850) and Eustache Guibaud (1711) are among the 6 people born here before 1900. Otherwise the figures are ordinary: 11% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of Hyères
How many historic monuments are there in Hyères?
The Culture ministry lists 39 historic monuments in Hyères: 10 classé and 29 inscrit.
Which monuments in Hyères are classé?
10, among them Cité gréco-romaine d'Olbia-Pomponiana, Oppidum de Costebelle (ancien), Église Saint-Paul, Porte Saint-Paul, Chapelle Saint-Blaise dite "Tour des Templiers" and Château dit Fort du Moulin.
How old are the monuments of Hyères?
The oldest parts of its listed monuments date from Antiquity.
Is Hyères a protected historic area?
Yes: part of Hyères has been a site patrimonial remarquable since 2019.
When were monuments in Hyères first protected?
The first in 1840, the latest in 2025.
How old are the homes in Hyères?
11% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.