Saint-Paul-de-Vence
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Saint-Paul or Saint-Paul de Vence is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. The well-known modern and contemporary art museum Fondation Maeght is located near Saint-Paul.
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Notable residents
Saint-Paul de Vence has always been a haven of the famous. During the 1960s, it was frequented by French actors, Yves Montand, Simone Signoret, and Lino Ventura; and poet, Jacques Prévert.
Saint-Paul is also well known for the artists who have lived there, such as Marc Chagall, and more recently, Théodore Tobiasse and Giuliano Mancini.
- American writer, James Baldwin, died in Saint-Paul de Vence in 1987.
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