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A long Italian past
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The lasting influence of the Italian past of Sainte-Agnès is obvious in the colors of some roughcasts. Used as a stronghold by the Romans, the site of Sainte-Agnès has always been highly coveted because of its strategic position making it possible to monitor the four cardinal points. The Ligurian castellaras of Sainte-Agnès constituted an important lookout post watching over the Mediterranean coasts of Italian Liguria and the Alpine mountains. Its control was successively aspired by the Counts of Ventimiglia, the Counts of Provence, the House of Savoy, and the Grimaldi family. The destiny of Sainte-Agnès was set in 1860 when the village, then dependent on the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, was attached to France after Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, ceded Nice and Savoy.
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