Joseph Nègre was the king of confectioners and the confectioner of kings in the nineteenth century

Thorenc became Grasse's mountain resort in the 1890s, and it still looks quite different from other villages.

One of the great pioneers of photography, Charles Nègre, was born and died in Grasse

A boy from Alsace came to Grasse in 1873 and made a successful living but was always treated as a foreigner.

Grasse's centre boasts only one hotel, compared twenty or more around the town in the Thirties

The great impressionist spent the winter months of 1900 & 1901 in Magagnosc, in the commune of Grasse

There was a motor race in 1899 from Nice to Magagnosc (in the commune of Grasse) and back, won by a Daimler car

La Foux has always supplied Grasse with water but almost fell into disuse. A new plant has resurrected it.

Pauline Bonaparte only visited Grasse for a few months in all, and yet she is commemorated by a park and a statue.