Puen-Croisette - strongly projecting into the sea in the east of the Cape of Cannes. There comes the famous Croisette.

And the Cape, and the promenade are so called because once there was held "The way the small cross." On it were the pilgrims on their way to the island of Saint-Honorat, in the monastery of Lerins (crouseto Provencal means "small cross"). One urban legend says that here on the Cape, during the struggle against the Muslim Saracens had erected a cross.

In 1929, on the decline of "Roaring Twenties" when France enjoyed a postwar prosperity in the South Pacific region Puen, Croisette was built luxurious casino "Palm Beach" (still existing). Huge complex - saltwater pool, private beach, restaurants, bars, a nightclub - attracted many celebrities. It has been visited Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Maurice Chevalier, John D. Rockefeller, the sultan of Morocco. Oddly enough, noisy neighborhood did not prevent the district to be the likeness of the village: there were to be found, for example, Charles Aznavour, playing peacefully with the locals petanque before you go to the casino.

Now, of course, the area has grown, villas and private houses have given way to high-rise buildings have not all the neighbors know each other, as it was a century ago, but Puen-La Croisette is still as it is separated from the rest of Cannes. Residents say that they can easily exist in isolation: there are shops, a church, promenades and ports for yachts and boats, and what else is needed?

On the headland the three marinas: in the west - Port Pierre Canto in the east - Moore Rouge in the south - Harbor Puen-La Croisette. It is natural for the maritime town, whose residents can not imagine life without the possibility to go to sea on his own boat. All marinas are now underway to improve them.

And the townspeople and tourists enjoy a walk in the park named after May 8, 1945. Beds with roses and shaded benches surround the center of the square, where vodruzhёn Cross of Lorraine - a symbol of resistance. Nearby, on the boulevard of Alexander III, you can admire the Catholic Church of Notre-Dame-des-Pins, or Orthodox Archangel Michael.

In 2010, on the southern tip of the Cape, in the place where pilgrims went to the monastery of Lerins, the city inaugurated the Memorial Cross raised in memory of the crouseto. Next to cars in the parking lot, the beach, the casino, but the cross on the background of the sea and the Lerins Islands recalls the history of the city.