The ramparts of the old town of Antibes, witness to attack from Admiral Byng of "pour encourager les autres" fame, are now sadly incomplete. However, just next to our house is a surviving section surmounted by a very pleasant walkway which allows for a calm stroll as far as the Gravette beach.
Just before the wall makes a right-angle bend to the right to follow the coastline and the Amiral de Grasse roadway, the BH made a tiny but intriguing discovery. A repair to the wall, at chest height, contains a fragment of terracotta, about 3-4 cm long, probably a tile, stuck in the mortar. On closer inspection, it turned out to be carved with a face of a man, uncannily resembling Winston Churchill...
How many people know it is there, who put it there, or was it carved in situ? Click on the photo for a better look.
Looks more like Stalin to me
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