International Day of the Seafarers

From 9.00 am to 12 noon and 1.30 pm to 5.00 pm: water activities and guided tours free of charge

From 9.00 am to 12 noon and 1.30 to 4.30 pm

Times of departure: 9.30 – 11.00 am- 2.00 -3.30 pm

Gig trips in the Harbor of Villefranche from the Port of la Darse – 1-hour duration

GUIDED TOURS OF THE DARSE BY THE ASPMV: 1-hour duration = Meet under the last Vault of the Darse – Times of Tours: 10.30 – 11.30 am – 2.30 – 3.30 pm – French/English

GUIDED TOURS OF THE EXHIBITIONS AT THE GARE MARITIME
by the Association the Americans and the Sixth Fleet: 15min duration

Times of visits: from 9.30 am to 12.00 noon and from 2.00 to 4.30 pm – French/English

From 5.30 to 7.00 pm: AUDITORIUM of the CITADELLE – free entrance – 160 seats

i The conferences will be filmed in their entirety by Lucas Bosc, student at the ESRA Côte d’Azur

Unveiling and screening of photos by Olivier Jude with the Anao Club, for Villefranche & seafarers – duration 10 minutes
Screening of the video directed by Lucas Bosc for Villefranche & seafarers – duration 5min
Conference of Michelle Icard and Paul-Jo Masnata for the ASPMV: “Seafarers of Villefranche” – 30 minutes
Conference of Nathalie Molines for the Association The Americans and the Sixth Fleet –
45 minutes “The US Navy and the French Riviera during the Cold War Issues, Organization and Impact of the American Navy on the coastline of the French Riviera, from Theoule-sur-Mer to Menton (1948-1967).”
The idea is to show the rationale behind the ports of call and the Villefranche base in the overall strategy of the Sixth fleet in the Mediterranean, the structures of the American presence which stemmed from it and their consequences on the region and population.