Station balnéaire des Sablettes

The Tamaris cornice and Sablettes isthmus, which frame the Toulon harbor, present an exceptional landscape that became a popular seaside resort from the 1860s until World War II. In the spring of 1944, the strategic significance of the defensive structures around the military port led the Germans to raze the fishing village of Sablettes to mitigate the risk of a landing at Toulon. Following the war, the Ministry of Reconstruction and Urbanism (MRU), established in November 1944, was tasked with overseeing reconstruction efforts in the area.