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History of Biot


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The Romans were here from 154 BC. and annexed the village in 42 BC. when they took control of the entire coastal region. Several vestiges remain of the Roman presence, including inscriptions, steles and a mausoleum at the "Chèvre d'Or".

Biot belonged to the Count of Provence until 1209 when he gave it to the Templiers. From 1312, the Bishops of Grasse shared rule with the Hospitalers de St. Jean de Jerusalem, who took over when the Templiers "fell". The village was nearly wiped out by the plague at the end of the 14th century. In the middle of the

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