The village in the Alpes-Maritimes, a pearl clinging to the mountainside between sky and earth, was long a mandatory crossing point between the two countries.
Armand keeps traces, photos and documents from that period. The history of the two nations still mingles there.
A collegiate church, ochre chapels and, beneath the balconies, a profusion of colors recall that past.
In the streets, the two cultures coexist, like the two languages and the two countries.
Under the clock tower, tastes and colors bear witness to what remains of Italy.
The first language learned after French is Italian.
On September 16, 1947, a local referendum and a treaty return the municipality to France.
In 1861, Tende is Italian. This situation lasts nearly a century.