{"id":18570,"date":"2026-02-04T08:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=18570"},"modified":"2026-02-04T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T09:18:46","slug":"la-basse-ville-ou-le-recit-dun-siecle-dhistoire-toulonnaise-devergondee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/02\/04\/la-basse-ville-ou-le-recit-dun-siecle-dhistoire-toulonnaise-devergondee\/","title":{"rendered":"La basse-ville ou le r\u00e9cit d\u2019un si\u00e8cle d\u2019histoire toulonnaise \u00ab&nbsp;d\u00e9vergond\u00e9e&nbsp;\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Jonch\u00e9e entre le cours Lafayette, la rue des Remparts, la rue de Lorgues et la rue Vincent-Courdouan, dans la zone pi\u00e9tonne du centre-ville, la basse-ville est encore, de nos jours, le c\u0153ur battant de Toulon. Il regroupe les rues les plus anim\u00e9es de la commune, entre caf\u00e9s, commerces, et l\u2019embl\u00e9matique march\u00e9 du cours Lafayette.<\/p>\n<p>Du milieu du XIX<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0si\u00e8cle jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019apr\u00e8s Seconde Guerre mondiale, ce quartier \u00e9tait surnomm\u00e9 le \u00ab\u00a0Chapeau Rouge\u00a0\u00bb, et constituait la seule zone de la ville o\u00f9 la prostitution \u00e9tait libre et autoris\u00e9e. De nombreux auteurs \u00e9crivirent \u00e0 son sujet (Farr\u00e8re, Loti, puis Cocteau, V\u00e9rane, Morand, Carco, Kessel, Cendrars ou encore Bernanos), forgeant l\u2019imaginaire de la basse-ville, empreint de sensualit\u00e9 et de l\u00e9g\u00e8ret\u00e9, que Pierre Loti d\u00e9crivait comme \u00ab\u00a0<i>ivre de soleil, de chaleur, d\u2019alcool, de cris et de chants<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb, et o\u00f9 les matelots se pressaient pour oublier, le temps d\u2019une soir\u00e9e, la rudesse de la vie en mer. Toulon \u00e9tait alors consid\u00e9r\u00e9e comme \u00ab\u00a0capitale de la prostitution et de l\u2019opium\u00a0\u00bb, et devint dans l\u2019entre-deux-guerres celle de \u00ab\u00a0l\u2019homosexualit\u00e9\u00a0\u00bb, au grand dam des autorit\u00e9s, notamment de la Marine nationale.<\/p>\n<p>Une \u00e9poque fantasm\u00e9e et bien heureusement r\u00e9volue que Marc Bayle et Andr\u00e9 Four\u00e8s, deux auteurs natifs de Toulon, racontent dans leur livre consacr\u00e9 <i>Toulon d\u00e9vergond\u00e9e, la Basse-Ville (ann\u00e9es 1880-1980)<\/i>. Une plong\u00e9e in\u00e9dite dans le pass\u00e9 sensible de ce quartier \u00e0 part, riche de nombreuses archives, qui sera racont\u00e9e et discut\u00e9e par ses auteurs, en compagnie du Club de la presse 83, ce jeudi, \u00e0 18h30, \u00e0 la librairie Charlemagne de Toulon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p><i>Inscriptions par mail : <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:resa.clubpresse83@gmail.com\">resa.clubpresse83@gmail.com<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jonch&eacute;e entre le cours Lafayette, la rue des Remparts, la rue de Lorgues et la rue Vincent-Courdouan, dans la zone pi&eacute;tonne du centre-ville, la basse-ville est encore, de nos jours, le c&oelig;ur battant de Toulon. 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