Located in a transition zone between the Alps and the Mediterranean, Sablet experienced many migrations over the centuries but its story begins in the 9th century, when presumably, to protect the village from the invasion of the Saracens, was built the first fortifications.
The wall may be going back to the 14th century, was completed in 1500. Recently restored by the Association of the Companions of Barrys, it remains one of the most beautiful relics of the past.
In the Middle Ages and under the old regime, Sablet belonging directly to the Holy See and was never subservient. The Apostolic Chamber was lady land and justice was administered by Viguier.
A chapel dedicated to St Roch was probably consecrated in 1650. St. Roch, who had stayed at Sablet and was well received, had promised to always protect the village from the plague. And the plague of Marseilles in 1720, attained in fact not the village. The parish church, which dates from the 15th century collateral, was placed under the patronage of Saint-Nazaire and a chapel where there are some interesting exhibitions every summer.
In 1867, after the ravages of phylloxera, which is a Sabletain, inventing the machine to be grafted, allowed to reconstitute the vineyards. The common Sablet grateful gave the name of a benefactor to the village street, the Rue François Frédéric Leydier.
Homeland of the poet and writer Marc Bonnefoy.
