 In 1574, the town was looted by the Huguenots, who massacred 18 residents.A statue called "Maiden of the Massacre" was erected on square where the massacre took place, in Clock Street.Aups was the centre of the Var Republican insurgency in 1851 against the coup d'état of Napoleon III, and became known as the "Center of Red Var".Aups was a stronghold of the French Resistance during World War II.