Fraxinetum or Fraxinet (Arabic: فرخشنيط‎, romanized: Farakhshanīt or فرخشة‎ Farakhsha, from Latin fraxinus: "ash tree", fraxinetum: "ash forest") was the site of Muslim fortress in Provence between about 887 and 972. It is identified with modern La Garde-Freinet, near Saint-Tropez. From this base, the Muslims raided up the Rhône Valley and into Piedmont. For a time, they controlled the passes through the western Alps. They withstood several attempts to oust them, but were finally defeated by the combined forces of the Provençal and Piedmontese nobility.