Designed in 1782 by the architect of Niçois Antoine Spinelli, this square marks the abhorrence of the royal road that connected Nice to Turin, then capital of the states of Savoy. The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre and the Confrerie of the Blue Pénitents was built at that time. The decor of the facades in trumpet-eye was realized around 1800 and the balconies in wrought iron are an addition of the nineteenth century, except that of the chapel. Guiseppe Garibaldi, a hero of Italian unity, was erected in 1891 by Etex and Deloye sculptors.

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It's royal!

Garibaldi Square has not always been called this. Until 1870, the square was named in Niçois Vitour, in tribute to King Victor-Amédée III. The monarch works twice. It makes the road connecting Nice to its capital Turin and approves the drawing of the Niçoise royal square which is the culmination of it.

As early as 1749, a square with arcades was sketched, at the bottom of the port basin, on the planes of
architect Jean-François Michaud. Around 1766, The current ensemble, attributed to the architect
Jean-Antoine Scoffier was built between 1845 (palais Astraudo, west of the church) and 1895
(palais Malbequi, to the east). The square follows the requirements of the Ornato Consiglio. The church,
from basilical to antique, was completed in 1853. Its column portico is added in
1896. The doorways of the buildings allow unloading to cover the
goods for storage in large volumes of the ground floor. Upstairs
of the basement, opening also under the arcades, can accommodate offices related to the activity
commercial. The ceilings of the harbors feature crates painted with rosaces in
trumpet the eye, to the antique. A glance at their construction period, the Astraudo Palace
presents in central position the coat of arms of the Maison de Savoie, while the palace Malbequi
offers the RF monogram (French Republic).

The neo-venietian villa of Vicomte Vigier was demolished in 1967, but the park around it remained. Designed by Jean-Pierre Barillet-Deschamps, the latter had in charge, at the same time, the landscaped development of Paris, in connection with Baron Haussmann. The vicomte Vigier has made his garden a renowned laboratory of rare plants where the rich winterers come to supply.
Some palm trees are considered the first specimens of the coast.

The current building was the result of the intervention of architect Sébastien-Marcel Biasini in 1890 on an existing villa. He is notably the author of the wing at the loggia to the columns and the tower-belvedere. The house is representative of the “insane” of the coast by the electism of its elements: colonnade with antiques, ferronneries art nouveau and crête en zinc. Built on an abrupt terrain, it offers a rich composition of paths, bridges, support walls in false-stones as well as a fake-wood cement van, proof of the talent of the rocks. She's waiting for restoration.

Located at the east end of the commune, Cap de Nice is a natural landscape between sea and mountain. Overcame by the park of Mont-Boron and its many forest species, it also allows to appreciate the Belle Époque architecture, including some niçoise follys such as the Château de l’anglais or the Beau-Site villa.

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Quarantine!

Overcoming the Cap de Nice, at the entrance of Villefranche, lies on the seaside the remains of the lazaret. These buildings, built around the end of the 17th century, served as a quarantine site for sailors, travellers and goods arriving by sea from the ports where the plague was, in particular, plague. Nice also had this type of establishment (near the "La Réserve" restaurant) but was dislocated to the Sardinian Restoration for Villefranche.

Mont-Boron, 191 m high and a 570 000 m2 superficie, dominates the east of Nice. In the Middle Ages, it is almost peeled to evict the brigandage or the surprise attacks of enemy army. It's a grazing function. Reforested by the Domains between 1863 and 1866, it is the first hill where the foreign aristocracy built its winter residences.

It was the forest engineer Prosper Demontzey (1831-1898) who undertook the wooding of the site with Pins of Aleppo. There is also a large population of Caroubiers and Wild Oliver. A place of promenade, relaxation and picnic, it offers superb views.

11 km of trails marked in the heart of a 57 ha Mediterranean forest (Aleppo and rare species).

From the fort of Mont-Alban, a unique panorama takes place from Italy to the Estérel, embracing both the rade de Villefranche, the peninsula of Cap-Ferrat, Nice and the mountainous reliefs of the Alps.

Surface:57 ha

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A giant on the hill!

In 1683, while Nice was struck by a great drought, the municipality decided to build a windmill in the Mont-Boron watch tower. The tower walls are repaired to support the new building. It takes no less than 18 men to mount the mills of several tons. Alas, it is quickly abandoned because the winds are not powerful enough to turn it.

Piedtons:

• Bus line No. 14 dessert
• Veire staircase (from Hespered Avenue)
• Trail of agaves (from Avenue Pierrette)
• Quiet path (from the forest road to Hesperide avenue)
• Chemin des crêtes du Mont Boron (from the boulevard du Mont Boron to the Plateau du Mont Boron)
• Ernestine staircase (from Ernestine Avenue to the forest road and then the ridge path)

Vehicles:

• Forest Route: Cross the forest from the Corniche André de Joly to the boulevard du Mont Boron.
• Avenue des Hespérides : from the boulevard Princesse Grace de Monaco

Other:

• Zero Pesticide Park
• View points on the city of Nice
• View points on the bay of Villefranche sur Mer
• Old Forts. Especially the Fort of Mount Alban

Built between 1557 and 1560, under the reign of Duke Emmanuel-Philibert de Savoie, the Fort du Mont-Alban is one of the first fortifications alla moderna or bastioned fortifications, precursor of a good century of the Vauban style. Sitting on a hill of 222m high, it dominates both the rade de Villefranche and the city of Nice. One of the last testimonies of the military past in Nice remains.

The Saviour?

I don't know.

In 1792, French revolutionary armies invade Nice County. In the face of the rumour of a large army of 40,000 men, the Sarde Staff organizes the resistance by concentrating the troops at the level of the Roya Valley on the royal road. His men, the fort of Mont-Alban, yet reputable, cannot resist and surrender.

Visits: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays at 10am, 11am and 12pm

Located between Nice and Villefranche, the Parc du Vinaigrier is a vast natural space of 31 hectares that offers one of the most spectacular views of the whole French Riviera.
Property of the Conservatoire du Littoral, this park of 31 hectares is characteristic of the 19th century Niçois hillsides. The terraces planted with olive trees testify to an agricultural past. The diversity of natural habitats that compose it offers a substantial floristic richness. The Nivéole de Nice, an endemic Franco-Italian species of community interest, was observed.

Guideline : Continue following the marking parallel to the forest road of Mont Boron, join Mont Alban (Panoramas on Villefranche-sur-Mer and Nice). Pass the left of the fort to reach the Col de Villefranche.
Cross the road, pass behind the fuel station, follow the "road of Vinaigrier", "the Alexandra Road", the Veolia station in the direction of Vinaigrier Park

This marble limestone was carved in 1477. The twisted column supports a narrow cross whose faces represent a crucified seraphim, corresponding to a vision of Saint Francis of Assisi at Mount Alverne (Toscane).
It is one of the two sculptures known in Europe on the theme of the seraphic Christ.

The artists Raoul Dufy, Roger Martin du Gard and Henri Matisse sit in this place and you can admire the monuments and buildings in memory of the disappeared.

The Monastery of Cimiez, just like its cemetery and its sublime garden, is a place of worship, culture and tourism most important in the city of Nice.
An evocation of the life of the Franciscans in Nice from the 13th to the 18th century, an illustration of the spiritual and social message of Saint Francis of Assisi, paintings, sculptures, engravings, illuminated manuscripts, frescoes, chapel and old reconstituted cell...
On the square, the cross is the copy of the original found in the church and dated 1477. High of 5,80m, in marble, it is decorated with several finely carved figures including the seraphim that appeared in Saint-François d’Assisi.

He receives theNice Classic Live Festivalwhere the fine flower of the French musicians will be succeeded inrich and bold programming.

Free - free admission.

Acquired by the city at the beginning of the twentieth century, the outbuildings of the monastery are then transformed into a public garden. In addition to the superb view of the east of the city, the quality of the floral massifs and the charm of the rose garden attract young spouses for photographic sessions.

Formerly a vegetable garden of the Franciscans, the gardens are widely bloomed and artistically cut, ready to dream or wonder. Old pergolas are based on the building, and they are covered with roses that are climbing to the continuous blooming.

Faced with the Monastery, this garden is a vast olive grove, made up of thousands of olive trees more than a hundred years old, its free access lawns make it a privileged place of family walks.

Every year, traditional Niçoise events take place.

The Matisse Museum as well as the site and archaeological museum are grouped in this large green space.

Surface 3.2 ha

Located on the northwest edge of the ancient city, the amphitheatre of Cimiez, classified as a historic monument since 1965, is one of the smallest in France. Forming an ellipse of 67 m out of 56 m, the Cimiez arenas, with a capacity of 5,000 spectators, housed gladiator games. Archaeological excavations carried out in 2007 revealed two construction states dating from the end of the century of our era.

From recent construction (1924), on a model very integrated in the landscape niçois by its recall of the Baroque forms, it still welcomes a community of Clares nuns linked to the history of Nicaragua:
- the first link was realized by the installation of the Clarisses in Nice in 1607
- the second resides in the person of St. Colette, Reformer of the Order, who was appointed abbess of the Order by Pope Benedict XIII in Cimiez in 1406.

First plant in the world purifying water through ozone.
Born in Nice, Marius-Paul Otto supports a thesis entitled “Ozone Research”. The treatment technique he invents leads him to build in Nice the first factory in the world purifying water through the ozone, in Bon Voyage. To treat the water of the Vésubie canal that transits through Gairaut, it is decided to create a plant in Rimiez. This is how the water of the hills of Nice acquires the reputation of being one of the best in the world.

The mountains extend between the steep shoreline of the Cape of Nice and the hinterland towards La Trinité. They draw a natural barrier between Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer. Their vegetation combines the shrub euphorb and the carober, the pine of Aleppo and the oak. Residencies (terraces) cultivated in olive trees persist between Mont Vinaigrier and the Observatory. The shaded slopes are home to flowered ash woods and hops.

The Gairaut Canal is the last section of the 32 km of the Vésubie Canal that supplies the city of Nice water from the Mercantour Mountains. It was inaugurated in 1883. At its end, there was a waterfall and an Austrian-inspired chalet. It’s one of the favourite places of the niçois!

Mont Chauve d’Aspremont peaks at 853 metres above sea level.

From its summit, where the remains of a fort of the end of the 19th century are located, there is a panorama at 180° on the neighbouring mountain, Mont Chauve de Tourrette, the coastline and the summits of Mercantour.
The building of the fort was carried out by the Ministry of Defence after the connection to France and its states of service. Its integration into the "Séré de Rivières" system was designed to protect the borders of the country and it will be the precursor to the works of the Maginot line.

Under the persecution of the Diocletian emperor, several soldiers became Christians were put to death. Was the young Pancrace a soldier? In any case, we speak of him as a young man from Phrygia to Rome, converted at the age of 14.

Convicted to death by the emperor in 304, he became very popular and his worship spread throughout the empire.

Saint Pancrace is celebrated on May 12.

The High Environmental Quality (HQE) aims to limit the impact of a construction or rehabilitation operation on the environment while ensuring, inside the building, healthy and comfortable living conditions. This school has benefited from this form of design and is an innovative and powerful achievement for the city of Nice.

This chapel was built in 1935 and housed an altar in carved wood, a work of the artisans of the district of Ventabrun, as well as a Chemin de Croix, also created by a painter-paint of this neighbourhood.

In a region where the acclimatization of exotic plants and the development of gardens are activities that are plebiscited by the wintering, the Société Centrale d’Agriculture, d’Horticulture et d’Acclimatation des Alpes-Maritimes must have a seat worthy of its importance. The Palace of Agriculture, a work of engineer Paul Martin, takes the form of a large villa. It was inaugurated by the President of the Republic Emile Loubet in April 1901. The building has preserved all its interior decors.

Built in 1872, this residence develops a seaside style by an overflowing roof and a wooden awning-balcon. It is part of one of the first subdivisions of the city, the Fay subdivision, created in 1863. While on the promenade there are large villas, its creator Alexis Fay, in the specifications of the estate, favours the “small cottages in the English way” on small plots intended for “medium family fortunes”.

This building of the immediate post-war period, by architect Georges Dikansky, offers a reinterpretation of the classical French ornament. Thus, the ironworks of the guards adopt a rococo decor and a bas-relief overcomes the entrance.

In the configuration of reduced facades to concrete posts separating from large windows, the guardrails of balconies often remain the only ornament. This is the case in this building of 1959 by architect Honoré Aubert with a design of stylized balustres. The top floor is topped by a concrete pergola.

Built at the end of the 19th century, it is representative of the villas of this time consisting of a small garden by the sea and a courtyard of service in the back. In 1935, the building hosted the Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, a meeting center on the problems of the countries of Mare nostrum. On this occasion, the villa is redecorated in art Deco style by the architect Niçois Roger Séassal, Grand Prix of Rome, and an auditorium is built in the back at the location of the commons.

The Gloria mansions, built in the second line compared to the seaside, was completed in 1934 by architect Garabed Hovnanian. The building is part of the typology of the “ pied-à-terre”, very numerous in Nice from 1930. They can also be referred to by the term “home-hotel”.

Alternatives to the hotel of travellers, these buildings include studios or two-rooms with kitchen. They usually do not have a restaurant or lounge but only a space for breakfasts, in some cases. The Gloria mansions is unique to the quality of the apartments, some of which have windows and large terraces. Common areas also feature luxurious art deco ornamentation around the large helicoidal staircase. Inclusions of mother-of-pearl in cement make the facades shin. Also called Gloria building, the building refers, by its eagles on the corner, to the Chrysler building in New York.

This is the first construction by a foreign national, the British Lady Penelope Rivers. Built in 1787, it offers all the characteristics of the first villas of the seaside, raised in the early days of the Nicaraguan resort. The house is thus positioned on the northern edge of the plot, against the old road of France, because the coastline was not yet fixed at that time. The park, which originally exceeded the hectare, was mainly planted with orange trees, protected by a double cypress alley parallel to the shore. The sea view from the residence was thus limited. The Villa Rivers, the oldest building in the Promenade des Anglais, retains lounges with painted ceilings and stoves in faience, today rare.

Its current aspect is the result of many yards, designed to increase the profitability of this plot in the face of the sea. Originally limited to three levels and to the five central windows, the house was continually enlarged laterally, lifted up and rebuilt between 1850 and 1911. Destined for seasonal rental, each site took place between April and September in order to accommodate the resorts in October, for the winter season.

The ground floor and the first floor date from 1873 (architect Sébastien-Marcel Biasini). The higher levels were added in 1925 by Charles Palmero and Victor Martin. The house has maintained its gate and fence wall with a low grid, allowing transparency between the garden and the private space and the public space.

Named as a reference to the Queen Mary ship, the building is representative of a “paquebot” aesthetic with an angled glass borough and its round iron rails such as a basting. Completed in 1941 by architect Kevork Arsenian, the building offers a new relationship with the outside. From now on, the windows are preponderant on the full walls and each bay opens on a balcony, filtering on the entire façade.

This ensemble, built around a garden court, which is partly open on the promenade, is the work of architects Georges and Michel Dikansky. Its construction is between 1948 and 1962. These buildings are representative of the seaside architecture of the period of the Trente Glorieuses: white coating, loggias, some of the floors in bleachers to enjoy maximum sunshine or rounded resssauts of balconies on the side facades allowing the sea view from a location even far from the beach.

This building of 1932 is a beautiful example of the large complexes erected in the inter-two wars and bringing together luxury apartments, shops and places of leisure, taking the form here of a cinema room that originally opened in the central position of the maritime façade. His architect, Georges Dikansky, makes it coexist art deco style (ferronneries) and seaside references (pergola sommitale, overflowing corniche...).

The hotel’s board of walks made a sensation at its inauguration in January 1913, for its decors but above all because it offers all the latest technical advances: double doors and partitions for soundproofing, ventilation, air aspiration... A double traffic allows the staff to access the customer areas without being seen. His author Edouard-Jean Niermans is a renowned architect, a French specialist in the construction of hotels and holiday venues (cabarets, breweries...).

It was the first hotel to be opened on the path of the English in 1854. In 1868 there was a "ascensional car" (elevator). He was named after his Victoria hotel opening, then Rome hotel and, finally, West-end hotel in 1885. In order to increase its capacity to accommodate and remain a first-class establishment, the façade and interior spaces are continually enlarged and modified.

Originally comprising only three levels, this house was built between 1856 and 1863 and was intended for seasonal rental. The ground floor is survived, taking place on a basement, in order to also benefit from the sea view from this floor. The last two floors are a recent addition, rewriting the fronton pattern.

A first hotel, the Dalmas Hotel, opened in 1865. The building was then enlarged, taking its current appearance in 1881. The hotel was then allowed to take the name of Westminster, whose duke title had just been created by Queen Victoria of England in 1874. The hotel has three lounges built on the back by architect Louis Castel in 1902.

Built in a year, in 1906, his author was architect Charles Dalmas. This establishment is, at its inauguration, recognized as a modern establishment with a bathroom per room. Its success is such that it is enlarged from the next season and its façade will be further modified. It retains the majority of its original interior decors.

In 1929, a luxurious leisure complex was inaugurated, designed by architects Charles and Marcel Dalmas. It includes playrooms (casino), bars, restaurants, dance lounge, exhibition rooms and a theater of eight hundred places. At its opening, the building is considered the most beautiful art deco ensemble in France. The monumentality is set as still proves the large openings, former bay windows of the Salon de la mer and its 14 meters high under ceiling. The Palais de la Méditerranée was demolished in 1990, only the facades were preserved.

Completed in 1970, works by architects Pierre Allard and Claude Gros, it is a good example of buildings favouring smoked glass guards. The vestibule is monumental with double height and escalators.

A building, the villa Les algues, was built in 1861 for seasonal rental. It was tasted in art deco style in 1934. A sculpted composition by Gérard Choain surmounts the entrance, a catalogue of tourism treasures in the region of Nicaragua. The building then hosted the offices of the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranée railway company (P.L.M.).

Inaugurated in 1896, the Monument du Centenaire, a work by André-Joseph Allar, celebrated the first union of Nice in France, carried out in 1793 by the French Revolutionary Armed Forces. The garden, erected in 1893 on the mouth of the river, was baptized Albert 1st in honour of the King of the Belgians who had opposed the invasion of his country by Allmagne during the First World War.

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N as Victoire!

At the top of the column throne Nikaïa, goddess of victory in Greek mythology. It is an allusion to the Greek origins of the city and to its Latinized name that appears on the city’s flag: Nicaea Civitas.

The current Place Masséna is the result of the merger of two places, long separated by the Paillon River. Between 1824 and 1882, the Charles-Albert Bridge connects the two shores. In the south, the semi-circular Charles-Albert square was opened in 1832. In the north, the portico buildings with turino were erected between 1840 and 1860. They delineate a square square square square that takes the name of the marsh Masséna in 1852. In order to gain spaces, the Paillon is covered and the two places are connected in a single esplanade in 1883. As early as 2007, the work of line 1 of the tram led to a redevelopment of the whole with a damier pavement surmounted by the statues of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, “Conversation in Nice”.

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Nice as an Apollo!

On the Place Masséna stands the fountain of the Sun. Created by sculptor Alfred Janniot (First Prize of Rome in sculpture) and inaugurated in 1956, it represents the god Apollo surrounded by five planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn. The Marble Apollo was removed in the 1970s for questions of modesty and transferred to the Charles- Ehrmann stadium, before making his triumphant return in 2011.

Until the beginning of the 18th century, the lower town was buried in its enclosure. The few places (place at the Herbes, Place Saint-François) offer only the necessary clearance for commercial activities. In 1706, King Louis XIV ordered the destruction of the fortifications of Nice. Urban projects can see the day. It is an opportunity to provide the city with a monumental square, like those of Turin. The square of the courthouse, formerly known as Saint-Dominique, is a transition between the old town and the Vila Nova. Focusing on the Dominican convent, this place has open corners, especially modern for this time. Unlike the Turinian squares, the overall architectural treatment is not uniform because its layout has been progressive. The Spitalieri Palace of Cessole has a theatrical aspect typical of the rococo style (portail and balcony). The choice of the brick at the expense of the size stone recalls a pedestrian influence.

In 1559, the Cateau-Cambresis Treaty ended the occupation of the Savoy States by the French troops. Duke Emmanuel-Philibert decided to transfer his capital from Chambéry to Turin, sheltered behind the Alps. He chose the old episcopal palace to welcome his ducal residence. This new centre of power is the first act of future Turinian urban extensions.
In Nice, the castle hill acquires a strictly military function. The Ducal Palace is moved to the lower town. In the same way as in Turin, this new residence is located at the hinge between the old city and the new district, built in the early 18th century.

The Jesuits settled in Nice in the early 17th century. Their original chapel is completely rebuilt from 1642. This new church is part of the Council of Trent and the Catholic Reformation led by Rome. The reference to the Gesù of Rome, architect Jacopo Barozzi da Vignola, is often mentioned. The unique nave, free from any obstacle, allows the audience to focus only on the preaching. Originally, translucent windows allowed the light to enter freely, creating shadow games. The stained-glass windows, added after the connection of Nice County to France, are in contradiction with this spirit. The bell tower is one of the few witnesses of the use of the bare brick, in the purest turinian filiation. The decorative elements of the bell tower echo that of the Turin Cathedral of Filippo Juvarra.

Among the powers in attendance, the consuls represent the inhabitants. The communal palace, a name derived from the comunal palazzo, is located near the Franciscan convent. Raised at the end of the 16th century, beautification works began between 1679 and 1680. They concern the building of the façade and the portal. The architect in charge of the project is Marc-Antoine Grigho, says “Svizzero”, because from the diocese of Côme, border of Switzerland. The sculptures, especially the famous ones, are the work of the Genoese marbriers François and Dominique Mulciano, then installed in Monaco. In 1758, the façade was taken over by the student of the great architect Filippo Juvarra, the Piedmontese Ignazio Agliaudi more known as Giovanni Pietro Baroni di Tavigliano. The latter, while important the model of the Turinian palace, retains the ground floor of Grigho.

The café in Turin and the former Hotel L’Aigle d’Or are witnesses of the road-related animation that connected Nice to Turin.
Place Garibaldi, terminus of the journey, welcomed travellers, merchants or immigrants who came to search for work in Nice. After a long experience, the travellers went down to hostels near the square. Several schools were located on the other side of the Paillon, at the level of the current Masséna high school. These inns gradually leave room for resort hotels. The Hotel L’Aigle d’Or, built in the former Franciscan monastery in the 1830s, is representative of this evolution. As for the coffee of Turin, it was for more than a century the rallying point of the Italian community.