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H.Germain,
president of Le Crédit Lyonnais, buys olive
groves on the hill of Cimiez, and asks S.M.Biasini
to build a residential quarter.
A splendid triumphant way 20 metres wide,
opened in1884, leads up to Excelsior Regina
Palace which crowns this beautiful private
aera, absolutely unique in Côte d'azur.
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Ex-hotel
Alhambra near Le Floride
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Château
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Excelsior
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Quarters
of local notables, Cimiez became the winter
residence of kings, aristocrats, and upper
class persons. Parks and gardens exhibiting
luxuriance of the Mediterranean vegetation,
remarkable museums, luxury hotels, now restored,
modernized and turned into co-ownerships,
reflect splendour and opulence of Belle Epoque,
which remain the spirit of this residential
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Château de Valrose, a testimony to Russian presence
in Nice, nowadays housing the faculty of Science. |
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on the hill of Cimiez, the Matisse museum, a Genoese
villa decorated with trompe- l'oeil, enables the
visitor to discover painter's creations, from his
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collection, made up mostly with donations, gathers
works and objects which were dear to Matisse. From
the first painter's donation in 1953 to the Marie
Matisse's donation in 1992, the museum has now an
exceptional collection.The works of sculpture constitute
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When I realized that every morning, I would see
this light, I couldn't figure out how lucky I
was...I decided not to leave Nice and I have lived
there almost all my life. "
Henri
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Initiated
by the Marc and Valentina Chagall's donation
(1966), the Chagall museum displays the greatest
permanent collection of the artist's works
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17 biblical paintings (1954-1967), 193 preparatory
sketches, 39 gouaches, a hundred engravings,
sculptures, ceramics, and also stained-glass
windows, tapestries and mosaïcs. |
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The
ruins of Cemenelum, meticulously excavated,
give an idea of what the city looked like
at the beginnning of Christian era.
The
archeological museum retraces the history
of the ancient Roman city. The collections
mainly come from the excavations of Cimiez.
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Garden
of Arenas with its splendid centennial olive
trees.There takes place the Jazz Festival
every year.
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of Cimiez and Galloroman archeological site
of Cemenelum.This city was founded by Auguste
in 14 B.C.and was the county town of what
is nowadays Alpes-Maritimes |
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monastery and its garden, full of roses as
early as May, offers some moments' relaxation
and a very fine view of the city and the sea. |
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Eglise
Notre-Dame du monastère and the Franciscan
museum.
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