An eccentric millionaire Baroness spent her life collecting precious works and objects of art in her magnificent villa. On display are paintings by Fragonard, Boucher,Monet, Sisley and Renoir; tapestries by Beauvais and Aubusson, Louis XV and Louis XVI and furniture and numerous objects from the Far East. Has a 7 hectare park and 7 theme [...]
15 Rue Droite,
06000 Nice – France
Residence of the Lascaris-Vintimille family, this palace was constructed from 1648. It remained the property of the family until the Revolution. Sold in 1802, it deteriorated greatly. Acquired by the City of Nice in 1942, it was classed as an Historical Monument in 1946. Influenced by the Genoese baroque style, [...]
Place Massena,
06000 Nice, France
Jardin Albert-Ier is one of the city’s oldest gardens, and was named after the Belgian king in 1914, with many species of palm trees and very old rose plants; it runs from the sea front to Place Masséna. Arches of vegetation surround vast lawns with ponds, waterworks and kids riding in the [...]
Place Pierre Gautier
06300 Nice, France
From 1610 to 1717 the building was the Palace of the Dukes of Savoy before becoming Royal Palace and the Government Palace, the seat of the Prefecture of Nice in 1860. Since the inauguration of the new administrative centre to the west of Nice, it has been home to the President [...]
Terra Amata is an archaeological site near the French town of Nice.
The prehistoric sites of Lazaret and Terra Amata was an open site with finds of Acheulean flint tools dating it to the Lower Paleolithic. It was excavated by a team of archaeologists led by Henri de Lumley, who believed the site contained a series [...]
The new town, laid out in the 18th and 19th centuries with palm trees, squares and stucco villas, is divided from the old town by the river Paillon, though you’d never know it as it is covered over for most of its length. The pink facades of Place Massenna and the jardins Albert 1, which [...]
Open daily from 9-6pm and situated on in the Cimiez quarter, this Franciscan monastery boasts not only beautiful architecture but contains masterpieces of medieval art by Louis and Antoine Bréa. The adjacent museum, Musée Franciscain is extremely interesting and the monastic buildings and gardens provide visitors with a peaceful, picturesque retreat.
The museum shows the life [...]
Discover this French Riviera seaside Palazzo, luxurious re-creation of an Ancient Greek Villa. Go back in time to discover a luxurious palace on the shores of the Mediterranean, its furniture, frescoes, mosaics. An unforgettable “journey” for the entire family…
Mystery hunts for children, a host of activities for all the family.
Villa Kerylos
Impasse Gustave Eiffel
06310 Beaulieu-sur-Mer
Tel.: [...]
Built from 1898 to 1901 and designed in the style of Italian villas, André Massena gave it to Nice in 1917. It was then transformed into a regional history museum and inaugurated in 1921.
The Massena’s Empire salon contain an ecelctic mix of Nice primitive painters and water-colourists, armour and Napoleon’s coronation robe and death mask.
Address
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Avenue Docteur Ménard
06000, Nice
Tél: 00 33 (0)4 93 53 87 20
http://www.musee-chagall.fr
The museum building is concrete and glass, set in the middle of a garden with olives, cypresses and evergreen oaks. It houses the largest permanent collection of Chagall’s work. Paintings, sculptures, mosaics and stained glass windows.
Open from October 1st to June 30th ,10 am to [...]
