Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Nice, France

Villa La Belle Époque is a historic mansion in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. It was built from 1909 to 1911 for Mr Enos. It was designed by architect Jean-Baptiste Blanchi, with additional gilded decorations designed by Michel de Tarnowski. It has been listed as an official national monument since October 23, 1992.

Wikipedia: Villa La Belle Époque (EN)

The Masséna Museum is a municipal museum of the city of Nice located in one of the last prestigious villas of the nineteenth century on the Promenade des Anglais.

Wikipedia: Musée Masséna (FR), Website

The Pope's Column is a white marble memorial column erected in Nice in 1822 in memory of Pope Pius VII's two brief visits to the city, in 1809 and 1814.

Wikipedia: Colonne du pape (FR)

The Marble Cross is located in Nice, on the square of the same name, in the French department of Alpes-Maritimes. It was erected in 1568 in memory of the Treaty of the Peace of Nice signed in 1538.

Wikipedia: Croix de Marbre (FR)

The Hyatt Regency Nice Palais de la Méditerranée is a nine-floor luxury casino hotel complex located on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France. It was built in 1929 by architects Charles and Marcel Dalmas, and partly rebuilt and modernized in 1990, a year after two of its facades were classified as historical monuments. It contains 187 rooms and twelve suites, and is owned by Constellation Hotels Holding.

Wikipedia: Palais de la Méditerranée (EN)

The Théâtre de Verdure de Nice is an outdoor theater located in Nice, France, which was built in 1946 by architect François Aragon. It has a capacity of 1,850 seated or 3,200 standing. Notable artists that have performed at the venue include Dalida, A-ha, Prince & the Revolution, R.E.M., Iron Maiden, Santana, Metallica, Joe Satriani, AC/DC, Elton John, Frank Zappa and Judas Priest.

Wikipedia: Théâtre de Verdure de Nice (EN)

The monument to the Centenary of the Reunion of Nice with France, by André-Joseph Allar, was inaugurated on 4 March 1896 in the Albert-I Garden. It celebrates the centenary of the annexation of Nice to France in 1793. The bronze statue represents a winged victory who swears an oath of loyalty. The marble group is an allegory of Nice giving itself to France.

Wikipedia: Monument du Centenaire (FR)

The Fountain of the Tritons, also known as the Fountain of the Phocaeans, is a municipal fountain in the city of Nice.

Wikipedia: Fontaine des Tritons (Nice) (FR)

Neuf lignes obliques is a steel monument on the Promenade des Anglais, by French artist Bernar Venet. It was commissioned to mark the 150th anniversary of the 1860 annexation of the County of Nice by France.

Wikipedia: Neuf Lignes Obliques (EN)

The Opéra de Nice is the principal opera venue in Nice, France, which houses the Ballet Nice Méditerrannée and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra. It offers three types of performances: operas, ballets and classical music concerts.

Wikipedia: Opéra de Nice (EN), Website

The Palais Hongran is a historic mansion in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. It was built from 1769 to 1772. It has been listed as an official national monument since December 2, 2010.

Wikipedia: Palais Hongran (EN)

The Promenade du Paillon is a green corridor located in Nice and designed by the landscape architect Michel Péna. It connects the Promenade des Anglais to the National Theatre by running along Avenue des Phocéens on one side followed by Boulevard Jean-Jaurès and Avenue de Verdun on the other side followed by Avenue Félix-Faure over a length of 1.2 km. It passes next to the open-air theatre and the Albert-Ier garden and follows the course of the covered Paillon river.

Wikipedia: Promenade_du_Paillon (FR)

The statue of Marshal André Masséna, in Nice, was inaugurated in 1869. It is the work of the sculptor Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, and was located in the former Général-Leclerc square, on the oldest covered part of the Paillon (1866-1868). Today this bronze piece is included in the Promenade du Paillon.

Wikipedia: Statue de Masséna (FR)

Nice Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral located in the city of Nice in southern France.

Wikipedia: Nice Cathedral (EN)

The Clock Tower is located in Nice, Place du Palais.

Wikipedia: Tour de l'Horloge (Nice) (FR)

The Palais d'York is a historic mansion in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. It was built from 1762 to 1768. It has been listed as an official national monument since December 16, 1949.

Wikipedia: Palais d'York (EN)

The prefectural palace of Nice, located in Old Nice, is currently the seat of the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes and the residence of the prefect. Until the County of Nice was annexed to France in 1860, the building was a royal residence of the kings of Piedmont-Sardinia. Prior to 1720, it was the palace of the Dukes of Savoy in Nice but almost nothing remains of the original building given the extensions and profound transformations of the palace in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Wikipedia: Palais préfectoral de Nice (FR)

The Chapel of Mercy, known as the Chapel of the Black Penitents, formerly the church of Saint-Gaétan, is a Catholic place of worship, located on the Cours Saleya in Nice. It is considered the masterpiece of the Nice Baroque.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Miséricorde de Nice (FR)

The Villa Arson, also referred to as the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts à la Villa Arson, is a French art museum, elite school and research institution for contemporary art, located in Nice, France. It is home to the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts de Nice and the Centre Nationale d'Art Contemporain, and was created under a ministerial charter in 1972 by the Ministry of Culture.

Wikipedia: Villa Arson (EN), Website

The Chapel of the Most Holy Trinity and the Holy Shroud, in Nice, belongs to the Confraternity of the Red Penitents.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Très-Sainte-Trinité et du Saint-Suaire de Nice (FR)

The Palais Lascaris is a seventeenth-century aristocratic building in Nice, France. Currently, it is a musical instrument museum. Located in the old town of Nice, it houses a collection of over 500 instruments, which makes it France’s second most important collection after the Musée de la Musique de la Philharmonie in Paris.

Wikipedia: Palais Lascaris (EN), Website

The Sainte-Croix chapel in Nice, known as the chapel of the white penitents, was built by the Minims from 1633. Located on rue Saint-Joseph in Old Nice, it belongs to the archconfraternity of white penitents. The chapel was partly rebuilt in 1765-1767 under the direction of the architect Antoine Spinelli. The façade, characteristic of the seventeenth-century style, was retouched in 1875. The bell tower, in baroque style, also dates from 1765-1767.

Wikipedia: Chapelle Sainte-Croix de Nice (FR)

The Chapel of the Visitation of Sainte-Claire is a chapel located in Old Nice, to which is attached a convent known as the Visitation Sainte-Claire.

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The Convent of Saint-François is a former Franciscan convent located in Old Nice, of which only vestiges remain today. A rehabilitation of the complex was undertaken in 2016 by the municipality to restore it to its original appearance.

Wikipedia: Couvent Saint-François de Nice (FR)

The Lycée Masséna is a French secondary and higher education institution, located at 2, avenue Félix-Faure in Nice, with an annex at 8, rue de l'Hôtel-des-Postes. The principal is Gilles Kleczek. In addition to secondary school, the high school hosts nine preparatory classes for the grandes écoles.

Wikipedia: Lycée Masséna (FR)

The Church of Notre-Dame-des-Grâces in Nice, also known as the Church of the Vow, was built in Nice from 1836 to 1852. In neoclassical style, it is located on the Saint-Jean-Baptiste wharf, hence the fact that it is sometimes referred to as the Saint-Jean-Baptiste church.

Wikipedia: Église Notre-Dame-des-Grâces de Nice (FR)

The monument to Garibaldi, in Nice, was inaugurated in 1891 on the Place Garibaldi. It is the work of the sculptors Antoine Étex and Gustave Deloye.

Wikipedia: Monument à Garibaldi (Nice) (FR)

The Chapel of the Holy Sepulchre or the Most Holy Sepulchre or of Our Lady of the Sincaïre or the Blue Penitents of Nice was built by the architect Antoine Spinelli on Place Garibaldi, from 1782 to 1784. It belongs to the Venerable Archconfraternity of the Blue Penitents of the Holy Sepulchre. The façade is in both neoclassical and late baroque style for the upper part and the interior. The balcony was added in 1841.

Wikipedia: Chapelle du Saint-Sépulcre de Nice (FR)

The Chapel of the Dormition of the Virgin is a religious building of the Serbian Orthodox Church located in Nice, France.

Wikipedia: Chapelle de la Dormition-de-la-Vierge (FR)

The Terra Amata Museum of Prehistory is a municipal museum in Nice, located on the western slopes of Mont Boron, at 25 boulevard Carnot. It is dedicated to the prehistoric site of Terra Amata.

Wikipedia: Musée de paléontologie humaine de Terra-Amata (FR), Website