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* Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe
* Cathédrale Ste-Réparate
* Cimiez
* Colline du Château (Castle Hill)
* Cours Saleya
* Hôtel Négresco
* Musée des Beaux-Arts
* Musée International d'Art Naïf Anatoly Jakovsky
* Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall
* Palais Lascaris
* Palais Masséna - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire
* Promenade Des Anglais
* Quartier du Paillon
* Quartier du Port
* Vieille Ville
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Do not miss )
Located in the heart of a Mediterranean garden at the foot of Cimiez hill, this striking, modern museum was especially designed by André Hermant to exhibit Marc Chagall's 'Biblical Message' - a series of 17 monumental canvases, created between 1954 and 1967, evoking the Garden of Eden, Moses and other biblical themes.
Chagall was a highly individualistic Russian-Jewish painter who drew his main themes from the Old Testament and Russian-Jewish folklore. Born in Vitebsk in 1887, he spent the war years in America, before moving permanently to St-Paul-de-Vence in 1950.
He opened the museum here himself in 1973. He also created the mosaic of the prophet Elijah, cleverly reflected in the pool, and the beautiful blue stained-glass windows representing The Creation of the World in the concert hall. Other works were donated to the museum after Chagall's death in 1985, making this the largest and most important permanent collection of his work.
Address: avenue Docteur Ménard
Phone: 04 93 53 87 20
Open: Jul-Sep 10-6; Oct-Jun 10-5. Closed Tue, 1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec
Restaurant: Garden café, Apr-Oct (Inexpensive)
Bus: 15
Accessible: Excellent
Admission: Moderate
Other: Cimiez; Musée Matisse
Practical: Shop, library, concert hall. Reserve guided tours in advance
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