French Riviera
Nice
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Sights
* 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
The Riviera
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Monaco
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St-Tropez
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In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
In a narrow back street at the heart of the Vieille Ville, behind a façade of ornate balconies and pilasters adorned with garlands of flowers, lies the beautiful Palais Lascaris. This Genoese-style palace was originally four separate houses, bought in 1648 by the powerful Lascaris-Ventimiglia family. The city of Nice purchased the property in 1942 and has since restored this noble building.
In the entrance hall the family coat of arms is engraved on the ceiling, bearing the motto 'Not even lightning strikes us'. On the ground floor there is a reconstruction of a pharmacy dated 1738, with an unusual collection of porcelain vases. A grandiose balustraded staircase, decorated with 17th-century paintings and statues of Mars and Venus, leads to sumptuous reception rooms containing elegant chandeliers, Flemish tapestries, 17th- and 18th-century furniture, ornate woodwork and a trompe-l'oeil
ceiling.
Address: 15 rue Droite
Phone: 04 93 62 05 54
Open: 10-12, 2-6. Closed Mon and some hols
Bus: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 14, 16, 17, 25, 37
Accessible: Few
Admission: Free
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