French Riviera
Nice
+ Nice
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
+ The Riviera
Monaco
+ Monaco
St-Tropez
+ St-Tropez
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
Nice's beautiful baroque cathedral was built by local architect Jean-André Guibera in 1650 and dedicated to the city's patron saint, Réparate, who was martyred in Asia Minor at the tender age of 15.
The building is dominated by an 18th-century bell tower and a magnificent emerald dome of Niçoise tiles. The carefully proportioned façade, with its arcaded entrance, decorative niches and medallions, dates from 1825 and has recently been enhanced with colour.
Inside, visitors are confronted by a profusion of baroque marble, stucco and gilt. Note the ornate marble high altar and choir balustrade, the walnut panelling in the sacristy, acquired from Nice's Dominican convent, and the painting Dispute du Saint-Sacrement in the right transept, attributed to the Raphaël School.
Address: place Rossetti
Phone: 04 93 62 34 40
Open: Daily 7:30-12, 2-6
Bus: All buses
Accessible: Good
Admission: Free
Practical: No shorts or sleeveless shirts
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