Category Archives: History

Birthday Bash for the Promenade des Anglais

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Allison Coe

200 years ago, the wealthy British tourists that flocked here every winter, insisted on an upgrade of the potholed dirt road running along the beach, so they could stroll along the seaside without getting their finery soiled with dust and … Continue reading →

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80 years ago: Nice Freed From Nazi Occupiers

Posted on August 24, 2024 by Allison Coe

Last June marked the 80th anniversary of D-Day: the storming of the beaches of Normandy. But that was just the start, as battles raged all summer, including the storming of Toulon/Var beaches on August 15th.  Town by town the Nazi … Continue reading →

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80 years ago today: the US Dropped Bombs on Nice!

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Allison Coe

In the spring of 1944, the situation in Nice was dire.  Nice was not only under German occupation, but after the townspeople frequently foiled the Gestapo’s efforts to ferret out hiding Jews, the SS had recently sent a new commandant, … Continue reading →

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For Sale: a Piece of Matisse

Posted on October 23, 2023 by Allison Coe

Update: Going once… Going twice… SOLD!  …For 3,285,000€! Are you a Matisse super-fan?  Well, here is your chance to buy a piece of Matisse.  Not a painting, not an artifact, but something even rarer: the actual apartment in Old Nice … Continue reading →

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No Fig Leaf for Apollo Statue

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Allison Coe

Banned from Place Massena in the ‘70’s for being overly well-endowed, the giant marble statue of Apollo is coming back.  The fountain that currently crowns Place Massena has lived a long and twisted story:  At its inauguration in 1956 there … Continue reading →

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