Stories

Enrich your time in Nice with a few quick reads for a little history and a few very strange stories!

21 Fascinating Facts about Nice   Why are the Nice beaches filled with rocks?  What’s up with that noon cannon blast?  Where is the castle?  What’s the story on the Old Town?   All this and more…

Fascinating Facts about …Monaco!  For such a tiny country, Monaco is absolutely brimming over with shocking statistics, scandalous stories, harrowing history, and a lifestyle that is completely over the top.

 

Why is there no chateau on the Nice Chateau…?  A must read before you climb those stairs!

 

A little-known WWII story… The WWII Liberation of Nice: What Really Happened

And another story that nobody talks about: The Day that the US dropped Bombs on Nice!

 

 

What, you don’t know about the Nice Grand Prix?

 

 

 

Albert Spaggiari: The Famous Nice Sewer Bank Heist

 

 

No Fig Leaf for Apollo!  The story behind the statue at Place Massena

 

The saddest day in Nice’s recent history: The Bastille Day Truck Attack

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