Travel trade and press Webcams 14°
-/+
My road book
Our sites

Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau

MENU
X Book your stay Book
 
 
 
 
 
Add to my road book Log out

Monuments and churches

Nice is distinguished by a wide variety of architectural styles, originating from different periods.

Over the centuries of its somewhat turbulent history, Nice has retained the imprint of each age ...

What we now refer to as the Old City represented until the 18th century the entire urban area.  With its Baroque-style palaces and churches, colourful facades and narrow streets, the old city is now part of a heritage preservation scheme. 

Monuments and churches

 
 
 
Infos Covid 19
les-ponchettes
LES PONCHETTES
Nice-Sea side
Between Cours Saleya and the Sea, this row of buildings includes two 19th-century vaulted halls, now converted into municipal galleries, which host many exhibitions with a definite predilection for contemporary art.
They host many exhibitions with a...



Promenade des Anglais - Cours Saleya - 06300 NICE
Tel.:
cathedrale-orthodoxe-russe-patriarcat-de-moscou
CATHÉDRALE ORTHODOXE RUSSE PATRIARCAT DE MOSCOU
Railway station
Classified as a historic building, this cathedral is the largest edifice of this type outside Russia.
Inspired by the Muscovite style, it has a very richly decorated interior with many icons, murals and carved woodwork as well as an iconostasis of...



Av Nicolas II - Bd Tzarévitch - 06000 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)9 81 09 53 45
chapelle-de-la-misericorde
CHAPELLE DE LA MISÉRICORDE
Old Nice
Built after 1740 and designed by the famous architect Bernardo Vittone, the chapel has an elliptical nave, with semicircular side chapels.
The wealth of the decoration inside, the originality of its volumes and the murals by Bistolfi make this a...



Cours Saleya - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 92 00 41 90
cathedrale-sainte-reparate
CATHÉDRALE SAINTE-RÉPARATE
Old Nice
This church, which became a Cathedral in the 16th century, is the largest sanctuary in Old Nice.
Inspired by early Baroque architectural models from Rome, the structure has a basilical layout; with a triple nave and a transept. The decoration of the...



Place Rossetti - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 92 01 35
eglise-notre-dame-du-port
EGLISE NOTRE DAME DU PORT
Port / Acropolis / East Nice

Declared a historical monument in 1991, the Church of Our Lady of the Port was built between 1840 and 1853. The façade of this neoclassical building includes 4 monumental columns which, despite their late addition in 1893, are in perfect harmony...



Place Ile de Beauté - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 89 53 05
le-cadran-solaire
LE CADRAN SOLAIRE
Nice-Sea side
On Quai Rauba Capeu which links Promenade des Anglais to the Port, a most unusual sundial gives the time thanks to the shadow of the human head.



Côté Est de la Promenade des Anglais - 06300 NICE
Tel.:
le-negresco
LE NEGRESCO
Nice-Sea side
Built on the shores of the famous Baie des Anges in 1912 by Niermans for the Romanian Henri Negresco, this Belle-Époque landmark is the only museum and luxury hotel in Nice.
A listed historic building since 2003, it houses collections retracing five...



37 Promenade des Anglais - 06000 NICE
Tel.:
cours-saleya
COURS SALEYA
Old Nice
Built on the ramparts dismantled in the early 18th century, Cours Saleya, a pedestrian area in the heart of Old Nice, has become a picturesque part of the city, a must for tourist and locals alike.
In this rectilinear baroque ochre setting, the flower...



Rue Saint-François de Paule - 06300 NICE
Tel.:
eglise-sainte-jeanne-d-arc
ÉGLISE SAINTE-JEANNE D'ARC
North Nice
A stunning realization made of concrete painted white, the Joan of Arc church was built by the architect Jacques Droz in the early 1930s, with exceptional consistency between the materials, shapes and aesthetic design.
The 65-metre bell tower adorned...



11 rue Grammont - 06000 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 86 33 07
cimetiere-du-chateau
CIMETIÈRE DU CHÂTEAU
Old Nice
The people buried in the Château cemetery come from a variety of social backgrounds. They are both the small people of Old Nice but also the town's notables and foreigners from the town's many communities.



Allée François Aragon - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 85 68 10
la-tour-saint-francois
LA TOUR SAINT-FRANCOIS
Old Nice
The Tour Saint-François, 42 m high, dominates Nice and provides a breathtaking 360° view over the city.
Historic monument. Ticket sales on-site (reservation not required). No guided visits. Before enjoying the beautiful view, you have to swallow a...

Closed : Monday all day, Tuesday all day, Sunday all day,

2 ruelle Saint-André - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)497132638
opera-nice-cote-d-azur
OPÉRA NICE COTE D'AZUR
Old Nice
Come to the Nice Côte d'Azur Opera House to admire its architectural heritage or enjoy the opera, dance or symphony orchestra season. Be bold - try the Opera House!
A harmonious blend of premieres of contemporary works, rediscovery of gems of the...

Closed : Sunday all day,

4-6 rue Saint-François de Paule - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 92 17 40 79
le-palais-de-la-mediterranee
LE PALAIS DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE
Nice-Sea side
A temple to gambling and the arts in the Interwar years, in 1927, the year of its construction, it became the world’s most grandiose casino.
In 2004, after three years of works, that life was re-instilled in the legend with its Art-Deco architecture...



11 Promenade des Anglais - 06000 NICE
Tel.:
stele-en-memoire-de-catherine-segurane
STÈLE EN MÉMOIRE DE CATHERINE SÉGURANE
Old Nice
Every year, a tribute is paid to Catherine Ségurane by a procession through the old city ending with mass in "niçois" in the Saint Martin Saint Augustin church, and flowers are placed on the monument in her honour.
In 1543, the Count of Enghien,...



Rue Sincaire - 06300 NICE
Tel.:
la-promenade-des-anglais
LA PROMENADE DES ANGLAIS
Nice-Sea side
Nice owes this route its international standing!
This famous seaside road is always elegantly decorated with flowers and follows the harmonious curve of Baie des Anges. Originally a footpath no more than 6 feet wide, it was widened by an Englishman,...



- 06000 NICE
Tel.:
visite-guidee-fort-du-mont-alban
VISITE GUIDEE DU FORT DU MONT-ALBAN
Nice hills

Perched on the Mont Boron hill overlooking Nice's bay and the Villefranche-sur-Mer harbour, the Mont Alban fort was built around 1560 and was once one of the County of Nice's major defensive constructions. A tour of this site leads you deep into the...



Centre du patrimoine - 14 rue Jules Gilly - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 92 00 41 90
eglise-de-l-annonciation-dite-sainte-rita
ÉGLISE DE L'ANNONCIATION DITE SAINTE-RITA
Old Nice
Generally known as Saint Rita’s, for the patron saint of desperate causes canonized in 1900, the church was rebuilt in the 17th century and dedicated first to Saint Giaume (Saint James), then Notre-Damede-l’Annonciation.
With its dark outer...



1 rue de la Poissonnerie - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 62 13 62
le-fort-du-mont-alban
LE FORT DU MONT-ALBAN
Port / Acropolis / East Nice
Built on a hilltop 222 metres above sea level, the Fort is a massive 16thcentury structure with bastions and bartizans.
It offers an exceptional panorama including Italy (point of Bordighera), Cap d’Ail, Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat, Baie des Anges, all...



Av du Mont-Alban - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 92 00 41 90
place-du-monastere-de-cimiez
PLACE DU MONASTÈRE DE CIMIEZ
North Nice
The Franciscan cross on the square is a copy of the original inside the church dated 1477.
The marble cross 5.80 metres high bears several finely carved figures including the Seraph described in Saint Francis of Assisi’s visions.



- 06000 NICE
Tel.:
palais-lascaris
PALAIS LASCARIS
Old Nice
An exceptional example of civil baroque architecture, the Palais Lascaris is a recognised Musée de France, devoted to the art and music of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Residence of the Lascaris-Vintimille family, this palace, a registered historic...

Closed : Tuesday all day,

15 rue Droite - 06300 NICE
Tel.: +33(0)4 93 62 72 40
123>>>