Editing Nice (section)

==Architecture==
{{wide image|Nice from Castle Hill 01.jpg|900px|alt=|align-cap=center|Panorama of Nice from Colline du Château}}
[[File:Promenade des Anglais Nice IMG 1255.jpg|thumb|[[Promenade des Anglais]]]]
[[File:NiceVieuxCartier.JPG|thumb|View of the old town]]
[[File:CollineDuChateau NiceFrance2022.png|thumb|A sunset over the ''Promenade des Anglais.'']]
The [[Promenade des Anglais]] ("Walkway of the English") is a promenade along the [[Baie des Anges]] ("Bay of the Angels"), which is a bay of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]] in Nice. Before Nice was urbanised, the coastline at Nice was just bordered by a deserted stretch of [[shingle beach]] (covered with large pebbles). The first houses were located on higher ground well away from the sea, as wealthy tourists visiting Nice in the 18th century did not come for the beach, but for the gentle winter weather.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}} The areas close to the water were home to Nice's dockworkers and fishermen.

In the second half of the 18th century, many wealthy English people took to spending the winter in Nice, enjoying the panorama along the coast. This early aristocratic English colony conceived the building of a promenade with the leadership and financial support of [[Lewis Way|Rev. Lewis Way]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nash |first1=Dennison |title=The rise and fall of an aristocratic tourist culture: Nice: 1763–1936 |journal=Annals of Tourism Research |date=1979 |volume=6 |issue=1 |page=65 |doi=10.1016/0160-7383(79)90095-1}}</ref> With the initial promenade completed, the city of Nice, intrigued by the prospect, greatly increased the scope of the work. The Promenade was first called the ''Camin dei Anglès'' (the English Way) by the Niçois in their native dialect [[Niçard|Nissart]]. In 1823, the promenade was named ''La Promenade des Anglais'' by the French, a name that would stick after the annexation of Nice by France in 1860.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=L.G. |title=Voyages au pays des mangeurs de grenouilles: La France vue par les Britanniques du XVII siecle a nos jours |journal=The English Historical Review |date=1994 |volume=109 |issue=433 |page=1018 |doi=10.1093/ehr/CXI.433.1018 |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA16408900&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00138266&p=LitRC&sw=w |access-date=4 October 2020 |archive-date=31 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131211240/https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=GALE%7CA16408900&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=00138266&p=LitRC&sw=w |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Hotel Negresco]] on the Promenade des Anglais was named after [[Henri Negresco]] who had the palatial hotel constructed in 1912. In keeping with the conventions of the time, when the Negresco first opened in 1913 its front opened on the side opposite the Mediterranean.{{Citation needed|date=January 2018}}

Beginning at Place Masséna, heading east and parallel to the Promenade des Anglais, there is a "Zone Piétonne", or "Pedestrian Zone". Cars are not allowed (with exception to delivery trucks), making this avenue a popular walkway.

Old Nice is also home to the [[Opéra de Nice]]. It was constructed at the end of the 19th century under the design of François Aune, to replace King Charles Félix's Maccarani Theater. Today, it is open to the public and provides a regular program of performances.

Other sights include: 
*Palais communal de Nice 
*[[Palais de la Méditerranée]] 
*Palais de l'agriculture 
*[[Gare du Sud]] 
*Jardin Albert-Ier
*[[Castle of Nice]]
*Colline du Château<ref>{{Cite web |title=Colline du Château Nice, France, Europe |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/france/nice/vieux-nice/attractions/colline-du-chateau/a/poi-sig/410076/1342246}}</ref>

===Religious buildings===
[[File:Cathedrale Sainte-Reparate Nice.jpg|[[Nice Cathedral]]|thumb]]

Religious buildings in the city include:
*[[Nice Cathedral]] 
*[[Notre-Dame de Nice]]  
*[[Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Nice]] 
*Église Notre-Dame-du-Port de Nice
*[[Church of Gesù, Nice]]
*{{ill|Église Saint-Pierre-d'Arène de Nice|fr}}

===Museums===
* {{ill|Musée Masséna|fr}}
* [[Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice]]  
*[[Musée Matisse (Nice)|Musée Matisse]] 
*[[Musée Marc Chagall]]
*{{ill|Musée archéologique de Nice-Cimiez|fr}}

===Squares===

====Place Masséna====
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The ''Place Masséna'' is the main square of the city. Before the [[Paillon]] River was covered over, the Pont-Neuf was the only practicable way between the old town and the modern one. The square was thus divided into two parts (North and South) in 1824. With the demolition of the Masséna Casino in 1979, the Place Masséna became more spacious and less dense and is now bordered by red ochre buildings of [[Italian architecture]].

The recent rebuilding of the tramline gave the square back to the pedestrians, restoring its status as a real Mediterranean square. It is lined with palm trees and stone pines. Since its construction, the Place Masséna has been the spot for public events. It is used for concerts, the summer festivals, the ''[[Nice Carnival|Corso carnavalesque]]'' (carnival parade) in February, the military procession on the 14th of July (Bastille Day) and other traditional celebrations and banquets.

The Place Masséna is a two-minute walk from the [[Promenade des Anglais]], old town, town center, and Albert I Garden (''Jardin Albert Ier''). It is also a large crossroads between several of the main streets of the city: [[avenue Jean Médecin]], ''avenue Félix Faure'', ''boulevard Jean Jaurès'', ''avenue de Verdun'' and ''rue Gioffredo''.

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File:Placemassena1.JPG|View of the Place Masséna
File:Place Massena by night.jpg|Place Masséna by night, 2012
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====Place Garibaldi====
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[[File:Nice Place Garibaldi 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Garibaldi's monument, Place Garibaldi]]

The ''Place Garibaldi'' also stands out for its architecture and history. It is named after [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], hero of the [[Italian unification]] (born in Nice in 1807 when Nice was part of the Napoleonic Empire, before reverting to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia). The square was built at the end of the 18th century and served as the entry gate to the city and end of the road from Turin. It took several names between 1780 and 1870 (Plaça Pairoulièra, Place de la République, Place Napoléon, Place d'Armes, Place Saint-Augustin, Piazza Vittorio) and finally Place Garibaldi in September 1870.

A statue of Garibaldi, who was fiercely in favour of the union of Nice with Italy, stands in the centre of the square. The rebuilding of the area to accommodate a new tramway line gave almost the entire square to pedestrians. The architecture is in line with the Turin model, which was the norm of urban renewal throughout the entire realm of the House of Savoy.
[[File:Nice tramway place Garibaldi.jpg|thumb|left|Place Garibaldi, pedestrian since the introduction of the Nice tramway]]

It is a crossroads between the ''Vieux Nice'' (old town) and the town center. Place Garibaldi is close to the eastern districts of Nice, ''Port Lympia'' (Lympia Harbour), and the TNL commercial centre.

====Place Rossetti====
Entirely enclosed and pedestrianised, this square is located in the old town. With typical buildings in red and yellow ochres surrounding the square, the ''cathédrale Sainte-Réparate'' and there is a fountain in the center. By day, the place is filled by the terraces of traditional restaurants and ice-cream makers. By night, the environment changes radically, with tourists and young people flocking to the square.

Place Rossetti is in the centre of the old town, streets ''Jesus'', ''Rossetti'', ''Mascoïnat'' and the ''Pont-vieux'' (old bridge).

====Cours Saleya====
[[File:Saleya nice.jpg|thumb|Saleya Course (2007)]]

The Cours Saleya is situated parallel to the ''Quai des États-Unis''. In the past, it belonged to the upper classes. It hosts a daily market with flowers, art vendors, and antiques.

====Place du Palais====
[[File:NIKAIA-palaisN5.jpg|thumb|Place du Palais view of the Rusca palace]]

The ''Place du Palais'' is where the ''Palais de la Justice'' (Law courts) of Nice is located. On this square, there also is the ''Palais Rusca'', which also belongs to the justice department (home of the ''tribunal de grande instance'').