The heart of the city of Nice. For a long time, the city was limited to this small neighborhood and residents settled in these alleys.
After the Greeks and Romans, to face the numerous barbarian invasions, the inhabitants of the region took refuge on the castle hill.
But around the 13th century, the lack of space became felt. The people of Nice descending towards the lower town, coined the Nice term “déperchement”. In the 16th century, the city was reinforced with a new wall to protect itself from attacks. The castle became a real stronghold reserved for the military.
All residents are therefore invited to settle between the sea and the Paillon River. And this lack of space explains why the streets of current Old Nice are so narrow.
The district retains many architectural features dating from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
In the 16th and 17th centuries, numerous construction sites arose with the construction or transformation of religious buildings such as the Gèsu church or the Sainte-Réparate cathedral. Families of notables or nobles built their beautiful houses. This is the case with the Palais Lascaris, or the Palace of the Kings of Sardinia, the residence of the sovereigns of Savoy.
From the 18th century, after the destruction of the ramparts, the city expanded and opened up to the world to become the capital of tourism that we still know today.
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