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'''Cimiez''' ({{IPA-fr|simje}}; Italian:Cimella) is an upper class [[neighborhood]] in [[Nice]], southern [[France]].<ref name="FRiviera">{{cite web |last1=Bobrowski |first1=Tomasz |title=Cimiez - a district of Nice |url=https://frenchriviera.travel/cimiez-nice/ |website=French Riviera |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=14 September 2018}}</ref> The area contains the [[Musée Matisse (Nice)|Musée Matisse]]<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Katie |title=Nice on a budget |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20130412-nice-on-a-budget |website=www.bbc.com |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=23 April 2013}}</ref> and the ruins of ''Cemenelum'',<ref name="bbc1"/> capital of the [[ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] province [[Alpes Maritimae]] on the [[Liguria]]n coast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Présentation du musée archéologique de Cimiez |url=https://www.nice.fr/fr/culture/musees-et-galeries/presentation-du-musee-archeologique-de-cimiez |website=www.nice.fr |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> ''Cemenelum'' was an important rival of [[Nice, France|Nice]],<ref name="blvrd">{{cite web |title=Cimiez, the history of a Hill |url=https://www.cimiez-boulevard.fr/en/cimiez-guide/history-cimiez-nice/ |website=Cimiez Boulevard |accessdate=20 March 2020}}</ref> continuing to exist as a separate city till the time of the [[Lombards|Lombard]] invasions. The ruins include an arena, amphitheater, thermal baths, and paleochristian basilica.
'''Cimiez''' ({{IPA|fr|simje}}; Italian: ''Cimella'') is an upper-class [[neighborhood]] in [[Nice]], [[Southern France]].<ref name="FRiviera">{{cite web |last1=Bobrowski |first1=Tomasz |title=Cimiez - a district of Nice |url=https://frenchriviera.travel/cimiez-nice/ |website=French Riviera |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=14 September 2018}}</ref> The area contains the [[Musée Matisse (Nice)|Musée Matisse]]<ref name="bbc1">{{cite web |last1=Beck |first1=Katie |title=Nice on a budget |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20130412-nice-on-a-budget |website=www.bbc.com |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=23 April 2013}}</ref> and the ruins of ''Cemenelum'',<ref name="bbc1"/> capital of the [[ancient Rome|Ancient Roman]] province [[Alpes Maritimae]] on the [[Liguria]]n coast.<ref>{{cite web |title=Présentation du musée archéologique de Cimiez |url=https://www.nice.fr/fr/culture/musees-et-galeries/presentation-du-musee-archeologique-de-cimiez |website=www.nice.fr |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> ''Cemenelum'' was an important rival of [[Nice, France|Nice]],<ref name="blvrd">{{cite web |title=Cimiez, the history of a Hill |url=https://www.cimiez-boulevard.fr/en/cimiez-guide/history-cimiez-nice/ |website=Cimiez Boulevard |accessdate=20 March 2020}}</ref> continuing to exist as a separate city till the time of the [[Lombards|Lombard]] invasions. The ruins include an arena, amphitheater, thermal baths, and paleochristian basilica.


[[File:Queen Victoria Vanity Fair 17 June 1897.jpg|thumb|125px|Queen Victoria at Cimiez, by [[Jean Baptiste Guth]], June 1897]].
[[File:Queen Victoria Vanity Fair 17 June 1897.jpg|thumb|125px|Queen Victoria at Cimiez, by [[Jean Baptiste Guth]], June 1897]]
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During the [[Belle Epoque]], Cimiez became the favourite holiday resort for the Kings and Queens of Europe: [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]], [[Edward VII]], [[George V]], and [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]] stayed in Cimiez.<ref name="blvrd"/>
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Close to the ruins is the [[Excelsior Régina Palace]] where [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] spent part of her long visits to the [[French Riviera]].<ref name="FRiviera"/>


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During the [[Belle Epoque]] Cimiez became a favourite holiday resort of European royalty: [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Victoria]], [[Edward VII]], [[George V]], and [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]] stayed in Cimiez.<ref name="blvrd"/>
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From 1974 to 2010,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cimiez Hill. 'Sites' collection |url=https://www.nice.fr/uploads/media/default/0001/15/FDP%20laCollineDeCimiez_ANGLAIS_WEB.pdf |website=www.nice.fr |publisher=Service Patrimoine historique |accessdate=20 March 2020 |format=pdf}}</ref> the [[Nice Jazz Festival]] was held on the grounds of the Roman Ruins in July each year (since 2011 the festival moved to the [[Place Masséna]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.nicejazzfestival.fr/Practical-information |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717035226/http://eng.nicejazzfestival.fr/Practical-information |archivedate=2012-07-17 }}</ref><ref name="cnn">{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Maureen |title=10 ways to live it up on the French Riviera |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/savoring-south-of-france/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=9 August 2012}}</ref>


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Close to the ruins is the [[Excelsior Régina Palace]], where [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]] spent part of her long visits to the [[French Riviera]].<ref name="FRiviera"/>
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Also here can be found the Cimiez Monastery and church that have been used by the [[Franciscan]] friars since the 16th century.<ref name="FRiviera"/> The church with a baroque altar from the seventeenth century and a marble cross from 1477 houses the paintings '' Pietà''([[triptych]] from 1475), ''Crucifixion''(1512) and ''Deposition''(1515) by the Italian medieval artist [[Ludovico Brea]].<ref name="FRiviera"/> On display are also more than 300 documents and works of art from the 15th to 18th centuries. Buried in the cemetery near the monastery are the painters [[Henri Matisse]] and [[Raoul Dufy]], alongside the winner of the 1937 [[Nobel Prize for Literature]], [[Roger Martin du Gard]].


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From 1974 to 2010<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cimiez Hill. 'Sites' collection |url=https://www.nice.fr/uploads/media/default/0001/15/FDP%20laCollineDeCimiez_ANGLAIS_WEB.pdf |website=www.nice.fr |publisher=Service Patrimoine historique |accessdate=20 March 2020 }}</ref> the [[Nice Jazz Festival]] was held among the Roman ruins in July each year. (In 2011 the festival moved to the [[Place Masséna]].)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eng.nicejazzfestival.fr/Practical-information |title=Practical information / Nice Jazz Festival - Nice Jazz Festival 2012 |accessdate=2012-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717035226/http://eng.nicejazzfestival.fr/Practical-information |archivedate=2012-07-17 }}</ref><ref name="cnn">{{cite web |last1=Jenkins |first1=Maureen |title=10 ways to live it up on the French Riviera |url=https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/savoring-south-of-france/index.html |website=CNN |accessdate=20 March 2020 |language=en |date=9 August 2012}}</ref>


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Also here can be found the Cimiez monastery and church, used by the [[Franciscan]] friars since the 16th century.<ref name="FRiviera"/> The church, with a baroque altar from the seventeenth century and a marble cross from 1477, houses the paintings '' Pietà'' ([[triptych]] from 1475), ''Crucifixion'' (1512) and ''Deposition'' (1515) by the Italian artist [[Ludovico Brea]].<ref name="FRiviera"/> On display are also more than 300 documents and works of art from the 15th to 18th centuries. Buried in the cemetery near the monastery are the painters [[Henri Matisse]] and [[Raoul Dufy]], alongside the winner of the 1937 [[Nobel Prize for Literature]], [[Roger Martin du Gard]].
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Cimiez contains an important Jewish population (around 20%).

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Cimiez contains a large Jewish population (around 20%).


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Cimiez Monastery.

Cimiez (French pronunciation: [simje]; Italian: Cimella) is an upper-class neighborhood in Nice, Southern France.[1] The area contains the Musée Matisse[2] and the ruins of Cemenelum,[2] capital of the Ancient Roman province Alpes Maritimae on the Ligurian coast.[3] Cemenelum was an important rival of Nice,[4] continuing to exist as a separate city till the time of the Lombard invasions. The ruins include an arena, amphitheater, thermal baths, and paleochristian basilica.

Queen Victoria at Cimiez, by Jean Baptiste Guth, June 1897

During the Belle Epoque Cimiez became a favourite holiday resort of European royalty: Victoria, Edward VII, George V, and Leopold II stayed in Cimiez.[4]

Close to the ruins is the Excelsior Régina Palace, where Queen Victoria spent part of her long visits to the French Riviera.[1]

From 1974 to 2010[5] the Nice Jazz Festival was held among the Roman ruins in July each year. (In 2011 the festival moved to the Place Masséna.)[6][7]

Also here can be found the Cimiez monastery and church, used by the Franciscan friars since the 16th century.[1] The church, with a baroque altar from the seventeenth century and a marble cross from 1477, houses the paintings Pietà (triptych from 1475), Crucifixion (1512) and Deposition (1515) by the Italian artist Ludovico Brea.[1] On display are also more than 300 documents and works of art from the 15th to 18th centuries. Buried in the cemetery near the monastery are the painters Henri Matisse and Raoul Dufy, alongside the winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature, Roger Martin du Gard.

Cimiez contains a large Jewish population (around 20%).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Bobrowski, Tomasz (14 September 2018). "Cimiez - a district of Nice". French Riviera. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  2. ^ a b Beck, Katie (23 April 2013). "Nice on a budget". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Présentation du musée archéologique de Cimiez". www.nice.fr (in French). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Cimiez, the history of a Hill". Cimiez Boulevard. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ "The Cimiez Hill. 'Sites' collection" (PDF). www.nice.fr. Service Patrimoine historique. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Practical information / Nice Jazz Festival - Nice Jazz Festival 2012". Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2012-07-04.
  7. ^ Jenkins, Maureen (9 August 2012). "10 ways to live it up on the French Riviera". CNN. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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