The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
Macgibbon, David · Edinburgh, Douglas · leaf 397
bright blue of the Mediterranean in the foreground,a finer picture can hardly be imagined. The town of Antibes is of very ancient origin. Accord-ing to M. Lcntheric, a sacred stone of the Phoenicians hashere been found, with a Greek inscription, giving proof ofthe ancient worship of the Hellenes… … ANTIBES. 373 but being greatly exposed to the attacks of the SaracenCorsairs, from whom it sufiered severely, the see was in1243 removed for security to Grasse. There were origin-ally four bishoprics in this part of the Riviera, viz.:—Nice,Antibes (afterwards Grasse), Vence, and Frejus. Thewhole…
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