The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 116
bes arestill to be seen. At Antibes, the ancient Roman Antipolis, there areno Roman remains ; but according to M. Lentheric, astone has been found here with a Greek inscription,giving proof of the ancient worship of the Hellenes inthis region in the fifth century B.C. At Vence, the ancient Vcntium,… … 86 ROMAN PERIOD. presented to the town by the city of Marseilles {secPart VI.) Crossing the wide and dangerous channel of the Var(formerly the boundary between France and Savoy) wearrive at Nice. Nice (or Nizza), although now the most importanttown on the Riviera, possesses no ancient buildings.In…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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