The architecture of Provence and the Riviera (1888)
MacGibbon, David, d.1902 · Edinburgh, D. Douglas · leaf 449
possessionsin this part of Provence. 2D 4i8 MEDI/EVAL PERIOD. A short railway journey conducts from Vencc-Cagnesto Nice, across the Var, the dyke or wall which keepsthe floods of this impetuous river within bounds being oneof the most notable of French Engineering Works, Theexisting town of Nice is… … v^S^^^^^ Commt^Ti^e ric . Yc ^ce. FIG. 243. COMMANDERY OF ST MARTIN-LES-VENCE. a prospect which nothing in Paris can match. The oldtown, with its narrow streets crowded round the port, is ofancient origin, being one of the original Phocaean colonies,and in the modern Nice may still be recognised…
Architecture -- France Provence · Architecture -- France Riviera
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