Monastere de Cimiez Review

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Monastère de Cimiez

  • Address: Pl. du Monastère, Cimiez, Nice
  • Phone: 04-93-81-00-04

Fodor's Review:

High over Nice and its château-bearing hill, this fully functioning monastery, originally established in the 16th century, is worth the pilgrimage. There's a lovely garden, replanted following the original 16th-century lines. There's also the Musée Franciscain (Franciscan Museum), a didactic museum tracing the history of the Franciscan order, and a 15th-century church. The pretty, single-nave chapel contains three works of remarkable power and elegance by Bréa: the early Pietà (1475) flanked by portraits of High Renaissance grace; the Crucifixion (1512); and the Deposition (1520), with intense suppressed emotion.

  • Cost: Free
  • Open: Mon.-Sat. 10-noon and 3-6
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