Here is the program:
Guided Tours *Limited groups, reservation at 04 92 00 41 90*
Saturday, September 16
9 am Old Nice Baroque*
9:30 am In the footsteps of the Tsars
10 am Art Deco*
11 am Castle Hill*
11 am Promenade in Baumettes
2 pm Nice Belle-Epoque*
2:30 pm In the footsteps of the Tsars
3 pm Old Nice Baroque*
3 pm St Barthélémy Hill
4 pm Neo-classical*
4 pm Cimiez Hill
5 pm around the Ports of Nice*
5 pm St Barthélémy Hill
Sunday, September 17
9 am Old Nice Baroque*
10 am Castle Hill*
10 am Cimiez Hill
11 am around the Ports of Nice*
11 am Promenade in Baumettes
2 pm Art Deco*
2:30 pm In the footsteps of the Tsars
3 pm Old Nice Baroque*
3 pm St Barthélémy Hill
4 pm Belle Epoque*
5 pm Neo-classical*
5 pm St Barthélémy Hill
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Guided Tours / Hourly Departures
Cathedral Sainte-Réparate: place Rossetti, plassa Rossetti
*Open Saturday from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm and Sunday from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.*
Opera de Nice: 4, rue Saint-François-de-Paul, carriera San Francès de Paula
Église du Gésu: place du Gésu, plassa dóu Gésù
*Open Saturday from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm and Sunday from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.*
Abbey of Saint-Pons, montée de l’Abbaye.
*Open Saturday from 9:30 am to 11:30 am and from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm and Sunday from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.*
Exceptional: “Under the eagle’s gaze,” promenade tour, in collaboration with the Museum and the Archaeology Museum.
The eagle is omnipresent in Nice. Emblematic bird of the mountains, sign of the Roman legions’ formidable power, it is also the symbol of the city of Nice. Under its gaze, we invite you to discover the innumerable traces of its presence in the history and the natural and architectural heritage of Nice. Departure in front of the Natural History Museum, 60 bis, boulevard Risso on Saturday and Sunday at 9:30 am and 2:30 pm. Bus tours on reservation at 04 92 00 41 90.
Enhancing “sung heritage” in collaboration with LE COROU DE BERRA and PAROPLAPI, discovering and reviving this aspect of our culture in various places, museums, and sites. The repertoire consists of ancient pieces, creations by contemporary Niçois artists, sophisticated music, and religious chants, presented according to the setting and acoustics of the place.
Abbaye de Roseland: 44, bld Napoléon III
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2:30 pm to 5 pm*
Exceptional: Garden and cloister visits of a building inaccessible to the public outside the Heritage Days. With the collaboration of Friends of the Abbaye de Roseland.
Communal Archives: 7, av. de Fabron, 5ter, av. Édith-Cavell
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm*
Guided tours: contemporary section, (5 ter, avenue Édith-Cavell, usually closed to the public) – 04 97 13 30 87 and ancient section (7, avenue de Fabron) – 04 97 13 30 88.
Exceptional (in the ancient section premises): “New arms of Nice,” parchment of the decree by Napoleon I modifying the arms of Nice (1811).
3 animations: genealogy – old plans of Nice – old local press.
Archaeological Museum of Nice-Cimiez: 160, av. des Arènes
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 93 81 59 57*
Guided tours of the site, collections, and the temporary exhibition “From pictographic signs to the alphabet” at 11 am, 2 pm, and 4 pm.
Guided tours of the exhibition by the author at 10 am, 11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm, 4:30 pm.
Lecture by Rina Viers on Saturday, September 16 at 4:30 pm:
Seven parts of the human body have become alphabetic letters
Lecture by Rina Viers on Sunday, September 17 at 4:30 pm:
Are about thirty writing signs enough to communicate?
Exceptional (continuously, on-site registration): Discovery workshops of ancient techniques of fire, mosaic, and pottery.
International Museum of Naïve Art A.-Jakovsky: Château Ste-Hélène, av. de Fabron
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 93 71 78 33*
Exhibition “In Search of Paternity Opus 1”, presenting the relations between Naïve Art and Modern Art.
Exceptional: Guided tours of the exhibition on Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm.
Museum of Fine Arts: 33, av. des Baumettes
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 92 15 28 28 or 04 92 15 28 25*
Exhibition “Joy, Drama, and Light,” works on paper by J. Chéret, G.-A. Mossa, and R. Dufy.
Exceptional: Guided tours of the exhibition, Saturday and Sunday at 11 am and 2:30 pm.
Romain-Gary Heritage Library: 22 bis, bld Dubouchage
*Saturday only from 10 am to 6 pm*
Exceptional: Presentation of the Missal made for the confraternity of Mercy (1442), the only known liturgical book of the diocese of Nice from this period. Acquired by the city in 1992.
Natural History Museum: 60, bld Risso
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 97 13 46 80 or 04 97 13 46 97*
Guided tours Discover the collections, Saturday and Sunday at 11 am and 3 pm.
Exceptional: Meeting with the museum’s scientific team.
Lascaris Palace: 15, rue droite / carriera drecha
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 93 62 72 40*
Guided tours of the Lascaris Palace Saturday and Sunday at 10:30 am, 2:30 pm, and 4 pm.
Exceptional: Children’s activities (7-11 years) “the 5 senses”: discovering materials, musical atmospheres, and the culinary art of the 17th-century nobility while visiting the museum, Saturday and Sunday at 10 am by registration.
Musical interludes on Sunday in the afternoon. With participation of a young traditional music ensemble.
Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art: Promenade des Arts
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 93 62 61 62*
Guided visits “Art in Motion,” around Blais, Calder, Chubac, Tinguely, Saint-Phalle, Thévenin… Saturday and Sunday at 11 am.
Exceptional: In prefiguration of the Bernard Pagès exhibition, discovery of the monumental work “The Open Backbone” (1984).
Matisse Museum (before closure for work): 164, av. des Arènes
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 93 53 40 53*
Exceptional: Guided tours of the permanent collection, Saturday and Sunday at 11 am and 3 pm.
Museum of Human Paleontology of Terra Amata: 25, bld Carnot
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 93 55 59 93*
Guided tours of the permanent collection Saturday and Sunday
at 2:30 pm.
Exceptional: “Discovering the collections,” visit of the reserves in small groups, Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm. With the participation of the Friends of the Museum Association, the CEPTA.
Theater of Photography and Image-Charles Nègre: 27, bd Dubouchage
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm – 04 97 13 42 20*
Exhibition: September of the photo 2006, Yousuf Karsh exhibition.
Exceptional: Guided tours of the exhibition, Saturday and Sunday at 11 am and 3 pm.
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BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS TO DISCOVER
Cultural Center of Providence: 4, placette de la Providence
(association La Semeuse, near the church of Saint-Augustin) *Sunday at 2 pm and at 3:45 pm – 04 93 80 34 12*.
Animated visit of the old baroque chapel of Providence by C. Welger, with singing: M.-J. Tuscano, on harpsichord: O. Saïssi
Palais des Rois sardes: 16, rue Alexandre-Mari carriera dóu pouònt-nòu
*Saturday and Sunday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 5 pm*
Free visit of the former palace of the Dukes of Savoy, current prefectural residence.
Russian Orthodox Cathedral; Avenue Nicolas II
*Saturday from 9 am to 12 pm and from 2:30 pm to 6 pm (service at 6 pm) and Sunday from 2:30 pm to 6 pm (service at 10 am) – 04 93 96 88 02*
Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Cimiez Monastery) and Franciscan Museum: Place du Monastère
*Saturday from 8:30 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm, Sunday from 12 pm to 6:30 pm – Mass on Sunday at 10:30 am – 04 93 81 00 04*
16th-century Gothic and composite style church. Masterpieces by Louis Bréa. No visits during services. Franciscan museum open from 10 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 6 pm – many historical documents and works of art.
Church of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice (Don-Bosco Foundation): 36, place Don-Bosco
Guided tours on Saturday and Sunday from 9:30 am to 11 am and from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Sunday at 11 am, gathering in the crypt in memory of the 50 Jewish children sheltered and saved from the Gestapo. Large and original art-deco religious building in Nice. Exceptional visit and opening of the crypt.
Chapel Sainte-Croix: 2, rue Saint-Joseph, carriera San Jòusé
*Guided tours Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday from 2 pm to 6 pm – Chapel of the white penitents (18th century).*
Chapel of Mercy: 2, place Pierre-Gauthier plassa dóu Gouvérnou
*Guided tours Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm and from 2 pm to 6 pm, Sunday from 2 pm to 6 pm – Chapel of the black penitents (18th century).*
Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher: 7, place Garibaldi plassa Vitour
*Open Saturday from 2 pm to 5 pm (service at 5 pm), Sunday from 2 pm to 6 pm – Chapel of the blue penitents (18th century).*
Chapel of the Holy Trinity and the Holy Shroud: 2, rue Jules-Gilly carriera dóu Senat
*Guided tours Saturday from 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday from 2 pm to 6 pm – Chapel of the red penitents (19th century).*
Reformed Church of Nice: 21, boulevard Victor Hugo
*Saturday and Sunday from 2 pm to 6 pm.*
Guided tour at 4 pm. Church built in the 1880s by the American community, and bought in 1974 by the reformed Protestant parish. *Information in this section is provided for indicative purposes only. The City of Nice declines all responsibility in case of schedule or program variation.*
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WALKS AND SITES TO DISCOVER
Trees in the City
Saturday and Sunday at 10 am
Guided tour of Vigier Park and Théodore de Banville’s Garden. (Meet in front of the Vigier Park gate – Bd F. Pilatte), Saturday and Sunday at 3 pm: guided tour of the garden of the Museum of Naïve Art Anatole-Jakovsky. (Meet in front of the château Sainte-Hélène porch – ave de Fabron) Contact: P. Boiset 04 93 85 57 21
When pedestrians, trams, and carriages animated the hill
Visit Sunday at 10 am, meeting at montée Carabacel (between 8 and 10 bd Carabacel), proposed by the “Colline de Carabacel-Cimiez” Neighborhood Committee. Contact: Mrs. Faraut 04 93 85 87 69
Cercle Bréa
Guided visit Saturday, of the painted chapels of the County of Nice, Roya Valley: Tende, La Brigue, and Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines; by Mrs. G. Leclerc, professor. Information/registration at Cercle Bréa 32, rue Droite 04 93 85 22 85 – limited places
Garden of Remembrance
Cimetière de Cimiez – Place du Monastère
Visits Saturday at 10 am
Cimetière du Château – Allée François-Aragon
Visits Sunday at 10 am Contact: Mrs. Cuvier
04 93 53 91 64 or 06 10 25 15 44
Unprecedented views of the remains of the old Castle camin de limpia
Visits Saturday and Sunday at 10 am, meeting in front of Ségurane College (at the bottom of montée Eberlé).
Evocation during a promenade/discovery of the remains: walls, towers, tenaille, lunettes, horns, bastions, curtains, of the monumental fortress ensemble destroyed in 1706 by Louis XIV. Contact: H. Geist 04 93 26 84 84 – 06 63 35 52 75
Urban tour titled “Urban Sequences” by the Forum of Urbanism and Architecture (Municipal Urbanism Agency) of the City of Nice.
Saturday, September 16 starting at 10 am, meeting at 1 boulevard Carabacel – visit of about 1H30. free – information: 04 97 13 31 51 (limited to a certain number of people)
The route from Boulevard Carabacel, Dubouchage, to Delille, Foncet, Gubernatis streets, up to quai St Jean Baptiste, will allow detailing several buildings from different epochs from the 19th to the beginning of the 21st century.
Also, through this route, notably commented on by Michel Steve, the various parameters that comprise an urban sequence will be evoked: street portions with variations in view, scale, materials, profiles, aesthetics, presence or absence of ornaments….
One will be able to become aware of the different modalities of articulation of buildings:
the Immeuble Veran and the “Fanny Palazzo” by Architect Dalmas, the villa “Mayrargue” by Biasini, the “Palais Lorenzi” by Levrot, “the Empire” by Georges Dikanski, “les Empereurs” and
“le Lafayette” by Livieri, “Maison Tiranty”, but also “Lycée Masséna” by Ebrard, “Hôtel des Postes” by Carlo and Grassi and even the Palais des Congrès “Acropolis” by Buzzi, Baptiste, Bernasconi, and the “Tête au Carré” by Bayard / Sosno.