The Federation of Associations of the County of Nice, which published the book written by Jacqueline CUVIER, president of the Association “Les Appels d’Orphée” Nice, offers you the opportunity to obtain it at their headquarters at 2, ter rue Pierre Blancon in Nice.
The Federation of Associations of the County of Nice “Federacioum dei Assouciacioun dòu Coumtat de Nissa” expressly invites you to purchase the book written by Jacqueline CUVIER, president of the Association “Les Appels d’Orphée,” at the headquarters of the Federation at 2 ter rue Pierre Blancon in Nice. This book is sold at the price of 35 euros per copy.
It goes without saying that the visitor or the curious will find in this book a reminder of the historical context of the creation of each cemetery and, in addition to biographical elements of famous or significant figures of Nice’s society, indications concerning funerary architecture and symbolism, particularly remarkable statuary in Nice:
- In 1783, an edict by the King of Sardinia ended the practice of burying bodies in churches. This prohibition led to the creation of the first municipal cemetery on Castle Hill, where it was placed next to the Jewish cemetery. The common people of Nice adopted it reluctantly until the notables of the 19th century made it “a marvelous funerary museum.” An enclosure was reserved for the graves of Protestant and Orthodox foreigners until they had their own cemeteries. At the same time, the city’s expansion encompassed surrounding villages and hamlets, where the convent cemetery of Saint-Barthélémy and that of Cimiez housed the great tombs of the Nice nobility. The Caucade necropolis marked the beginning of the 20th century, with the War Graves ……
