The City of Nice and its delegation for Historical Heritage, Archaeology, Niçoise Language and Culture, led by Jean-Marc Giaume, invite you, until May 2012, to attend conferences on the theme “Nice, capital of the French Riviera.” These will allow you, thanks to eminent speakers, to shed light on the three centuries of English presence in Nice.
The British, pioneers of winter vacation in the former County of Nice from the 19th century, exported their lifestyles and had a tendency to bet, which led them to play at Monte-Carlo. While they have given their name to a celebrated promenade, they also left various traces of their accommodations, thus shaping the urban geography of Nice…
Upcoming conferences on the theme “Nice, Capital of the French Riviera”:
● Saturday, March 17, 2012 ● 3 PM ● “Two Englishmen in the County of Nice: Tobias Smollett and Somerset Maugham” by Ralph Schor, professor of contemporary history at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis.
● Saturday, March 31, 2012 ● 3 PM ● “Intimate and unknown: the English cemeteries of Nice” by Jacqueline Cuvier, Doctor of Letters, president of the association “Les Appels d’Orphée”, Nice
● Saturday, April 14, 2012 ● 3 PM ● “From the Alps to Italy, the stop of British painters in Nice under the Ancien Régime and the Restoration” by Jean-Paul Potron, librarian, director of the historical heritage of the City of Nice
● Saturday, April 21, 2012 ● 3 PM ● “Homes and parks of the Riviera” by Didier Gayraud, author of regional books
● Saturday, May 5, 2012 ● 3 PM ● “The British way of life in the Belle Époque on the Riviera” by Isabelle Pintus, archivist in Cagnes-sur-Mer
● Saturday, May 12, 2012 ● 3 PM ● “An English ‘madness’ on the hill of Mont Boron” by Véronique Thuin, Doctor in History, university agrégée.
This cycle will conclude with a concert of English music on Sunday, May 13, 2012, at 3 PM, at the Anglican Church (11 Rue de la Buffa in Nice), followed by a conference-tour on the restoration of the Anglican Church at 5 PM.
