Nice, Alpes Maritimes (2) |
A great old postcard of the Gare du Sud. |
Avenue de la Gare. |
Avenue de la Victoire. |
"La Vieille Ville - Ce quartier a presque entierement garde son aspect d'autrefois. On y trouve le Palais des Lascaris, et maintes vieilles maisons d'un grand aspect pour le tourist." |
"La Cascade du Chateau - Entouree d'une luxuriante vegetation, ou se melent Aloes, Cactus, Dattiers, Palmiers, les eaux de la Nesuline tombent en une ravissante cascade." |
Restaurant de la Reserve. Howard Shakespeare from Vence informs us that this restaurant is situated to the east of the harbour. It has recently (2007) been restored after becoming very run down. |
"Le Paillon est un torrent dont le lit rocailleux est borde de quais magnifiques, et qui, apres avoir traverse souterrainement une partie de la ville, se jette dans l'admirable baie des Anges." |
"Le Bassin du Port - Le port forme une ville a part. La brise violente qui souffle sur cette partie de la ville lui a fait donner le nom de Roulea-Capeu 'Enleve-Chapeau'." |
Two early 20th Century views of the Place Massena. |
"Le Jardin public se trouve en partie en dessus de l'embouchure du Paillon. Au bord d'un bel etang on peut admirer une Grotte artificelle, surmonte de magnifiques palmiers." |
"Les Jardins publics, au fond desquels s'eleve le Casino municipal, sont superbement plantes de palmiers et d'essences exotiques. C'est le rendezvous du monde elegant." |
A 1952 postcard of the castle waterfall. |
The Avenue de la Gare about 1910. |
An undated view of the Palais de la Mediterranee. |
The Alhambra Hotel in Cimiez. |
The Flower Market by the Opera House. |
A similar view to that on the left - not the Cours Saleya but the street leading to it. |
Two views of the Gare PLM (Paris-Lyon-Marseille) |
Avenue de la Victoire. |
A postcard advertising the Hotel Metropole. |
Monument Gambetta. |
The Flower Market by the Opera House. |
"Entree de la Poissonnerie - C'est dans les etroites ruelles qui avoisinent la poissonnerie que l'on peut le mieux se rendre compte de la vie intense et du pittoresque des villes meridionales." An "Oilette" postcard by Raphael Tuck. |
Another "Oilette" - "Le Marche aux Fleurs presente, pendant la saison hivernale, une grande animation. Les merveilleuses fleurs du Midi y repandent leurs parfums enivrants, et leurs couleurs vives ajoutent un charme de plus a cette region enchanteresse". |
Le Marche aux Fleurs. |
Another postcard of the Jetee Promenade. |
St-Sylvestre - Cafe Terminus. |
Postcards of the Past |
Hotel de Suede et Cosmopolitain. |
Avenue de la Gare. |
Boulevard Victor Hugo - a 1914 postcard. |
Another postcard of the Jetee Promenade. |
Rue Rossetti. |
Avenue Massena. |
Garibaldi's Statue. |
The Casino. |
The view from the Casino. |
Les Arenes. |
The Carnaval. |
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A second page of vintage postcards of Nice. |
An undated view of the Hotel Ruhl. |
Another postcard of the Fish Market. |
An early 20th Century postcard of the Fish Market. |
Two early 20th Century postcards of the Hotel Beau Rivage, still one of Nice's top hotels. |
Sunset and the Jetee Promenade. |
The Flower Market. |
Place Massena and the Old Casino. |
Avenue de la Gare Notre-Dame. |
La Rue du Malonat in Old Nice. |
La Rue St Francois de Paul. |
Place Rosetti and the Cathedrale Sainte Reparate. |
Two more old postcards of the Place Massena. |
Two postcards of the Stadium Leo Lagrange. (courtesy of www.stadiincartolina.com) |
Laundresses on the Paillon. |
Place St Francois. |
An excellent view of the Jardins Albert 1er and the Jetee Promenade. |
Although entitle "Avenue Massena", this looks like Avenue de Verdun. I don't know of an Avenue Massena - was this street perhaps renamed after WW1 ? Can you help ? |
Yet another old postcard of the Jetee Promenade and the Jardins Albert 1er. This one was mailed in 1915. |
The Casino. |
Nice Station. |
Hotel Negresco. |
The "New" Russian Church. |
Boulevard Gambetta. |
Place Franklin and the Boulevard Gambetta. |
Boulevard de Cimiez. |
Jetee Promenade and the Centenary Monument. |
Boulevard Gambetta. |
Avenue Felix Faure. |
This postcard was mailed in 1908. |
Avenue de la Gare. |
Nice Opera. |
A 1930 postcard of the Hotel Negresco. |
The Palais de Justice. |
Bataille de Confetti at the Carnaval. |
Avenue de Verdun. |
Le Couvent de Cimiez. |