Showing posts with label Parc Imperial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parc Imperial. Show all posts

Thursday, 22 January 2009

Parc Imperial


A palace? A hotel? A museum? Built originally in 1899 as a luxury hotel to house holidaying heads of state and nobility, this huge building with its arches and columns fell into the hands of the city council after the first world war and the building was transformed into an educational establishment.
Now on this site there are a college (11-16 years), a lycee (16-18 years) and further education courses. There's an interesting web site which gives you a photographic tour of the building if you'd like a peek inside, just click on the camera icons.
It really doesn't seem like a bad place to be educated!

Saturday, 17 January 2009

The Russian Orthodox Cathedral


Yes, it really is Nice and not Moscow. This is the Cathedral of St Nicholas located in the Parc Imperial district of Nice and the largest Russian orthodox church outside Russia.
More about the church tomorrow but if you could see only one monument in Nice, make it this one!