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Bibliothèque Louis Nucéra
The offices of public library Bibliothèque Louis Nucéra are inside La Tête Carrée de Sosno. The massive 30m-tall sculpture designed by Sacha Sosno
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Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe St-Nicolas
Step inside the Cathédrale Orthodoxe Russe St-Nicolas and let the icons and frescoes transport you to 17th-century Moscow. Consecrated in 1912 and crowned by multicoloured onion domes, it is the biggest Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia. Shorts, miniskirts and sleeveless shirts are forbidden.
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Chateau Lift
To get to Parc du Château, ride the Chateau Lift from beneath Tour Bellanda or hike up the staircases on montée Lesage or the eastern end of rue Rossetti.
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Église Notre Dame
Adjoining the Monastère Notre Dame de Cimiez, Église Notre Dame boasts precious medieval art by Louis Bréa, and a monumental 17th-century baroque altar.
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Espace Masséna
Espace Masséna, a public square, straddles the eastern side of place Masséna.
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Galerie de la Marine
Galerie de la Marine. At the quai des États-Unis' eastern end, a war memorial hewn from the rock commemorates the 4000 Niçois who died in both world wars.
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Jardin Maréchal Juin
Outside the Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, the red concrete Jardin Maréchal Juin hugs MAMAC's eastern side and - more spectacularly - frames the giant square head of La Tête Carrée de Sosno (2002).
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La Tête Carrée de Sosno
Outside the Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, the red concrete Jardin Maréchal Juin hugs MAMAC's eastern side and, more spectacularly, frames the giant square head of La Tête Carrée de Sosno.The massive 30m-tall sculpture designed by Sacha Sosno - a 14m-square concrete head sitting on a pair of shoulders - is, in fact, a building.
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Monastère Notre Dame de Cimiez
Matisse is buried in the cemetery of the Monastère Notre Dame de Cimiez. His grave is signposted ' sépulture Henri Matisse ' from the cemetery's main entrance (next to the monastery church on av Bellanda). Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is also buried here.
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Palais de Justice
Palais de Justice, the imposing law courts built in neoclassical style in 1885 can be found in rue de la Préfecture.
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Palais de la Méditerranée
Don't miss the Art Deco Palais de la Méditerranée on Promenade des Anglais, the prized property of American millionaire Frank Jay Gould and France's top-earning casino until the 1970s, when his luck changed and the place closed down.
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Palais de la Préfecture
Rue Bénoît Bunico runs into rue de la Préfecture, the old city's main artery, dominated by the imposing Palais de la Préfecture, the 17th-century home of the princes of Savoy.
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place Garibaldi
At the northeastern corner of Nice's old town lies arcade-lined place Garibaldi, built during the late 18th century and named after Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-82). Born in Nice to a fishing family, Garibaldi went on to become a sailor, merchant captain, guerrilla fighter, leader of the Red Shirts and popular hero of Italian unification.
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place Masséna
At the southern end of av Jean Médecin, Nice's main commercial street, sits place Masséna, with early-19th-century, neoclassical arcaded buildings painted in shades of ochre and red.
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