Alpes-Maritimes: The French Riviera from Cannes to Monaco
Alpes-Maritimes contains the French Riviera from Cannes to the Italian border. Nice, the prefecture, is France's fifth-largest city and was only ceded to France by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860 (the same treaty as Savoy). The Promenade des Anglais, the old town, and the Matisse and Chagall museums define the city. The Cannes Film Festival, held annually in May, is the world's most prestigious film event.
Monaco, though an independent state, is entirely surrounded by this department. The mountainous interior rises sharply from the coast: Mercantour National Park, on the Italian border, protects wolves, ibex, and the Vallee des Merveilles with its Bronze Age rock engravings. Grasse is the world capital of perfume. Antibes has the largest marina in Europe and a Picasso museum. The population exceeds 1.1 million. Property prices along the coast are among the highest in France.
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Alpes-Maritimes contains the French Riviera from Cannes to the Italian border. Nice, the prefecture, is France's fifth-largest city and was only ceded to France by the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1860 (the same treaty as Savoy). The Promenade des Anglais, the old town, and the Matisse and Chagall museums define the city. The Cannes Film Festival, held annually in May, is the world's most prestigious film event.
Monaco, though an independent state, is entirely surrounded by this department. The mountainous interior rises sharply from the coast: Mercantour National Park, on the Italian border, protects wolves, ibex, and the Vallee des Merveilles with its Bronze Age rock engravings. Grasse is the world capital of perfume. Antibes has the largest marina in Europe and a Picasso museum. The population exceeds 1.1 million. Property prices along the coast are among the highest in France.
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