THE CATHEDRAL SAINTE-REPARATE
This former Benedictine abbey ceded in 1576 to the Nice chapter was erected in the th century by the nice architect André Guiberto to glorify the young martyr Saint Sante, patron of the city of Nice. Dead in Palestine, the young girl's body would have been placed in a boat and delivered to the Mediterranean. According to tradition, this boat dériva to the nice shore where it was hâlée on the beach by angels. This is the religious explanation of the name «Baie des Anges». The cathedral is inspired by the so-called Roman Baroque, with a triangular pediment and a tightly ordered and balanced facade. Construction had avatars with the collapse of the dome in 1658 and legal problems of acquisition. Its steeple is added to the 1824 th century and the façade restored in with the ornament of four niches with the saints innate merit.
The dite dome with its glazed tiles is shining in the sun. Inside, we admire the master-hotel with the glory of Sainte Sante, the balustrade of the marble chorus, golden friezes and stucco of artist Lombard Pietro Riva.
Joining the Right Street (also very winding), but this name comes from the Latin expression via direta so named because it constituted, in the Middle Ages, the shortest way to connect the North Door to the southern door of the city.
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