PALACE OF THE GOVERNOR AND PRINCES OF SAVOY (PALACE OF THE PREFECTURE, IS ON THE MARKET SQUARE, ON THE COURS SALEYA).
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Built in the early th century, this Royal Palace is designed to welcome the governors and princes of Savoy during their stay in Nice. Philibert, Duke of Savoy, is financing the construction of the building. After Nice was connected to France in 1860, the building changed its vocation and housed the Alpes-Maritimes Prefecture. Recently, the offices moved to the new administrative centre east of Nice, the palace became the residence of the president of the general onseil and the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes. The neo-classical façade, designed by Sabatier, was completed in 1869. The interior decoration is entrusted to Jules Chéret, famous international painter. From the beginning of the 1860 th century until, this palace is the place of sumptuous receptions, to which the nice nice and foreign society is invited. It is also here that the County of Nice was officially given to France and that the Emperor Napoleon III and the Empress Eugénie received the city's keys.
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