Plan Planin
1h · 8 steps
Nissa Bicyclette joins the Service Ville d’art et d’histoire in order to offer fun and sometimes sporty bike rides to discover Nice on a new day through places that have marked its history.
Each has its heritage journey, according to its desires and shape with 4 levels of difficulty: green, blue, red and black.
Text: Emmanuel Bottagisi
Iconography : City of Nice, ancient documents Bibliothèque de Cessole
Plan Planin is the first green graded route of the series. During this walk, which starts at the Cité du Parc to finish at the Quai Rauba Capèu, you will learn more about the Nice Opera, the Albert 1er Garden, the Massena Square, the Masséna High School, the Garibaldi and the Ile de Beauté squares. It's 4 km back.
Good walk!
Steps
The Quai of the United States and the City of the Park
5mn
The double row of old fishermen’s houses, the old and new terraces are established during the 18th and 19th centuries at the site of the old city walls. Their roofs are arranged in a public walk. The public fish market (the Niçois capital) is set up.
The Saviour?
The city of the Park has not hosted only fish!
In 1954, at the request of Henri Matisse, part of the terraces was walled and transformed into an art gallery. She was then named the "Ponchettes Gallery". In 1967, his little sister was created instead of the old fish hall, which became the “Marine Gallery”. In 1999, they will be attached to the Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Art. In 2020, the spaces regain their original physiognomy.