Riba de Palhoun
1h 52mn · 8 steps
Nice, between sea and mountain, is an exceptional territory for cycling practice. But the bike is not just the matter of athletes. It is primarily a source of sharing, social cohesion, good health and sustainable development. It is suitable for both daily use, tourist and leisure.
It is therefore quite naturally that Nissa Bicyclette joins with the Cycling and Heritage program to offer fun and sometimes sporty bike rides. A discovery of the places that marked the history of Nice in a new day. To each one his journey according to his wishes and form (four levels of difficulty: green, blue, red and black), with family or friends.
The red course follows the footsteps of the Paillon, the river niçois that was gradually covered in the city centre to meet the need to find space, 10 kms.
Text: Emmanuel Bottagisi
Iconography : City of Nice, ancient documents Bibliothèque de Cessole
Start your path of the Heritage Centre – The Senate at 14 rue Jules-Gilly (Vieux-Nice) to reach the U.S. dock and turn right to reach the Albert-Ier garden, then cross the crossing towards Place Masséna.
Good Walk!
Steps
Place Masséna
10mn
The current Place Masséna is the result of the merger of two places, long separated by the Paillon River. Between 1824 and 1882, the Charles-Albert Bridge connects the two shores. In the south, the semi-circular Charles-Albert square was opened in 1832. In the north, the portico buildings with turino were erected between 1840 and 1860. They delineate a square square square square that takes the name of the marsh Masséna in 1852. In order to gain spaces, the Paillon is covered and the two places are connected in a single esplanade in 1883. As early as 2007, the work of line 1 of the tram led to a redevelopment of the whole with a damier pavement surmounted by the statues of Spanish artist Jaume Plensa, “Conversation in Nice”.
The Saviour?
Nice as an Apollo!
On the Place Masséna stands the fountain of the Sun. Created by sculptor Alfred Janniot (First Prize of Rome in sculpture) and inaugurated in 1956, it represents the god Apollo surrounded by five planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and Saturn. The Marble Apollo was removed in the 1970s for questions of modesty and transferred to the Charles- Ehrmann stadium, before making his triumphant return in 2011.