Alan H's photos
Roman Amphitheatre
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The amphitheatre of Cimiez, Nice, France - undergoing renovation when the photo was taken.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum, Nice, France.
Roman Amphitheatre
Main Street
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The main street (decumanus) showing sewer underneath.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum, Nice, France.
Red Tile and Stone Wall
Baths Complex
Plunge Pool
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Cold water plunge pool in Roman baths complex.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum, Nice, France.
Portico
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This would have been an outside portico. Underground aqueducts which fed water to the various parts of the bath complex can be seen.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum, Nice, France.
Frigidarium
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The cold water room in Roman baths complex.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum.
Cimiez, Nice, France.
October 2009.
Column
Entrance
Apse
Baths Complex
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This part was converted into a Christian Cathedral during the 5th century.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum, Nice, France.
Baptistry
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Part of the baths complex which was converted into a Christian baptistry during the 5th century.
In the Roman town of Cemenelum, Nice, France.
Nice from the Air
Russian Cathedral
Russian Cathedral
Russian Cathedral
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Beginning in the mid-19th century, Russian nobility visited Nice and the French Riviera, following the fashion established decades earlier by the English upper class and nobility. In 1864, immediately after the railway reached Nice, Tsar Alexander II visited by train and was attracted by the pleasant climate. Thus began an association between Russians and the French Riviera that continues to this day.
The cathedral, consecrated in December 1912 in memory of Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, who died in Nice, was meant to serve the large Russian community that had settled in Nice by the end of the 19th century, as well as devout visitors from the Imperial Court. Tsar Nicholas II funded the construction work.
Nice, France.
