Monuments to visit Côte d'Azur

Built in 1880 by architect Louis Hourlier, his acoustics consists of a stone podium and a conical cover on metal frame supported by a set of cast pillars inclined outward was designed to enable sound to move up to the roof before getting to the audience. The place, listed as a historical monument since 1990 is still in use.

Designed by the sculptor Sasha Sosno and inaugurated in 2002, Tête Carrée has become the symbol of modern architecture in the city with its height of 30 meters and width of 14 meters. Inaccessible to the public, it hosts in its headquarters the Louis Nucéra municipal library offices at the head of B.M.V.R network of Nice (Bibliothèque Municipale à Vocation Régionale) [Municipal Library with Regional Vocation]. The night lighting system of the building was designed by the artist Yann Kersalé.

In the Fontvieille district, this superb stadium stretches over 22 hectares. Founded under the aegis of Prince Rainier III in 1971, it hosts major sporting competitions throughout the year. It is also an emblematic place for Monegasque sportsmen and women, who come to practice some thirty activities (athletics, running, soccer, table tennis, weightlifting, gymnastics, but also basketball and handball at the Salle Gaston Médecin or swimming and water polo at the Centre Nautique Albert II...). The Stadium is also accessible during a guided tour.

Guided tours of about thirty minutes allow you to discover this military construction whose objective was to block the intrusion of Italian tanks during the Second World War. You will learn how life was organized in the bunker with the discovery of the technical parts and the barracks. Thematic exhibitions also provide information on the historical background. The bunker is part of the Rimplas fort, which stands at an altitude of 1,000 metres on a rocky peak. The construction of the complex took 11 years.

The Crottés are the remains of the old fortified castle, where only the baseplate of one of the corner towers remains. The first castle was burned in autumn 1184 by the rebellious people of Vintimille. In the Middle Ages, its defense was reinforced by the ducs of Savoy. In 1692, during the first French period, Vauban arranged it. Returned under the domination of the House of Savoy, it resists and repels the attacks of the gallispans but falls into the hands of the French during the Revolution wars. After the Sardinian restoration, it serves as a stone quarry to the people of the country to build or expand their homes. Here, some people arranged theses crottés tomake shelters in which they stored, during the night, the clearances to dry figs and plums.