Preface
Reading edition
This book deals with that part of the French Riviera which is commanded by the Great Corniche Road—the part between Nice and Mentone—together with such places as are within easy reach of the Road.
I am obliged to the proprietors of the Times for permission to reprint an article of mine contributed to that journal in March, 1920. It appears as Chapter XXXVII.
I am much indebted to Dr. Hagberg Wright, of the London Library, for invaluable help in the collecting of certain historical data.
FREDERICK TREVES.
Monte Carlo,
Christmas, 1920
Contents
ChapterPage
1.Early Days in the Riviera1
2.The Corniche Road8
3.Nice: The Promenade des Anglais14
4.Nice: The Old Town19
5.The Siege of Nice29
6.Cimiez and St. Pons36
7.How the Convent of St. Pons came to an End41
8.Vence, the Defender of the Faith49
9.Vence, the Town59
10.Grasse67
11.A Prime Minister and Two Ladies of Grasse80
12.Cagnes and St. Paul du Var97
13.Cap Ferrat and St. Hospice104
14.The Story of Eze118
15.The Troubadours of Eze123
16.How Eze was Betrayed127
17.The Town that Cannot Forget135
18.The Harbour of Monaco143
19.The Rock of Monaco151
20.A Fateful Christmas Eve161
21.Charles the Seaman165
22.The Lucien Murder170
23.How the Spaniards were got rid of176
24.A Matter of Etiquette181
25.The Monte Carlo of the Novelist187
26.Monte Carlo191
27.Some Diversions of Monte Carlo195
28.An Old Roman Posting Town206
29.The Tower of Victory214
30.La Turbie of To-day224
31.The Convent of Laghet231
32.The City of Peter Pan239
33.The Legend of Roquebrune248
34.Some Memories of Roquebrune252
35.Gallows Hill259
36.Mentone265
37.The First Visitors to the Riviera273
38.Castillon281
39.Sospel286
40.Sospel and the Wild Boar294
41.Two Queer Old Towns297
Index305
List of Illustrations
A Riviera GardenFrontispiece
FACING PAGE
At the Bend of the Road8
Nice: The Old Terraces16
Nice: Rue du Sénat26
Nice: A Street in the Old Town32
Cimiez: The Roman Amphitheatre36
Cimiez: The Marble Cross40
Cimiez: The Monastery Well40
Vence: The East Gate and Outer Wall52
Vence: The Church and Court of Bishop’s Palace58
Vence: Old House in the Place Godeau62
Vence: Rue de la Coste62
Grasse: The de Cabris House68
Grasse: The Cathedral72
Grasse: The Place aux Aires76
Grasse: Rue de l’Evêché80
Grasse: Rue sans Peur90
Cagnes96
Cagnes: The Town Gate98
Cagnes: The Place Grimaldi100
Cagnes: The Castle100
St. Paul du Var102
St. Paul du Var: The Entry102
St. Paul du Var: The Main Gate102
St. Paul du Var: A Side Street104
St. Paul du Var: A Shop of the Mediæval Type104
Cap de St. Hospice108
St. Hospice: The Madonna and the Tower108
Villefranche110
Villefranche: The Main Street112
A Road in Beaulieu114
Eze120
Eze: The Main Gate124
A Street in Eze134
Eze: On the Way to the Castle138
Eze: All that Remains of the Castle138
Cap d’Ail, near Monaco144
Monaco148
Monaco: The Sentry Tower on the Rampe156
Monaco: The Drawbridge Gate, 1533156
Monaco: The Palace162
Monaco: The Old Hôtel de Ville168
Monaco: The Cliff Garden172
The Gorge between Monaco and Monte Carlo178
The Chapel of St. Dévote184
Monte Carlo from Monaco192
Monte Carlo: The Terrace, Christmas Day196
Monte Carlo: The Casino Garden202
The Roman Monument, La Turbie206
A Corner in La Turbie210
A Street in La Turbie216
La Turbie: Old Window in the Rue Droite216
La Turbie: The Old Bakehouse224
La Turbie: La Portette226
La Turbie: The Fortress Wall, showing the Roman Stones226
La Turbie: The Nice Gate228
Laghet232
Laghet: The Entrance234
Laghet: One of the Cloisters236
Roquebrune, from near Bon Voyage240
Roquebrune: The East Gate246
Roquebrune: The Place des Frères246
Roquebrune: Showing the Castle252
Roquebrune: Rue de la Fontaine256
The Roman Milestones, “603”258
A Piece of the Old Roman Road258
The Roman Fountain near La Turbie260
Gallows Hill262
Mont Justicier: The Two Pillars of the Gallows262
The Chapel of St. Roch 264
Mentone: The Old Town266
Mentone: The East Bay268
Mentone: Rue Longue272
Mentone: A Doorway in the Rue Longue274
A Side Street in Mentone276
A Side Street in Mentone278
Mentone: Rue Mattoni278
Castillon: (In the snow)280
Castillon: The Entry to the Town280
Castillon: The Main Street282
Castillon: The Main Street and Church Door284
Sospel: The Old Bridge286
Sospel: The River Front288
Sospel: The Place St. Michel290
A Square in Sospel292
Sospel: The Ruins of the Convent292
A Street in Sospel294
Sospel: The City Wall and Gate294
A Street in Gorbio298
A Street in Gorbio298
A Street in St. Agnes300
A Street in St. Agnes302
THE RIVIERA OF THE
CORNICHE ROAD