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The
Nice Carnival is one of the world's
major carnival events, alongside the
Brazilian Carnival and Venetian
Carnival. It is held annually in
February in Nice on the French
Riviera. The earliest records
establish its existence in 1294 when
the Count of Provence, Charles
Anjou, spent "the joyous days of
carnival". This probably makes the
Nice Carnival the original carnival
celebration.
Today
the event attracts over a million
visitors to Nice every year. The
Carnival spans a two-week period
with the final day on Mardi Gras
(Fat Tuesday). The city is called
Nice la Belle (Nissa La Bella in
Niçard), which means Nice the
Beautiful, which is also the title
of the unofficial anthem of Nice,
written by Menica Rondelly in 1912.
Nice is the capital of the Alpes
Maritimes département and the second
biggest city of the
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region
after Marseille.
Nice
is one of the oldest human
settlements in the world. Terra-Amata,
an archaeological site dating from
the Lower Palaeolithic age, is
situated near Nice. Nice itself was
established by the ancient Greeks.
There was also an independent Roman
city, Cemenelum, near Nice, where
the hill of Cimiez is located. It is
an archaeological site with
treasures, of which only a small
part has been excavated. The
excavated site includes thermal
baths, arenas and Roman road.
Since
the 2nd century AD, the light of the
city has attracted many famous
painters and sculptors such as
Chagall, Matisse, Niki de Saint
Phalle, Klein, Arman and Sosno. Nice
inspired many composers and
intellectuals in different countries
e.g. Berlioz, Rossini, Nietzsche
etc. Nice also has numerous museums
of all kinds: Musée Marc Chagall,
Musée Matisse (arenas of Cimiez
containing Roman ruins), Musée des
Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret, Musée
international d'Art naïf Anatole
Jakovsky, Musée Terra-Amata, Museum
of Asian Art, Musée d'art moderne et
d'art contemporain which devotes
much space to the well-known École
of Nice ”), Museum of Natural
History, Musée Masséna, Naval Museum
and Galerie des Ponchettes.
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