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Location:
Europe, France,
Nice
Category:
Coastal View
Description:
View of
the
coast and promenade
Location Information:
Nice
is a city in southern France on the
Mediterranean coast. The city is
nicknamed Nice la Belle (Nissa la
Bella in Niçard), which means Nice
the Beautiful.
It is the capital of the French
Riviera (Côte d'Azur) and is the 5th
largest city of France. The
metropolitan area is also the 5th
largest with 991,903 inhabitants
(2006).
The area of today’s Nice is believed
to be among the oldest human
settlements in the world. One of the
archaeological sites, Terra Amata,
displays evidence of a very early
usage of fire. Around 350 BC, Greeks
of Marseille founded a permanent
settlement and called it Nikaia,
after Nike, the goddess of victory.
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