Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million on an area of . Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the French Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region after Marseille. Nice is approximately from the principality of Monaco and from the French–Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.The city is nicknamed ( in Niçard), meaning 'Nice the Beautiful', which is also the title of the unofficial anthem of Nice, written by Menica Rondelly in 1912. The area of today's Nice contains Terra Amata, an archaeological site which displays evidence of a very early use of fire 380,000 years ago. Around 350 BC, Greeks of Marseille founded a permanent settlement and called it , ''Nikaia'', after Nike, the goddess of victory. Through the ages, the town has changed hands many times. Its strategic location and port significantly contributed to its maritime strength. From 1388 it was a dominion of Savoy, then became part of the French First Republic between 1792 and 1815, when it was returned to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, the legal predecessor of the Kingdom of Italy, until its re-annexation by France in 1860.
The natural environment of the Nice area and its mild Mediterranean climate came to the attention of the English upper classes in the second half of the 18th century, when an increasing number of aristocratic families began spending their winters there. In 1931, following its refurbishment, the city's main seaside promenade, the Promenade des Anglais ("Walkway of the English"), was inaugurated by Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; it owes its name to visitors to the resort. These included Queen Victoria along with her son Edward VII who spent winters there, as well as Henry Cavendish, born in Nice, who discovered hydrogen.
The clear air and soft light have particularly appealed to notable painters, such as Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Niki de Saint Phalle and Arman. Their work is commemorated in many of the city's museums, including Musée Marc Chagall, Musée Matisse and Musée des Beaux-Arts. International writers have also been attracted and inspired by the city. Frank Harris wrote several books including his autobiography ''My Life and Loves'' in Nice. Friedrich Nietzsche spent six consecutive winters in Nice, and wrote ''Thus Spoke Zarathustra'' here. Additionally, Russian writer Anton Chekhov completed his play ''Three Sisters'' while living in Nice.
Nice's appeal extended to the Russian upper classes. Prince Nicholas Alexandrovich, heir apparent to Imperial Russia, died in Nice and was a patron of the Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice where Princess Catherine Dolgorukova, morganatic wife of the Tsar Alexander II of Russia, is buried. Also buried there are General Dmitry Shcherbachev and General Nikolai Yudenich, leaders of the anti-Communist White Movement.
Those interred at the Cimetière du Château include celebrated jeweler Alfred Van Cleef, Emil Jellinek-Mercedes, founder of the Mercedes car company, film director Louis Feuillade, poet Agathe-Sophie Sasserno, dancer Carolina Otero, ''Asterix'' comics creator René Goscinny, ''The Phantom of the Opera'' author Gaston Leroux, French prime minister Léon Gambetta, and the first president of the International Court of Justice José Gustavo Guerrero.
Because of its historical importance as a winter resort town for the European aristocracy and the resulting mix of cultures found in the city, UNESCO proclaimed Nice a World Heritage Site in 2021. The city has the second largest hotel capacity in the country, and it is the second most visited metropolis in Metropolitan France, receiving four million tourists every year. It also has the third busiest airport in France, after the two main Parisian ones. It is the historical capital city of the County of Nice (, Niçard: ). Provided by Wikipedia
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163by Nice Bedini, Alessandro Cicchetti, Federica Palorini, Tiziana Magnani, Valentina Zuco, Marzia Pennati, Elisa Campi, Paola Allavena, Samantha Pesce, Sergio Villa, Barbara Avuzzi, Sara Morlino, Maria Emanuela Visentin, Nadia Zaffaroni, Tiziana Rancati, Riccardo ValdagniGet full text
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164by Julie Haesebaert, Isabelle Samson, Hélène Lee-Gosselin, Sabrina Guay-Bélanger, Jean-François Proteau, Guy Drouin, Chantal Guimont, Luc Vigneault, Annie Poirier, Priscille-Nice Sanon, Geneviève Roch, Marie-Ève Poitras, Annie LeBlanc, France LégaréGet full text
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165by Julie Haesebaert, Isabelle Samson, Hélène Lee-Gosselin, Sabrina Guay-Bélanger, Jean-François Proteau, Guy Drouin, Chantal Guimont, Luc Vigneault, Annie Poirier, Priscille-Nice Sanon, Geneviève Roch, Marie-Ève Poitras, Annie LeBlanc, France LégaréGet full text
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166by Matthew L. Forister, Su'ad A. Yoon, Casey S. Philbin, Craig D. Dodson, Bret Hart, Joshua G. Harrison, Oren Shelef, James A. Fordyce, Zachary H. Marion, Chris C. Nice, Lora A. Richards, C. Alex Buerkle, Zach GompertGet full text
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167by Kim Y C Fung, Bruce Tabor, Michael J Buckley, Ilka K Priebe, Leanne Purins, Celine Pompeia, Gemma V Brierley, Trevor Lockett, Peter Gibbs, Jeanne Tie, Paul McMurrick, James Moore, Andrew Ruszkiewicz, Edouard Nice, Timothy E Adams, Antony Burgess, Leah J CosgroveGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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168by Keisuke Ido, Ryota Kurogi, Ai Kurogi, Kunihiro Nishimura, Koichi Arimura, Ataru Nishimura, Nice Ren, Akiko Kada, Ryu Matsuo, Daisuke Onozuka, Akihito Hagihara, So Takagishi, Keitaro Yamagami, Misa Takegami, Yasunobu Nohara, Naoki Nakashima, Masahiro Kamouchi, Isao Date, Takanari Kitazono, Koji Iihara, J-ASPECT Study CollaboratorsGet full text
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169by Kurnia Fitri Jamil, Wira Winardi, Amanda Yufika, Samsul Anwar, Nurfanida Librianty, Nyoman Ananda Putri Prashanti, Tri Novita Wulan Sari, Prattama Santoso Utomo, Theresia Dwiamelia, Putu Pangestu Cendra Natha, Salwiyadi Salwiyadi, Febrivan Wahyu Asrizal, Ikram Ikram, Irma Wulandari, Sotianingsih Haryanto, Nice Fenobileri, Abram L Wagner, Mudatsir Mudatsir, Harapan HarapanGet full text
Published 2020-01-01
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170by Forrest C Walker, Ebrahim Hassan, Stefan T Peterson, Rachel Rodgers, Lawrence A Schriefer, Cassandra E Thompson, Yuhao Li, Gowri Kalugotla, Carla Blum-Johnston, Dylan Lawrence, Broc T McCune, Vincent R Graziano, Larissa Lushniak, Sanghyun Lee, Alexa N Roth, Stephanie M Karst, Timothy J Nice, Jonathan J Miner, Craig B Wilen, Megan T BaldridgeGet full text
Published 2021-03-01
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171by Jason Thompson, PhD, Mark Stevenson, ProfPhD, Jasper S Wijnands, PhD, Kerry A Nice, PhD, Gideon DPA Aschwanden, PhD, Jeremy Silver, PhD, Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, ProfPhD, Peter Rayner, ProfPhD, Robyn Schofield, PhD, Rohit Hariharan, MPH, Christopher N Morrison, ProfPhDGet full text
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173by Garrett, Thomas P. J., Burgess, Anthony W., Gan, Hui K., Luwor, Rod B., Cartwright, Glenn, Walker, Francesca, Orchard, Suzanne G., Clayton, Andrew H. A., Nice, Edouard C., Rothacker, Julie, Catimel, Bruno, Cavenee, Webster K., Old, Lloyd J., Stockert, Elisabeth, Ritter, Gerd, Adams, Timothy E., Hoyne, Peter A., Wittrup, Karl Dane, Chao, Ginger, Cochran, Jennifer R., Lou, Cindy, Lou, Mezhen, Huyton, Trevor, Xu, Yibin, Fairlie, W. Douglas, Yao, Shenggen, Scott, Andrew M., Johns, Terrance G.Get fulltext
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174by Subash Adhikari, Edouard C. Nice, Eric W. Deutsch, Lydie Lane, Gilbert S. Omenn, Stephen R. Pennington, Young-Ki Paik, Christopher M. Overall, Fernando J. Corrales, Ileana M. Cristea, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Mathias Uhlén, Cecilia Lindskog, Daniel W. Chan, Amos Bairoch, James C. Waddington, Joshua L. Justice, Joshua LaBaer, Henry Rodriguez, Fuchu He, Markus Kostrzewa, Peipei Ping, Rebekah L. Gundry, Peter Stewart, Sanjeeva Srivastava, Sudhir Srivastava, Fabio C. S. Nogueira, Gilberto B. Domont, Yves Vandenbrouck, Maggie P. Y. Lam, Sara Wennersten, Juan Antonio Vizcaino, Marc Wilkins, Jochen M. Schwenk, Emma Lundberg, Nuno Bandeira, Gyorgy Marko-Varga, Susan T. Weintraub, Charles Pineau, Ulrike Kusebauch, Robert L. Moritz, Seong Beom Ahn, Magnus Palmblad, Michael P. Snyder, Ruedi Aebersold, Mark S. BakerGet full text
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180by Nel 2006 ha conseguito la Laurea triennale in «Storia contemporanea» presso l’Università di Bologna; nel 2008 ha ottenuto un doppio titolo di Laurea Specialistica in «Storia d’Europa» e di Master 2 «Histoire et civilisations comparées» presso l’Università di Bologna e l’Université Paris VII – Denis Diderot. Tra il 2009 e il 2011 è stata borsista presso l’Ecole Française de Rome e visiting student presso l’University of Malta. Nel 2013 ha conseguito un dottorato di ricerca in cotutela in «Scienze storiche» presso l’Università di Padova e in «Histoire» presso l’Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, svolgendo una ricerca sull’irredentismo fascista in Corsica e a Malta negli anni tra le due guerre. Attualmente è assegnista di ricerca presso l’Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia dove sta conducendo uno studio sulle politiche identitarie e sull’immaginario insulare nelle isole del Mediterraneo e del Baltico durante il XX e il XXI secolo. È autrice del libro Corsica fatal, Malta baluardo di romanità. L’irredentismo fascista nel Mare nostrum (1922-1942) (Firenze, Le Monnier, 2015)., Fausto Pietrancosta ha conseguito il titolo di dottore di ricerca in Storia presso l’Università di Bologna con una tesi inerente le relazioni tra istituzioni politiche e intervento pubblico in economia nella prospettiva del coordinamento tra amministrazioni centrali ed ente regionale siciliano. Già dottore magistrale in Storia d’Europa, presso la stessa Università con una tesi in Storia dello Stato italiano sul coordinamento costituzionale e l’avvio dell’autonomia regionale siciliana, ha svolto attività di ricerca presso l’Archivio Storico e la biblioteca dell’Istituto Luigi Sturzo di Roma, presso l’Assemblea regionale siciliana, proseguendo poi l’attività di ricerca presso gli archivi degli enti pubblici economici in Sicilia e presso la biblioteca SVIMEZ di Roma. I suoi interessi sono rivolti allo studio dell’evoluzione storica delle autonomie regionali nell’Italia del secondo dopoguerra e delle politiche di intervento a favore dello sviluppo industriale nel Mezzogiorno.Get full text
Published 2010-07-01
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