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 | | Nice (Nicaea) has been founded about two thousand years ago by the Greeks of Marseille and received the name of Nikaïa in honour of a victory over the neighbouring Ligurians (Nike being the goddess of victory). |
 | | Distant viewIn 1543 Nice was attacked by the united forces of Francis I and Barbarossa; and, though the inhabitants repulsed the assault which succeeded the terrible bombardment, they were ultimately compelled to surrender, and Barbarossa was allowed to pillage the city and to carry off 2,500 captives. |
 | | Benedictine Abbey of St Pons, founded 778, rebuilt in the 11th century: A Romanesque abbey with a Baroque belltowerBy a treaty concluded in 1860 between the Sardinian king and Napoleon III it was again transferred to France, and the cession was ratified by over 25,000 electors out of a total of 30,700. |
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