Nice | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 03/10/2019

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00:03:12 1 History
00:03:21 1.1 Foundation
00:04:28 1.2 Early development
00:05:27 1.3 Defences
00:06:15 1.4 Nice and Savoy
00:09:15 1.5 French Nice
00:16:32 2 Administration
00:17:47 2.1 Coat of arms
00:19:11 3 Geography
00:19:48 3.1 Flora
00:20:39 3.2 Climate
00:23:10 4 Economy and tourism
00:24:52 5 Transport
00:25:01 5.1 Port
00:26:09 5.2 Airport
00:27:09 5.3 Rail
00:28:06 5.4 Tram
00:29:15 5.5 Road
00:29:30 6 Sights
00:32:44 6.1 Squares
00:32:53 6.1.1 Place Masséna
00:34:36 6.1.2 Place Garibaldi
00:36:20 6.1.3 Place Rossetti
00:37:17 6.1.4 Cours Saleya
00:37:53 6.1.5 Place du Palais
00:38:46 6.2 Religious
00:39:08 6.3 Sports and entertainment
00:39:30 7 Sport
00:40:17 8 Population
00:41:17 9 Observatory
00:41:56 10 Culture
00:44:54 11 Cuisine
00:46:46 12 Education
00:47:25 13 International relations
00:47:35 13.1 Twin towns – Sister cities
00:47:48 14 Notable people
00:47:57 14.1 Honorary citizens



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Nice (, French pronunciation: ​[nis]; Niçard Occitan: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, nonstandard, pronounced [ˈnisa]; Italian: Nizza [ˈnittsa]; Greek: Νίκαια; Latin: Nicaea) is the seventh most populous urban area in France and the capital of the Alpes-Maritimes département. The metropolitan area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of about 1 million on an area of 721 km2 (278 sq mi). Located in the French Riviera, on the south east coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and the second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region after Marseille. Nice is approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the principality of Monaco and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the French-Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.
The city is nicknamed 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. The area of today's Nice contains Terra Amata, an archaeological site which displays evidence of a very early use of fire. 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. For centuries it was a dominion of Savoy, and was then part of France between 1792 and 1815, when it was returned to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia 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 took to spending their winters there. The city's main seaside promenade, the Promenade des Anglais ("Walkway of the English") owes its name to visitors to the resort.
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.
Nice has the second largest hotel capacity in the country and it is one of its most visited cities, receiving 4 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 (Comté de Nice).