and its length is measured not by metres but by minutes; for if you ask
how far it is to St. Agnes the answer is an hour to an hour and a half.
St. Agnes as a town is not simply queer, it is frankly ridiculous. It is
perched on the sharp point of a cone of precipitous rock and, from afar,
looks like a brown beetle clinging to the top of a grey sugarloaf. How
it came to be placed there no one can say, for a cautious eagle would
hesitate to make its home at such a height. If it wanted to get away
from the world it has succeeded, for it is nearly out of it. It can
scarcely be said to be on the face of the earth, but rather on the tip
of its nose.
There are no means of reaching St. Agnes except by a mule-path or a
balloon. Nothing on wheels has ever entered the precincts of the town.
Thus it happens that the most curious “sights” at St. Agnes are a piano
and a great chandelier in one of the two excellent restaurants of the
place. The interest inspired by these articles is not intrinsic, but is
aroused by the wonder as to how they got there. The spectacle of a mule
toiling up a path, as steep as a stair, with a piano on its back,
followed by another mule bearing a wide-spreading chandelier and perhaps
by a third laden with a wardrobe is a spectacle to marvel at.
St. Agnes is a town of about five hundred inhabitants standing at an
altitude of 2,200 feet. How the people live and why they live where they
do is an economic and social problem of the profoundest character, for
the country just around St. Agnes is as bare as a boulder. The town
itself is of the colour of sackcloth and ashes, being drab and brown. In
general disposition it is very like Gorbio, being as old, as deranged
and as inconsequent. There are the same arcades, the same vaulted
passages, the same erratic lanes. The church resembles the church at
Gorbio. It bears the date 1744 but represents a building many centuries
older. High up above the town, on a point of apparently inaccessible
rock, are the ruins of the castle which was, at one time, a famous
Saracen stronghold. It is represented now by a few broken and jagged
walls which can hardly be distinguished from the crags out of which they
spring. It is needless to say that the views from St. Agnes, both
towards the mountains and towards the sea, are superb.
[Illustration: A STREET IN ST. AGNES.]
The place is of great antiquity. Its early years are legendary, but from
the twelfth century onwards it played a part—and no small part—in the
affairs of the world around it. The details of its life and times differ
but slightly from those of Gorbio; for the fortunes of the two queer
towns were closely linked together.
To explain how St. Agnes ever came to exist it is necessary to resort to
legend and to the very hackneyed subject of the princess who lost her
way. The name of this particular royal lady was Agnes. She was unwisely
making a tour in this barren and impossible country, when the usual
terrific storm appeared with the usual result—the lady lost her way.
She must have lost it badly, for she found herself near the summit of
the crag upon which St. Agnes now stands. This is equivalent to a person
climbing up to the dome of St. Paul’s in the hope of finding there a way
that would lead to Fleet Street. The lady called upon her patron saint,
St. Agnes, to guide her to shelter and was miraculously directed to a
grotto near the spot where the town is now established. Hence the town
and hence the name.
INDEX
A
“A Winter at Mentone,” 271, 282
Agel, Mont, 13, 112, 194, 204, 209, 269
Alban, Mont, Fort on, 113
Alberti, S., “Istoria della citta de Sospello,” 287
Alps, view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13
Amadeus of Savoy, Eze sold to, 120
Amilheta de Baus, 125
“Annals,” by John Stowe, 121
Anne of Orleans pays homage to “Our Lady of Laghet,” 233
Antoin, Prince, builds fort at Monaco, 169
Arabs (_see_ Saracens)
“Architecture of Provence,” by MacGibbon, 100
Arles, burial place of St. Trophime at, 51
Roman road to, 36, 194, 208, 279
Saracens at, 4
Augustus Cæsar at Monaco, 143, 144
monument at La Turbie, erected by, 194, 206, 214 _et seq._, 227, 260
“Aurelian Way” (_see_ Via Aureliana)
Avignon, sold by Queen Jeanne to the Pope, 87
trial of Queen Jeanne at, 86
Aymes, Count (Prince of Narbonne), story of, 221, 222
B
Balbo, Pierre, of Ventimiglia, purchase of Castillon by, 283
Baller, John, “Historical Particulars Relative to Southampton,” 121
Baoussé-Roussé, the, Mentone, Barma-Grande Cave at, 278
prehistoric caves at, 274 _et seq._
Barbarossa, Hariadan (Redbeard), attack on Eze by, 127, 128, 130, 131, 137
siege of Nice and, 28, 30, 127
Barbary pirates at Nice, 20
“Barbet,” history of term, 262
Barcelona, sacked by Carlo I, 166
Baring-Gould, S. “Riviera,” 34
“Bastard of Gorbio,” and betrayal of Eze, 129
attempt to betray La Turbie by, 133
capture and death of, 133
Bautucan, pre-historic camp of, 259
Beatrix of Provence, and Gorbio, 301
Beatrix of Savoy, marriage and children of, 126
story of, 80 _et seq._
Beaulieu, 112
Bellaudière, Bellaud de la, memorial tablet to, at Grasse, 75
Bellegarde, de, and Bellanda Tower, Nice, 23
Bellot, Jacques (of Grasse), carvings by, at Vence, 64
Beranger (IV), Raymond, and troubadours of Eze, 123, 126
story of, 80 _et seq._
war against Riviera towns by, 125
Beranger-Feraud, “Contes Populaires des Provençaux,” by, 80
Bevera River, 289
Blacas, troubadour of Eze, 122 _et seq._, 141
marriage of, 125
Blacasette, troubadour of Eze, story of, 123 _et seq._
“Black Death” at Vence, 56
Bonaparte, Princess Pauline, at Grasse, 72, 73
Bordighera, Via Aureliana at, 208
as seen from La Turbie, 216
Borghese, Prince, 73
Boron, Mont, 31
Bosio, Urbain, “La Province des Alpes Maritimes,” 21, 22, 254
“Le Vieux Monaco,” 154, 155, 157, 158, 262
Bouche, Honoré, “La Chorographie et l’Histoire de Provence,” by, 51
Bréa, General, House of, at Mentone, 270
Bréa, Ludovici, paintings by, at Cimiez, 39
Briançon and Louise de Cabris, 88, 89
quarrel with Mirabeau, 95
Brignole, Marchesa di, at reception of her daughter at Monaco, 183
Brignole, Maria Caterina, marriage with Honorius III of Monaco, 181 _et
seq._
marriage with Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, 186
Burgundians, invasion of Riviera by, 3
C
Cabris, Castle of, 72
Cabris, Louise de, at convent of Sisteron, 95
flight from France, 95
House of, at Grasse, 71, 72
story of, 87 _et seq._
Cabris, Marquis de, death of, 95
House of, in Grasse, 71
Cagnes, Castle of, 99
description of, 97 _et seq._
inhabitants reproved for dancing by Bishop of Vence, 98
Place Grimaldi, 98
Caïs, Gaspard de, and siege of Nice, 33
attempt to betray La Turbie by, 133
betrayal of Eze by, 128 _et seq._, 137
capture and death of, 133
Calais, siege of, 168
Cannes, Corniche d’Or, near, 8
Paganini’s body taken to, 116
Capitaine, the, La Grande Corniche at, 13
Careï, Valley of the, 281, 282
Carlo I of Monaco (“Charles the Seaman”) and Monaco, 143, 165
at Gibraltar, 168
at siege of Calais, 168
attack on Southampton by, 121, 122
blockades Genoa, 166, 167
death of, 169
defeated by Duke of Genoa, 169
defeats Catalans, 166
defeats English Fleet, 167
Don Jayme III and, 168
fights Greeks and Venetians, 168
fleet of, 165 _et seq._
marriage with Lucinetta Spinola, 165
peace with Genoa and, 169
Pierre IV of Aragon and, 168
purchase of Mentone by, 268
sacks Barcelona, 166
sells Roquebrune to Guglielmo Lascaris, 254
wounded at Crécy, 168
Carlone, Fresco by, of “Fall of Phæton,” at Cagnes, 100
Carnival at Nice, 16, 17
Carthaginians in Riviera, 1
Casimir, Philippe M., “La Turbie et son Trophée Romain,” 226, 228, 229,
230
Castellar de la Brasca, Le, 259
Castellaretto, the, 259
Castillon, captured by Charles of Anjou, 283
captured by Genoese, 283
captured by Saracens, 283
church at, 284
description of, 281 _et seq._
earthquake at, 134, 282
Romans at, 282
sold to Pierre Balbo of Ventimiglia, 283
Catalans, attack on Monaco by, 166
“Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France,” by E. W. Rose, 50
Cemenelum (Cimiez), Roman city of, 20, 36, 209, 210
Ceva, Boniface, and siege of Nice, 33
Charlemagne and Abbey of St. Pons, 40
Charles V, Emperor, meeting between Pope Paul III and François I and, 28
siege of Nice and, 29 _et seq._
Charles Emmanuel II, homage by, to Our Lady of Laghet, 233
Charles of Anjou, Prince of Provence, builds Naval Arsenal at Nice, 20
captures Castillon, 283
Charles of Durazzo and Queen Jeanne, 87
“Charles the Seaman” (_see_ Carlo I)
Château d’If, imprisonment of Mirabeau in, 91
Chauve de Tourette, Mont, 13
Chemin de la Corniche, Marseilles, 8
“Choix des Poésies Orig. des Troubadours,” Reynouard, 123
“Chorographie du Comté de Nice,” by Louis Durante, 215
Cimiez, 12
amphitheatre at, 36
foundation of, by Romans, 20, 36, 209
Monastery of St. Francis of Assisi at, 37
Claudine, Princess, of Monaco, story of, 170 _et seq._
Col d’Eze, La Grande Corniche at, 13
Col de la Garde, 281, 283
Col des Quatre Chemins, La Grande Corniche at, 12
“Contes Populaires des Provençaux,” Beranger-Feraud, 80
Cook, T. A., “Old Provence,” 180, 262
Corniche, derivation of, 8
Corniche de Grasse, 8
Corniche d’Or, near Cannes, 8
“Corniche Road, The” (La Grande Corniche), 8 _et seq._
approach to Eze from, 136
at La Turbie, 224
Via Aureliana and, 209
Corniche roads, 8
Cours Saleya at Nice, 17, 20
Crécy, Battle of, 168
Cros, Le, pre-historic camp of, 259
Cypières, René de, and Huguenots at Vence, 55
D
Davies, J. S.,”History of Southampton,” 121
D’Ail, Cap, pre-historic camps at, 259
d’Alais, Comte, and capture of Monaco by French, 179
d’Entrevannes, Blanche, story of, 44, 45-48
Dempster, Miss C. L. N., “The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard,” by, 52,
85
Dévote (_see_ St. Dévote)
“Donna Maufaccia” (_see_ Segurana)
Doria, Bartolomeo, at Monaco, 172
murder of Prince Lucien by, 175
Doria, of Genoa, wounded at Crécy, 168
Drap, 12
Durandy, “Mon Pays, Villages, etc., de la Riviera,” by, 123, 221, 254
Durante, Louis, “Chorographie du Comté de Nice,” 215
“History of Nice,” 34
E
Edward III defeats French at Crécy, 168
war between Philip of Valois and, 166
Emmanuel Philibert Tower, on Cap de St. Hospice, 108, 110, 111
Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and Chapel of St. Hospice, 107
Eze, attack by French on, 127
attack by Turks on, 127
Bay of, 13
betrayal of, 127 _et seq._
capture by Turks of, 130
castle of, 119, 134, 140
ceded to France, 120
church of, 140
earthquake at, 134
La Grande Corniche at, 12, 13
legend of the Stream of Blood and, 109
Lombards at, 118, 119
Lords of, 120
_Mairie_ of, 140
“masculinity” of, 255
Moors’ Gate at, 137
new town of, 134, 135 _et seq._
Phœnicians at, 118
pirates of, attack Southampton, 121
plague at, 120
purchased by Carlo Grimaldi, 122
Romans at, 118
Rue du Brek, 140
Saracens at, 4, 119
sold to Amadeus of Savoy, 120
story of, 118 _et seq._
troubadours of, 80, 123 _et seq._
Ughetta de Baus’ life in, 125
view of, from Cap de St. Hospice, 112
view of, from La Turbie—Cap d’Ail Road, 135
F
Falicon, 12
Ferrando, Lord of Eze, 120
Ferrat, Cap, 12, 104
attack by Lombards on, 107
St. Hospice at, 105
Flower harvest at Grasse, 78
Flowers, Battle of, 16, 17
Fourche, Mont, La Grande Corniche and, 13
Fragonard, birthplace of, at Grasse, 74
statue to, at Grasse, 73
“Washing the Disciples’ Feet,” 75
François I, attack on Eze by, 127
meeting between Pope Paul III and Emperor Charles V and, 28
siege of Nice and, 29 _et seq._, 127
Fréron and Pauline Bonaparte, 72
G
Gauls, occupation of Vence by, 49
Gaumates, Ravin des, 147, 148
Gaumates, Vallon des, 207
Genoa, blockaded by Carlo I, 166, 167
Monaco granted to, 145, 161
Paganini’s body taken to, 116
peace with Carlo I and, 169
stones from monument at La Turbie at, 219
Via Aureliana at, 208
Genoa, Duke of, capture of Monaco by, 169
Ghibellines, war between Guelphs and, 5, 155, 161, 214, 218, 282
Gibraltar, Carlo I attacks Moors at, 168
Godeau, Bishop, death of, 52-3
Gorbio, description of, 297, 298
old castle of, 300
Gorbio, Lord of (_see_ “Bastard of Gorbio”)
Gorges du Loup, Les, 13
Goths, invasion of Riviera by, 3
Gourdon, Marquis de, mansion of, at Grasse, 74
Grammont, Charlotte de, House of, at Monaco, 158
founds convent at Monaco, 158
Grasse, history of, 67 _et seq._
Avenue Maximin Isnard, 71
Bellaudière memorial tablet at, 75
Boulevard de Jeu de Ballon, 71, 72
Boulevard Fragonard, 74
Cabris House in, 71, 87
church of, 74, 75
Cours, the, 70, 71, 73
flower harvest at, 77
Fragonard statue at, 73
Fragonard’s birthplace, 74
House of Marquis de Villeneuve-Bargemon at, 74
Mirabeau at, 89, 90, 91
old town of, 70 _et seq._
Passage Mirabeau, 71, 72
Place aux Aires, 76, 84
Place du Marché, 74
Place Neuve, 70, 71
Pontevès, Hôtel de, 72, 73
Porte de Cours, 71
Porte de la Roque, 71
Porte Neuve, 71
Queen Jeanne’s Palace at, 77
reliquary of St. Honorat at, 75
Revolutionary Tribunal at, 72
Roberta’s house at, 76
Robespierre at, 73
Rue de l’Evêché, 77
Rue de l’Oratoire, 76
Rue des Cordeliers, 71
Rue Droite, 76
Rue du Cours, 71, 72, 76, 87
Rue Tracastel, 74
Rue Mougins-Roquefort, 77
Rue Rêve Vieille, 77
Rue Sans Peur, 77
siege of, 67, 68, 69
soap and scent factories at, 77
Tour du Puy at, 75
“Grasse and its Vicinity,” by Walter J. Kaye, 65, 68, 69, 73, 75, 77
“Great Schism of the West,” 87
Greeks at Monaco, 144
Grignan, Comte de, and siege of Nice, 30, 31
Grimaldi, Augustin, restores Roquebrune Castle, 255
Grimaldi, Bishop, and Huguenots at Vence, 54
Grimaldi, Carlo (_see_ Carlo I)
Grimaldi, Francis, capture of Monaco by, 161 _et seq._
death of, 164
Grimaldi, Gibellino, defeats the Saracens, 4
Grimaldi, Lambert, marriage of, with Princess Claudine of Monaco, 171-2
Grimaldi, Nicolas, Lord of Antibes, 172
Grimaldi, the, war between the Spinola and, for Monaco, 161, 164, 165
and Gorbio, 300
Grimaldo, Benoit (Oliva), and siege of Nice, 33
Gros, Mont, La Grande Corniche and, 12
Guelphs, war between Ghibellines and, 5, 155, 161, 214, 218, 282
H
Hare, Augustus J., “The Rivieras,” by, 52, 146, 232, 266, 269
Henry VI, Emperor, grants Monaco to Genoa, 145
Hercules, Prince, of Monaco, and Spain, 176
murder of, 176
“Histoire Littéraire de la France,” 123
“Historical Particulars Relative to Southampton,” by John Ballar, 121
“History of Nice,” by Durante, 34
“History of Provence,” Nostredame, 34
“History of Southampton,” J. S. Davies, 121
Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, and Gardens of St. Martin at Monaco, 159
Honorius I, of Monaco, and Spanish protection, 176
Honorius II, palace of, at Mentone, 271
Honorius III, wedding ceremony of, 181 _et seq._
Horn, Mr. Galbraith, secretary of Monte Carlo Golf Club, 204
Huguenots in Vence, 54-58
I
Innocent II, Pope, and Chapel of St. Hospice, 107
“Istoria della citta de Sospello,” by S. Alberti, 287
Italy, coast of, view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13
J
Jayme II, of Majorca, Carlo I and, 168
Jean, Prince, of Monaco, murder of, 172
Jeanne, Queen, death of, 87
palace of, at Grasse, 77
story of, 84-87
Justicier, Mont, Chapel of St. Roch at, 263
gallows at, 261
quarry at, 261
Via Aureliana at, 209
K
Kaye, Walter J., “Grasse and its Vicinity,” by, 63, 68, 69, 73, 75, 77
Knights Templars, “The Great Ship” of, 114
L
L’Abeoilo, prehistoric camp of, 259
“La Chorographie et l’Histoire de Provence,” by Honoré Bouche, 51
“La Province des Alpes Maritimes” (Bosio), 21, 22, 254, 262
La Trinité-Victor, Roman station at 12, 36, 209
La Turbie, attempted betrayal of, 133
Bakehouse Street, 225
Belvedere at, 215
Bordina path to, 207
Cemetery road to, 207
Church of, 230
Corniche Road at, 13, 224
Cours St. Bernard, 225
description of, 224 _et seq._
history of, 214 _et seq._
hotel at, 206
Hôtel de Ville of, 226
La Grande Corniche at, 13, 224
La Portette, 228
Lazare’s house at, 229
Moneghetti, path to, 207
Place Mitto, 227
Place St. Jean, 226
Portail de Nice, 209, 225
Portail du Recinto, 226, 227, 228
Portail Romain, 209, 225
railway to, 204
Roman gate at, 209, 225
Roman monument at, 2, 144, 147, 214 _et seq._, 227
Roman town at, 208, 209, 213
Rue Capouanne, 228
Rue de Ghetto, 229
Rue de l’Eglise, 230
Rue Droite, 225
Rue du Four (Bakehouse Street), 225
Rue Incalet, 230
St. Michael’s Church, 30
Saracens at, 4
secures local independence, 229
seen from Monte Carlo, 206
Via Aureliana at, 209
view of, from Cap de St. Hospice, 112
“La Turbie et son Trophée Romain,” by M. Philippe Casimir, 226, 228, 229,
230
Laghet, Convent of, 229, 231 _et seq._
fountain at, 232
Madonna of, 229, 231
miracles at, 233
monastery at, 233; ex-voto pictures at, 234, 238
pilgrimage to, from Sospel, 288
Roman road at, 12, 36, 209, 260
Lascaris, Guglielmo, purchases Roquebrune, 254
Lascaris, the, and Gorbio, 301
and Huguenots at Vence, 54
and Roquebrune, 243
castle of, at Roquebrune, 243
Lascaris, Theodore, palace of, at Nice, 25, 26
Lazare, Denis, house of, at La Turbie, 229
Le Sueil, 13
“Le Vieux Monaco,” by Urbain Bosio, 154, 155, 157, 158
“Legendes et Contes de Provence,” by Martrin-Donos, 43
“Les Mirabeau,” by L. de Lomenie, 88
Lesdiguières, leader of Huguenot army, 57
before Vence, 58
“Life of Mirabeau,” by S. G. Tailentyre, 88
Ligurian coast, the, Grimaldi and, 4, 5
Ligurians, defeat of, by Phocæans, 20
defeat of Lombards by, at Cap Ferrat, 107
in Riviera, 1, 2
Lombards, and St. Hospice, 105-107
at Eze, 118, 119
at La Turbie, 214, 218
at Roquebrune, 252
attack on Cap Ferrat by, 107
invasion of Riviera by, 3
occupation of Vence by, 49
Lomenie, L. de, “Les Mirabeau,” 88
Louis XIII confers Duchy of Valentinois on Prince of Monaco, 180
Louis XIV and Monaco, 153
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, marriage with Princess Maria Caterina, 186
Loveland, John D., “The Romance of Nice” (footnote), 26, 115
Lucien, Prince, of Monaco, and Bartolomeo Doria, 172
defeats Genoese, 172
murder of, by Doria, 175
murder of his brother by, 172
M
Macaron, Mont, 13
MacGibbon, “Architecture of Provence,” 100
Marignane, Mdlle., marriage with Mirabeau, 89
Maritime Alps, 204, 269
Marseilles, Chemin de la Corniche at, 8
Duke of Savoy marches on, 57
Martin, Cap, seen from Roquebrune, 243
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13
Martrin-Donos, “Legendes et Contes de Provence,” 43
Massena, General, monument to, at the Col des Quatre Chemins, 12
Mentone, Baoussé-Roussé, the, 273
birthplace of General Bréa at, 270
Carlo Trenca’s house at, 270
description of, 265 _et seq._
East Bay, 265, 268, 269, 270
fort at, 272
Napoleon I at, 269
old town of, 267, 269
Palace of Princes of Monaco at, 271
Place du Cap, 269
Pope Pius VII at, 270
road to, from La Grande Corniche, 13
Rue de la Côte, 271
Rue des Logettes, 269
Rue du Bastion, 269
Rue du Bréa, 267
Rue du Vieux Château, 271
Rue Lampedouze, 271
Rue Longue, 209, 270, 271
Rue St. Michel, 270
Ruelle Giapetta, 269
Saracens at, 4
St. Julien Gate, 271
St. Michael’s Church, 269, 272
Via Aureliana at, 209
Villas at, 266
West Bay, 265, 268, 269, 270
“Mentone,” by Dr. George Müller, 208, 254, 268, 272, 287, 300
Merlanson Valley, 281
Merovingian carvings at Vence, 62
Métivier, Henri, “Monaco et ses Princes,” 149, 164, 171
Millin, A. L., “Voyages dans les Départements du Midi de la France,” 51
Mirabeau at Grasse, 89, 90, 91
elopement of, with Madame de Monnier, 94, 95
imprisonment in Château d’If, 91
marriage of, with Mdlle. Marignane, 89
Mirabeau, Marquis de, 88, 92
Mirabeau, Rongelime (_see_ Cabris, Louise de)
Mistral, at Monaco, 156
“Mon Pays, Villages, etc., de la Riviera,” by Durandy, 123, 221, 254
Monaco, Avenue de la Porte Neuve, 152
Boulevard de la Condamine, 2, 146
captured by Duke of Genoa, 169
captured by Francis Grimaldi, 161 _et seq._
captured by French, 178, 179
Carlo I and, 166
Catalan attack on, 166
Chapel of St. Dévote, 148, 149, 162, 193
Chapel of St. Mary at, 144
Convent of the Visitation at, 158
Etablissement des Bains de Mer, 146
fateful Christmas Eve at, 161 _et seq._
Gardens of St. Martin at, 159
Genoese attack on, 172
Genoese fort at, 145
Giardinetto of, 158
Grammont, Charlotte de, house of, at, 158
Great Casemate at, 159
harbour of, 143 _et seq._
history of, 143 _et seq._
Honorius III, wedding ceremony of, at, 181
Hôtel du Gouvernement at, 158
House of the Governor at, 155
Lucien murder at, 170 _et seq._
Madonna of Mount Carmel at, 158
_Mairie_ at, 158
_Maison Commune_, 157
“masculinity of,” 255
Mint at, 158
mistral at, 156
museums at, 157, 159, 275
old church at, 157
old fort at, 159, 161
palace at, 152, 153, 154, 155
Palace of, at Mentone, 271
Place de la Visitation at, 158
pre-historic skeletons in museum at, 275
Prince of, as man of science, 157
indemnity from France to, 254
Promenade Ste. Barbe, 156
Rampe Major, at, 151, 152
Ravin des Gaumates, 147, 148
Rock of, 151 _et seq._
Rue des Briques, 156, 158
Rue des Carmes, 158
Rue du Milieu, 156
St. Nicolas Church at, 157, 161
seen from Monte Carlo, 189, 193
Spanish dominion of, 176 _et seq._
Spinola and Grimaldi at, 161 _et seq._
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13
“Monaco et ses Princes,” by Henri Metivier, 149, 164, 171
Monnier, Madame de, elopement with Mirabeau, of, 94, 95
Monte Carlo, “atmosphere” of, 195
Casino at, 156, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 197
description of, 191 _et seq._
diversions of, 195 _et seq._
Dog Show at, 200
false impressions of, 187, 188
gambling at, 196-198
golf at, 201-205
mountains round, 206
origin of name of, 191
pigeon shooting at, 198
pre-historic camps round, 2
rack-and-pinion railway from, 207
Roman monument at, 194
seen from La Turbie, 216, 224
terrace of, 194
theatre at, 199
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13
Montfort, Count of (_see_ Odinet, Andrea)
Montmajour, Abbey of, St. Trophime’s cell in, 52
Moors (_see_ Saracens)
Mossen, Gianfret and Marcellino, capture of Gaspard de Caïs by, 133
Mules, Mont des, pre-historic camp at, 259
Müller, Dr. George, “Mentone,” 208, 254, 268, 272, 287, 300
N
Napoleon I. and his sister, Princess Pauline, 73
at Mentone, 269
builds La Grande Corniche, 9
Napoleon III presents copy of Raphael’s “St. Michael” to La Turbie, 226
Nicæa, Phocæan city of, 20
Nice, annexed by France, 21
Barbary pirates and, 20
Bellanda Tower at, 23
Boulevard du Pont Vieux, 22
captured by Counts of Provence, 20
carnival at, 16, 17
Castle Hill at, 12, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 32, 33, 35, 41
Cathedral of St. Réparate, 27
Charles of Anjou builds Naval Arsenal at, 20
Cours Saleya, 17, 20
Croix de Marbre, 28
Dukes of Saxony and, 20
French sieges of, 5, 20, 21, 29 _et seq._
High Town of, 21
Jetée-Promenade, 15
La Grande Corniche and, 9, 12
Lascaris Palace in Rue Droite, 25, 26
Low Town of, 21, 22
Malavicina Tower at, 23
Nicode de Menthon and defences of, 21
Old Town of, 19 _et seq._
Paganini’s house at, 25, 115
Païroliera Bastion at, 22, 31
Païroliera Gate, 22
Place Garibaldi, 22
Place Victor, 22
Pont Vieux, 28
Porte de la Marine, 22
Porte St. Antoine, 22, 23
Porte St. Eloi, 22
Promenade des Anglais, 14 _et seq._
Quai St. Jean Baptiste, 23
Rue Centrale, 27
Rue de la Préfecture (No. 20), 25
Rue de la Terrasse, 22
Rue Droite, 23, 24, 25, 27
Rue du Malonat, 25
Rue Païroliere, 22
Rue Sincaire, 22
sacking of, by Saracens, 20
Sainte Croix, Convent of, 28
sieges of, 5, 20, 21, 28, 29, _et seq._, 127
Sincaire Bastion at, 22
stones from La Turbie in Cathedral at, 219
Town Hall of, 27
Nicode de Menthon, and defences of Nice, 21
Nostredame’s “History of Provence,” 34
O
Odinet, Andrea (Count of Montfort), and siege of Nice, 31
“Old Provence,” by T. A. Cook, 180, 262
Oliva (_see_ Grimaldo, Benoit)
P
Pacanaglia, Mont, La Grande Corniche at, 13
Paganini, Achillino, 116
Paganini, body of, taken to Genoa and Cannes, 116
burial of, at Parma, 116
buried at Cap de St. Hospice, 116
buried on Sainte Ferréol, 116
death of, 114
embalmment of, 117
exhumation of, 117
house of, at Nice, 25
wanderings after death of, 25 (footnote)
Paillon River, 12, 21, 22, 39
Paillon Valley, 12
Palæolithic remains at Mentone, 273
Parma, burial of Paganini at, 116, 117
Paul III, Pope, meeting between François I, Emperor Charles V, 28
Peille, 12
Philibert Emmanuel, fortifications erected by, at Villefranche and Mt.
Alban, 113
tower of, at Cap de St. Hospice, 108, 110, 111
Philip of Valois, war between Edward III and, 166
Phœnicians at Eze, 118
at Monaco, 144
at Roquebrune, 252
in Riviera, 1
occupation of Vence, by, 49
Phocæans in Riviera, 2
occupation of Vence by, 49
reputed foundation of Nice by, 19, 20
Pierre IV of Aragon, and Carlo I, 168
Pisa, Via Aureliana at, 208
Pisani, Bishop, last Bishop of Vence, 53
Pius VII, Pope, at Mentone, 270
Pointe de Cabuel, 13
Pointe de la Vieille, 13
Pontevés, Hôtel de, at Grasse, 72, 73
“Précis de l’Histoire de Provence,” Terrin, 68
Pre-historic men, remains of, at Monte Carlo, 194
Provence and Mentone, 268
conflicts of, with rulers of Northern Italy, 5
Counts of, capture of Nice by, 20
La Turbie and, 215
Provence, Saracens in, 4
R
Redbeard (_see_ Barbarossa)
Red Cliff, the (_see_ Baoussé-Roussé)