Panorama Est de la Colline du Château

The Colline du Château rises above the old town of Nice with a sheer limestone cliff facing the sea. At its summit, the flattened plateau holds the ruins of a citadel that once controlled the entrance to the harbor. In seventeen oh six, King Louis the Fourteenth ordered the fortress destroyed, and his troops spent weeks systematically blowing up the thick stone walls. Today, the park keeps a few scattered foundations and a reconstructed waterfall as the only remnants of that massive military stronghold.