Cimiez Monastery

Monastère de Cimiez, the Franciscan monastery, is home to a small community of Franciscan missionaries and is situated in the peaceful neighbourhood of Cimiez. The Monastery is listed as one of the historical monuments.

Monastère de Cimiez has housed Franciscan monks since the sixteenth century, and some of them still live here. It is strongly advised to look inside the stunning church, embellished with 15th-century artwork. The Franciscan Museum of the Abbey, which chronicles the history of the Franciscans in Nice starting in the 13th century, is equally fascinating. Discover popular paintings from the 15th to the 18th century with over 300 papers detailing the Franciscans' way of life and a reconstructed cell that reveals how the monks lived. The graves of Rouge Marten di Garr, the Nobel Prize in literature winner, and painter Henri Matisse are among those in the cemetery next to the abbey. The garden of the monastery with its rose orchard and Mediterranean plants encompasses a magnificent view of the city that extends to the sea.