Patrimony

French influence in Nisa

In addition to the designation of the village which was first called Nissa and only later did Nisa orthographically and phonetically resemble Nice, the village in the south of France from which its settlers came, there are other elements that evidence the French influence.
The structure that marked the urban development is based on the positioning of the 4 doors on the wall of the village, which established the straight development of its streets and their convergence to the main square, an option in the style of the French architects of the time, inspired by the urban mesh of the Roman cities of Vitruvius. Know more

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On the outskirts of the Mother Church