Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . ,i0f l: 220,000UTiglia di Piemcmte di 4,$ per grado ** % Geot/raphische Jfeile fS= / ffrad 3 * Metres 9+ i English Miles TOO of Nice. TORRETTA. 16. Route. 135 The Villa Clary (accessible), below Cimies, on the road toSt. Andre (see below), possesses the finest orange and lemon-trees at Nice and a number of rare plants. Orange-trees maybe purchased at the Villa Bermond. The chateau of St. Andre (Restaurant, closed in summer) issituated 3/2 M. N. of Nice. The route ascends on the r. bankof the Paglione, crosses the

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Italy: handbook for travellersFirst Part, Northern Italy . ,i0f l: 220,000UTiglia di Piemcmte di 4,$ per grado ** % Geot/raphische Jfeile fS= / ffrad 3 * Metres 9+ i English Miles TOO of Nice. TORRETTA. 16. Route. 135 The Villa Clary (accessible), below Cimies, on the road toSt. Andre (see below), possesses the finest orange and lemon-trees at Nice and a number of rare plants. Orange-trees maybe purchased at the Villa Bermond. The chateau of St. Andre (Restaurant, closed in summer) issituated 3/2 M. N. of Nice. The route ascends on the r. bankof the Paglione, crosses the exercising-ground and passes themonastery of St. Pons (40 min. walk from the Pont Neuf).belonging to the order of the Oblati. It was founded in 775,and is said to occupy the spot where St. Pontius, a Romansenator, suffered martyrdom in 261. It was destroyed by theSaracens in 890, and the present edifice erected in 999. Herein 1388 the treaty was concluded by which the County of Nicewas annexed to the Duchy of Savoy. The chateau of St. Andre,which is reached in */2 hr. more, e

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