Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . cted in the farther side of the harbour is the Boulevard de VJmpera-trice .(Restaur, de la Reserve, p. 101). The Environs of Nice afford a variety of beautiful excur-sions, and abound in attractive villas and luxuriant vegetation(olives, oranges, figs, etc.). The Franciscan monastery of Cimies, Ital. Cimella, is situated3 M. to the N. of Nice. The best, although not the shortestroute to it is by the new road ascending to the E. from theBoulevard Carabacel (PI. E, 2), which on the top of the hillintersects the site
Italy: handbook for travellers First Part, Northern Italy and Corsica . cted in the farther side of the harbour is the Boulevard de VJmpera-trice .(Restaur, de la Reserve, p. 101). The Environs of Nice afford a variety of beautiful excur-sions, and abound in attractive villas and luxuriant vegetation(olives, oranges, figs, etc.). The Franciscan monastery of Cimies, Ital. Cimella, is situated3 M. to the N. of Nice. The best, although not the shortestroute to it is by the new road ascending to the E. from theBoulevard Carabacel (PI. E, 2), which on the top of the hillintersects the site of a Rom. Amphitheatre (210 ft. long, 175 ). About 1/4 M- t0 the r- from the cross-road immediatelybeyond the amphitheatre the traveller reaches the monastery (twopictures by Brea in the chapel), re-erected in 1543 after itsdestruction by the Turks. It stands on the site of the Cemenelium, to which the above-mentioned amphitheatreand a quadrangular structure, commonly termed a Temple ofApollo, appertained. Traces of baths etc have also Wontd
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