# Chapelle du Tsarevich

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The Chapelle du Tsarevich stands in Nice, France, as an Orthodox chapel connected to the city’s Russian heritage. Its Byzantine design gives the building a distinct architectural character.

The chapel commemorates Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich, eldest son of Tsar Alexander II, who died in Nice during the nineteenth century. Russia’s Tsar Alexander II commissioned the memorial chapel.

Architect David Ivanovitch Grimm designed the chapel on the former Villa Bermond site, where Nicholas’s room had stood. The Bermond house was demolished for construction.

The interior includes work by painter Léonide Pianovsky, and restoration has preserved the chapel and nearby cathedral. A Russian Orthodox cathedral stands beside it.

The cathedral reflects Nice’s Russian connections, shaped by imperial visits, aristocratic arrivals, and naval links with Villefranche. France recognises the chapel as a historic monument.

Its architecture joins a personal imperial memorial to the wider Russian religious presence along the Riviera. Nice preserves that history through this chapel and its neighbouring cathedral.

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## Photos

- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ChapelleduTsarevich_683dbb3e717a3e13ab6f7b97_0.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Mausolée_du_tsarévitch_Nicolas_Alexandrovitch_Nice.jpg)
- ![](https://mytuur-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/image_ChapelleduTsarevich_683dbb3e717a3e13ab6f7b97_1.jpg) — [Image: wikimedia](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Chapel_of_Tsesarevich_Nicholas_\(1867\).jpg)

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