Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-Cimiez
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-Cimiez is a Roman Catholic church in Nice, forming part of the Cimiez Franciscan Monastery complex. Its Piedmontese Troubadour Gothic facade dates from 1844 and follows a seven-arched portico. Inside, six richly decorated side chapels surround works by Louis Bréa and frescoes by Hercule Trachel and Giacomelli.
Benedictine monks built the original chapel in 1490, then Franciscans expanded the site from 1546 through the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Italian Franciscans have cared for the parish since 2000. The main altar retable places Mary with the infant Jesus among statues of Anthony of Padua, Didacus, Francis, and Dominic.
The 9,550-square-metre grounds retain the monks’ former kitchen and orchard garden, now arranged with lawns, hedges, cypresses, olive trees, pergolas, and fountains. The adjacent cemetery holds Henri Matisse, Roger Martin du Gard, and Raoul Dufy. The monastery complex has held Monument historique status since 1993 and remains a parish church for ceremonies and regular Masses.
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