Chapter M: Macaron, Mont, 13

MacGibbon, “Architecture of Provence,” 100

Marignane, Mdlle., marriage with Mirabeau, 89

Maritime Alps, 204, 269

Marseilles, Chemin de la Corniche at, 8
Duke of Savoy marches on, 57

Martin, Cap, seen from Roquebrune, 243
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13

Martrin-Donos, “Legendes et Contes de Provence,” 43

Massena, General, monument to, at the Col des Quatre Chemins, 12

Mentone, Baoussé-Roussé, the, 273
birthplace of General Bréa at, 270
Carlo Trenca’s house at, 270
description of, 265 _et seq._
East Bay, 265, 268, 269, 270
fort at, 272
Napoleon I at, 269
old town of, 267, 269
Palace of Princes of Monaco at, 271
Place du Cap, 269
Pope Pius VII at, 270
road to, from La Grande Corniche, 13
Rue de la Côte, 271
Rue des Logettes, 269
Rue du Bastion, 269
Rue du Bréa, 267
Rue du Vieux Château, 271
Rue Lampedouze, 271
Rue Longue, 209, 270, 271
Rue St. Michel, 270
Ruelle Giapetta, 269
Saracens at, 4
St. Julien Gate, 271
St. Michael’s Church, 269, 272
Via Aureliana at, 209
Villas at, 266
West Bay, 265, 268, 269, 270

“Mentone,” by Dr. George Müller, 208, 254, 268, 272, 287, 300

Merlanson Valley, 281

Merovingian carvings at Vence, 62

Métivier, Henri, “Monaco et ses Princes,” 149, 164, 171

Millin, A. L., “Voyages dans les Départements du Midi de la France,” 51

Mirabeau at Grasse, 89, 90, 91
elopement of, with Madame de Monnier, 94, 95
imprisonment in Château d’If, 91
marriage of, with Mdlle. Marignane, 89

Mirabeau, Marquis de, 88, 92

Mirabeau, Rongelime (_see_ Cabris, Louise de)

Mistral, at Monaco, 156

“Mon Pays, Villages, etc., de la Riviera,” by Durandy, 123, 221, 254

Monaco, Avenue de la Porte Neuve, 152
Boulevard de la Condamine, 2, 146
captured by Duke of Genoa, 169
captured by Francis Grimaldi, 161 _et seq._
captured by French, 178, 179
Carlo I and, 166
Catalan attack on, 166
Chapel of St. Dévote, 148, 149, 162, 193
Chapel of St. Mary at, 144
Convent of the Visitation at, 158
Etablissement des Bains de Mer, 146
fateful Christmas Eve at, 161 _et seq._
Gardens of St. Martin at, 159
Genoese attack on, 172
Genoese fort at, 145
Giardinetto of, 158
Grammont, Charlotte de, house of, at, 158
Great Casemate at, 159
harbour of, 143 _et seq._
history of, 143 _et seq._
Honorius III, wedding ceremony of, at, 181
Hôtel du Gouvernement at, 158
House of the Governor at, 155
Lucien murder at, 170 _et seq._
Madonna of Mount Carmel at, 158
_Mairie_ at, 158
_Maison Commune_, 157
“masculinity of,” 255
Mint at, 158
mistral at, 156
museums at, 157, 159, 275
old church at, 157
old fort at, 159, 161
palace at, 152, 153, 154, 155
Palace of, at Mentone, 271
Place de la Visitation at, 158
pre-historic skeletons in museum at, 275
Prince of, as man of science, 157
indemnity from France to, 254
Promenade Ste. Barbe, 156
Rampe Major, at, 151, 152
Ravin des Gaumates, 147, 148
Rock of, 151 _et seq._
Rue des Briques, 156, 158
Rue des Carmes, 158
Rue du Milieu, 156
St. Nicolas Church at, 157, 161
seen from Monte Carlo, 189, 193
Spanish dominion of, 176 _et seq._
Spinola and Grimaldi at, 161 _et seq._
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13

“Monaco et ses Princes,” by Henri Metivier, 149, 164, 171

Monnier, Madame de, elopement with Mirabeau, of, 94, 95

Monte Carlo, “atmosphere” of, 195
Casino at, 156, 190, 191, 192, 194, 196, 197
description of, 191 _et seq._
diversions of, 195 _et seq._
Dog Show at, 200
false impressions of, 187, 188
gambling at, 196-198
golf at, 201-205
mountains round, 206
origin of name of, 191
pigeon shooting at, 198
pre-historic camps round, 2
rack-and-pinion railway from, 207
Roman monument at, 194
seen from La Turbie, 216, 224
terrace of, 194
theatre at, 199
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13

Montfort, Count of (_see_ Odinet, Andrea)

Montmajour, Abbey of, St. Trophime’s cell in, 52

Moors (_see_ Saracens)

Mossen, Gianfret and Marcellino, capture of Gaspard de Caïs by, 133

Mules, Mont des, pre-historic camp at, 259

Müller, Dr. George, “Mentone,” 208, 254, 268, 272, 287, 300

N

Napoleon I. and his sister, Princess Pauline, 73
at Mentone, 269
builds La Grande Corniche, 9

Napoleon III presents copy of Raphael’s “St. Michael” to La Turbie, 226

Nicæa, Phocæan city of, 20

Nice, annexed by France, 21
Barbary pirates and, 20
Bellanda Tower at, 23
Boulevard du Pont Vieux, 22
captured by Counts of Provence, 20
carnival at, 16, 17
Castle Hill at, 12, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 28, 32, 33, 35, 41
Cathedral of St. Réparate, 27
Charles of Anjou builds Naval Arsenal at, 20
Cours Saleya, 17, 20
Croix de Marbre, 28
Dukes of Saxony and, 20
French sieges of, 5, 20, 21, 29 _et seq._
High Town of, 21
Jetée-Promenade, 15
La Grande Corniche and, 9, 12
Lascaris Palace in Rue Droite, 25, 26
Low Town of, 21, 22
Malavicina Tower at, 23
Nicode de Menthon and defences of, 21
Old Town of, 19 _et seq._
Paganini’s house at, 25, 115
Païroliera Bastion at, 22, 31
Païroliera Gate, 22
Place Garibaldi, 22
Place Victor, 22
Pont Vieux, 28
Porte de la Marine, 22
Porte St. Antoine, 22, 23
Porte St. Eloi, 22
Promenade des Anglais, 14 _et seq._
Quai St. Jean Baptiste, 23
Rue Centrale, 27
Rue de la Préfecture (No. 20), 25
Rue de la Terrasse, 22
Rue Droite, 23, 24, 25, 27
Rue du Malonat, 25
Rue Païroliere, 22
Rue Sincaire, 22
sacking of, by Saracens, 20
Sainte Croix, Convent of, 28
sieges of, 5, 20, 21, 28, 29, _et seq._, 127
Sincaire Bastion at, 22
stones from La Turbie in Cathedral at, 219
Town Hall of, 27

Nicode de Menthon, and defences of Nice, 21

Nostredame’s “History of Provence,” 34

O

Odinet, Andrea (Count of Montfort), and siege of Nice, 31

“Old Provence,” by T. A. Cook, 180, 262

Oliva (_see_ Grimaldo, Benoit)

P

Pacanaglia, Mont, La Grande Corniche at, 13

Paganini, Achillino, 116

Paganini, body of, taken to Genoa and Cannes, 116
burial of, at Parma, 116
buried at Cap de St. Hospice, 116
buried on Sainte Ferréol, 116
death of, 114
embalmment of, 117
exhumation of, 117
house of, at Nice, 25
wanderings after death of, 25 (footnote)

Paillon River, 12, 21, 22, 39

Paillon Valley, 12

Palæolithic remains at Mentone, 273

Parma, burial of Paganini at, 116, 117

Paul III, Pope, meeting between François I, Emperor Charles V, 28

Peille, 12

Philibert Emmanuel, fortifications erected by, at Villefranche and Mt.
Alban, 113
tower of, at Cap de St. Hospice, 108, 110, 111

Philip of Valois, war between Edward III and, 166

Phœnicians at Eze, 118
at Monaco, 144
at Roquebrune, 252
in Riviera, 1
occupation of Vence, by, 49

Phocæans in Riviera, 2
occupation of Vence by, 49
reputed foundation of Nice by, 19, 20

Pierre IV of Aragon, and Carlo I, 168

Pisa, Via Aureliana at, 208

Pisani, Bishop, last Bishop of Vence, 53

Pius VII, Pope, at Mentone, 270

Pointe de Cabuel, 13

Pointe de la Vieille, 13

Pontevés, Hôtel de, at Grasse, 72, 73

“Précis de l’Histoire de Provence,” Terrin, 68

Pre-historic men, remains of, at Monte Carlo, 194

Provence and Mentone, 268
conflicts of, with rulers of Northern Italy, 5
Counts of, capture of Nice by, 20
La Turbie and, 215

Provence, Saracens in, 4

R

Redbeard (_see_ Barbarossa)

Red Cliff, the (_see_ Baoussé-Roussé)

René, King, death of, 61

Reynouard, “Choix des Poésies orig. des Troubadours,” 123

Ricard, Le, pre-historic camp at, 259

Ricotti, “Storia della Monarchia Piemontese,” 34

“Riviera,” by S. Baring-Gould, 34

Riviera, early history of, 1 _et seq._

Roberti, Dorla de, house of, at Grasse, 76

Robespierre at Grasse, 73

Rochers Rouges, Via Aureliana at, 209

Rocomare, M., account by, of siege of Grasse, 68-9

Romano-Byzantine carvings at Vence, 62

Romans at Castillon, 282
at Eze, 118
at Monaco, 143, 144
at Roquebrune, 252
at Sospel, 286
foundation of Cimiez by, 20
foundation of Vence by, 49
in Riviera, 2
milestones of, 260
remains of, at Grasse, 75

Roquebrune, “Cabbé Roquebrune,” meaning of, 254
Castle of the Lascaris at, 243
church at, 242
description of, 239 _et seq._
“femininity” of, 255
history of, 252 _et seq._
legend of, 248 _et seq._
Place des Frères at, 242, 244, 245, 249, 250, 257
Rue Mongollet, 242
Rue Pié, 241, 246
view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13

Rose, E. W., “Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France,” 50

Rostagno, Lord of Eze, 120

S

St. Agnes, Church of, 302
description of town of, 301, 303
legend of, 303
Saracens at, 4

St. Agnes, hill of, 269

St. André, 12

St. Auspicius (_see_ St. Hospice)

Sainte Barbe, Chapel of, at Monaco, 156

St. Bernard, Chapel of, at La Turbie, 225

St. Clare, bust of, at St. Paul du Var, 103

St. Dévote, Chapel of, at Monaco, 148, 149, 162, 193
legend of, 148, 149

St. Eusebius, first Bishop of Vence, 62

Sainte Ferréol, Island of, burial of Paganini on, 116

St. George, relics of, at St. Paul du Var, 103

St. Honorat, reliquary of, at Grasse, 75
story of Tiburge and, 222, 223

St. Hospice, as miracle-worker, 106
as prophet, 105
death of, 107
landing of, on Cap de St. Hospice, 105
Lombards and, 105-107
Memorial Chapel of, 107, 114, 115

St. Hospice, Cap de, 12, 104
Emmanuel Philibert Tower on, 108, 110, 111
first Christian settlement at, 105
Knights of St. John at, 108
“Legend of the Stream of Blood” and, 108, 109
Paganini buried at, 115
Saracen fortress on, 108

St. Hospice, Monastery of, 112

St. Jean, Chapel of, at La Turbie, 226

St. Jean (town of), description of, 109-110
legend of, 108

St. Jeannet, view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13

St. Jeannet, Baou de, as landmark, 13

St. John, Knights of, at Cap de St. Hospice, 109

St. Lambert, tomb of, Vence Cathedral, 52

St. Laurent Valley, pre-historic camp in, 259

St. Mary, Chapel of, at Monaco, 144

St. Paul du Var, 97
Bishop of Vence takes refuge at, 56
Church of, 103
description of, 101 _et seq._
relics of St. George at, 103

St. Pons, 12
Abbey of, 39
Charlemagne at, 40
convent at, 40;
story of, 41 _et seq._

St. Roch, Chapel of, at Mont Justicier, 263

St. Theobald of Mondovi, 294

St. Tropez, 13

St. Trophime, burial place of, at Arles, 51
cell of, in Montmajour Abbey, 52

St. Veran, tomb of, Vence Cathedral, 52, 63

Saracens, at Eze, 119
at La Turbie, 214, 218
at Monaco, 144
at Roquebrune, 252, 253
Castillon captured by, 283
defeat of, 4
fortress of, on Cap St. Hospice, 108
invasion of Riviera by, 4
occupation of Vence by, 49
sacking of Nice by, 49

Savoy annexed by France, 21

Savoy, Dukes of, and Nice, 20
invasion of Riviera by, 57

Segurana (“Donna Maufaccia”) and siege of Nice, 30, 34, 35

Sisteron, description of, 92, 93
Rongelime de Mirabeau at Convent of, 92
ruins of convent of, 93, 94

Sospel, 281
Bishopric of, 287
bridges at, 289
Church of, 292
description of, 286 _et seq._
fair at, 287
fire at, 287
Piazza di San Michele, 287
pilgrimage to Laghet from, 288
Place St. Michel, 292
plague at, 287, 288
river front of, 291
Rue de la République, 290
Rue du Château, 291
Rue Pellegrini, 291
Rue St. Pierre, 292
wild boar and, 294 _et seq._

Southampton, attack on, by pirates from Eze, 121

Spain, Domination of Monaco by, 176 _et seq._
Saracens in, 4

Spezia, Via Aureliana at, 208

Spinola, Lucinetta, marriage with Carlo I, 165

Spinola, the, war between the Grimaldi and, for Monaco, 161, 164

“Storia della Monarchia Piemontese,” Ricotti, 34

Stowe, John, account of attack on Southampton by, 121
“Annals,” 121

Surian, Bishop, story of, 53

Swabians, invasion of Riviera by, 3

T

Tallentyre, S. G., “Life of Mirabeau,” 88

Taurobolium, ceremony of, 51, 62

_Terrasses_ at Nice, 18

Terrin, “Précis de l’Histoire de Provence,” 68

Tête de Chien, 13, 112, 194, 209, 263

“The Maritime Alps and their Seaboard,” by Miss C. L. U. Dempster, 52, 85

“The Riviera,” 120

“The Rivieras,” by Augustus J. Hare, 52, 146, 232, 266, 269

“The Romance of Nice,” by John D. Loveland, 26, 115 (footnotes)

“The Vence Handbook,” 61, 62, 63, 64

Tiburge, wife of Count Aymes, story of, 221-223

Treets, Raimbaud de, story of, 44-48

Trenca, Chevalier Carlo, and Mentone, 268, 270

Turbia, Roman town of, 208 (_see_ La Turbie)

Turks, attack on Eze by, 127
sacking of Roquebrune, 254

U

Ughetta de Baus, wife of Blacas, 125