The Alpes Maritimae ( Latin pronunciation: [ˈaɫpeːs maˈrɪtɪmae̯] ; English: 'Maritime Alps') was a small province of the Roman Empire founded in 63 AD by Nero . It was one of the three provinces straddling the Alps between modern France and Italy , along with the Alpes Graiae et Poeninae and Alpes Cottiae . The Alpes Maritimae included parts of the present-day French departments of Alpes-Maritimes (in which the name survives), Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Hautes-Alpes .
11-448: The capital of the province was Cemenelum (modern Cimiez , a neighbourhood of Nice ), until it was replaced by Eburodunum (modern Embrun ) during the reign of Diocletian (284–305). Following the subjugation of the local Ligurian tribes in the summer of 14 BC, the region was ruled by a praefectus civitatium , then was given Latin Rights in 63 AD and placed under the administration of
22-464: A procurator . Cemenelum (modern Cimiez ), the chief town of the Vediantii , became the capital of the new province. Under Diocletian (284–305), the province was extended via the incorporation of parts of Gallia Narbonensis and Alpes Cottiae , and was allocated to the praefectura Galliarum ( Diocese of Vienne ). The capital was transferred to Eburodunum (modern Embrun ), which had been part of
33-504: A prosperous Catholic bourgeois family to the end of the World War I . Six parts of the novel were published between 1922 and 1929. After abandoning a seventh volume in manuscript, he published two more volumes in 1936 and 1940. Written under the shadow of the darkening international situation in Europe in the 1930s, these last parts, which together are longer than the previous six combined, focus on
44-477: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Roger Martin du Gard Roger Martin du Gard ( French: [dy gaʁ] ; 23 March 1881 – 22 August 1958) was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature . Trained as a paleographer and archivist, he brought to his works a spirit of objectivity and a scrupulous regard for detail, and because of his concern with documentation and
55-696: Is an upper-class neighborhood in Nice , Southern France . The area contains the Musée Matisse and the ruins of Cemenelum , capital of the Ancient Roman province Alpes Maritimae on the Ligurian coast. Cemenelum was an important rival of Nice , continuing to exist as a separate city till the time of the Lombard invasions. The ruins include an arena, amphitheater, thermal baths, and paleochristian basilica. During
66-598: The Alpes Cottiae until that time. Major settlements within the province included: After 297 the province was expanded to include: 44°34′21″N 6°29′37″E / 44.5724°N 6.4936°E / 44.5724; 6.4936 This Ancient Rome –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to geography of France is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cemenelum Cimiez ( French pronunciation: [simje] ; Italian: Cimella )
77-804: The Belle Epoque Cimiez became a favourite holiday resort of European royalty: Victoria , Edward VII , George V , and Leopold II stayed in Cimiez. Close to the ruins is the Excelsior Régina Palace , where Queen Victoria spent part of her long visits to the French Riviera . From 1974 to 2010 the Nice Jazz Festival was held among the Roman ruins in July each year. (In 2011 the festival moved to
88-593: The Place Masséna .) Also here can be found the Cimiez monastery and church, used by the Franciscan friars since the 16th century. The church, with a baroque altar from the seventeenth century and a marble cross from 1477, houses the paintings Pietà ( triptych from 1475), Crucifixion (1512) and Deposition (1515) by the Italian artist Ludovico Brea . On display are also more than 300 documents and works of art from
99-422: The 15th to 18th centuries. Buried in the cemetery near the monastery are the painters Henri Matisse and Raoul Dufy , alongside the winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature , Roger Martin du Gard . Cimiez contains a large Jewish population (around 20%). 43°43′3″N 7°16′30″E / 43.71750°N 7.27500°E / 43.71750; 7.27500 This Alpes-Maritimes geographical article
110-519: The political and historical situation leading up to the outbreak of the First World War and bring the story to 1918. Du Gard wrote several other novels, including Jean Barois , which was set against the historical context of the Dreyfus affair . During World War II , he resided in Nice , where he prepared a novel (Souvenirs du lieutenant-colonel de Maumort) which remained unfinished at his death. It
121-427: The relationship of social reality to individual development, his fiction has been linked with the realist and naturalist traditions of the 19th century. His sympathy for the humanist socialism and pacifism of Jean Jaurès is evident in his work. He is best known for The Thibaults , a multi-volume roman fleuve which follows the fortunes of two brothers, Antoine and Jacques Thibault, from their upbringing in
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