Part 22

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

V

Valentinois, Duchy of, conferred on Prince of Monaco, 180

Valerianus, Lucius Veludius, commemorative inscription to, at Vence, 50, 51, 62

Vandals, invasion of Riviera by, 3

Vence, as Defender of the Faith, 49 _et seq._ Bishop Godeau of, 52, 53 bishopric founded at, 52 Black Death at, 56 Boulevard Marcelin-Maurel, 60, 61 Church of, 61, 62 converted to Christianity, 51 description of, 59 _et seq._ East Gate of, 60 history of, 49 _et seq._ Huguenots in, 54-58 Merovingian carvings at, 62 old town of, 65 Place du Peyra at, 61 Place Godeau, 64 Place Wilson, 61 Portail du Peyra, 61 Portail Levis at, 61 Roman inscriptions at, 50, 51, 62 Romans at, 49, 50 Rue de la Coste, 61 St. Eusebius, first Bishop of, 62 siege of, by Lesdiguières, 58 Signadour Gate at, 60 tomb of St. Veran at, 63 tombs of bishops in Cathedral of, 52 tombs of Villeneuves at, 63 view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13 Villeneuves and, 53, 63 watch tower of, 65

“Vence,” by J. D., 61

Ventimiglia and Mentone, 268

Ventimiglia, Counts of, 254, 256, 283, 301 Via Aureliana at, 208

Ventium (Vence), Roman station of, 49

Vento, the, and Mentone, 268 Roquebrune sold to, 254

Via Aureliana, as frontier boundary between Italy and Gaul, 209 highest point of, 209 milestones on, 260 route of, 36, 194, 208, 279

Vibia, commemorative inscription to, at Vence, 50, 51, 62

Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, 22 (footnote)

Victor Amédée pays homage to “Our Lady of Laghet,” 233

Villars, Maréchal de, and monument at La Turbie, 219

Villefranche, 112, 113 citadel of, 113 Paganini and, 114 “The Great Ship” launched at, 114

Villeneuve, Romée de, story of, 80 _et seq._

Villeneuve-Bargemon, Marquis de, House of, at Grasse, 74

Villeneuve-Loubet, Lords of, 53

Villeneuve-Monans, Baron de, and Louise de Cabris, 90

Villeneuves, the, and Vence, 53, 54 tombs of, at Vence, 63

Vinaigrier, Mont, La Grande Corniche and, 12

Viteola, Guglielmo, story of wild boar and, 294 _et seq._

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

W

William of Marseilles, Count of Provence, defeats the Saracens, 4

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Transcriber’s Notes:

The Roquebrune referred in this book is now known as Roquebrune-Cap-Martin.

Spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few obvious typesetting and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Some illustrations have been moved slightly from their original locations to keep paragraphs intact.

[End of _The Riviera of the Corniche Road_ by Frederick Treves]