The Marble Cross is located in the namesake public square, about 100 meters from Promenade des Anglais. The present Croix de Marbre was built in 1880 as a substitute for the seriously damaged former monument.

Indeed, the original monument, which was erected in 1568 in the memory of a congress held in Nice (attended by Charles V, Pope Paul III and Francois I) was successively damaged on sundry unfortunate occasions (storms and deliberate destruction) and each time restored or reinforced with additional structures. The only original elements still standing today refer to the four columns which flank the cross (reinforced with lead soldering) and sustain the varnished tiled roof.

The Marble Cross was declared a historical monument in 1906. It neighbors on yet another historical monument, namely, the Pope’s Column (Colonne du Pape), it too located in Place de la Croix de Marbre, built in 1814 in the memory of Pope Pius’s stay in Nice.

Name:
Marble Cross (Croix de Marbre)
Address:
Place de la Croix de Marbre, 06000, Nice, France
Go to top