Palais de marbre, Historical monument in Nice, France
The Palais de Marbre features a complete facade covered in Carrara marble and stands in a French-style garden with lawns, water features, and cypress trees.
Ernest Gambart commissioned architect Sebastien-Marcel Biasini to construct this Italianate residence between 1872 and 1878 within an existing estate of exotic vegetation.
The palace reflects the architectural preferences of the 1870s, combining Italian Renaissance and neoclassical elements in its grand design and construction methods.
Located at 7-9 Avenue de Fabron, the building now serves as the municipal archives of Nice, preserving important documents for the city since 1963.
The construction required 27 shipments of Carrara marble transported by sea, making it a rare example of complete marble coverage in French architecture.
Location: Nice
Architects: Sébastien-Marcel Biasini
Address: 7 avenue de Fabron
GPS coordinates: 43.68770,7.23473
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:46
Nice naturally lends itself to photography. The Mediterranean light shapes the city from morning to evening, revealing in turn the ochre facades of Old Nice, the palms lining the Promenade des Anglais, or the blue domes of Saint-Nicolas Orthodox Cathedral. From the Château hilltop, at 92 meters high, the view encompasses the entire bay, while below, Place Masséna displays its geometric paving stones and red facades. The flower market at Cours Saleya, established since the 17th century, extends to Lympia Port where yellow facades reflect in the water, each neighborhood forming a different scene. The Negresco Hotel with its pink dome marks the coastline, and the Matisse Museum shares the painter's love for the light of the South. Nice offers a variety of viewpoints, making it a preferred destination for those interested in capturing the architecture, colors, and vitality of a city oriented toward the Mediterranean.
Promenade des Anglais
1.1 km
Hotel Negresco
2 km
Musée Masséna
2.1 km
Musée des Beaux-Arts Jules Chéret
1.4 km
Abbaye de Roseland
479 m
Mediterranean University Centre
1.5 km
Église Saint-Pierre d'Arène
2 km
Villa Furtado-Heine
1.6 km
Gloria Mansions
1.5 km
Musée international d'art naïf Anatole Jakovsky
237 m
Palais de l'Agriculture
937 m
Chapelle orthodoxe russe Saint-Nicolas de Nice
1.8 km
Église Sainte-Hélène de Nice
268 m
Jardin botanique de la Ville de Nice
2 km
Mémorial aux victimes de l'attentat du 14 juillet 2016 à Nice
2.1 km
Chapelle Saint-Philippe-de-Neri de Nice
1.8 km
Église Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus de Nice
1.1 km
Regence plage
384 m
Plage sainte hélène
313 m
Le florida plage
1.4 km
Forum plage
1.8 km
Parc Carol de Roumanie
309 m
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nice
1.4 km
Plage de Carras
649 m
Li Rateta
1.1 km
Le voilier plage
1.6 km
Château Sainte Hélène
237 m
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