Franciscan Museum and Monastery

Franciscan Museum and Monastery

Cimiez
  • Museum
  • Cultural & Historical
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • 0-3 hours
  • Any time

The Franciscan Museum with a collection including sacred art, manuscripts and a reconstructed monk's cell is housed in a 9th century Benedictine monastery with an impressive garden. It presents a good picture of Franciscan life in Nice from the 13th to 17th centuries and even today as the monastery still has a small community of friars. Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy and Roger Martin du Gard are buried in the cemetery. Museum admission is free.

Musée franciscain, Avenue Monastère Cimiez, Nice, France

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