Massena Museum

Doug and Janet took this in while Nancy got caught up on a few things at the hotel. The museum is a nicely presented exhibition of some of the historical images of Nice and of paintings of battles of the Napoleonic Wars and portraits of generals including the namesake of the museum

The villa and museum were named after Victor Masséna, grandson of Marechal Andre Massena, Prince of Essling, Duke of Rivoli, one of Napoleon’s generals. After its completion, the villa initially served as the winter residence of the Masséna family for many years. After the death of the father, the son inherited the villa. He sold it in 1919 to his hometown Nice. The latter converted the villa into today’s museum and made it accessible to the general public.

After the museum, we all reunited at Bar des Chauffeurs where we had a pleasant lunch before departing to catch the train to Avignon.Read more