Palais des Festivals et des Congrès
The first Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was built in 1949 to host the Cannes Film Festival. The original building was located on the boulevard of Promenade de la Croisette on the present site of the JW Marriott Cannes. That building hosted the 4t...
Gare du Bosquet
Le Bosquet is a station in the city of Cannes, southern France.
The station opened on 10 April 1870 when the line from Grasse to Cannes opened to passengers. Due to its position on a branch line from Grasse near the La Bocca Junction, it is close to...
Lérins Islands
The Lérins Islands are a group of four Mediterranean islands off the French Riviera, in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de la Tradelière are ...
Île Sainte-Marguerite
The island is first known to have been inhabited during Roman times, when it was known by the name Lero. The island was probably renamed in medieval times by crusaders, who built a chapel to Saint Margaret of Antioch on the island. In the 14th century,...
Île Saint-Honorat
Elle est la plus éloignée de la côte et plus petite que Sainte-Marguerite, mais plus grande que Saint-Ferréol. Longue de 1 460 m et large de 400 m, elle se situe à 2,9 km au sud du cap de la Croisette, à Cannes, et est séparée de l'île Sainte-Marguerit...
Lérins Abbey
Lérins Abbey is a Cistercian monastery on the island of Saint-Honorat, one of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera, with an active monastic community.
There has been a monastic community there since the 5th century. The construction of the curr...
Promenade de la Croisette
The Promenade de la Croisette is a prominent road in Cannes, France. It stretches along the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and is about 2 km long. The Croisette is known for the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, where the Cannes Film Festival (Le Fe...
St. Michael the Archangel Church
St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cannes is a Russian Orthodox church in Cannes, France.
The church was designed by the architect Louis Nouveau at the 19th century. It has a Greek cross design and a varnished tile roof. The Russian empress Maria Ale...
Château Vallombrosa
The Château Vallombrosa, also known as the Hôtel du Parc, is a historic residential building in Cannes. It was built as a hotel for Sir Thomas-Robinson Woolfield from 1852 to 1856. It was purchased by Marquis de Morès in 1860, who added a chapel and a ...
InterContinental Carlton Cannes Hotel
Part of the InterContinental chain, the Carlton is famous for hosting movie stars from around the world during the annual Film Festival. The hotel was also featured in Elton John's well-known 1983 music video for the single, "I'm Still Standing", and t...
JW Marriott Cannes
The JW Marriott Cannes is a five star hotel on the Croisette in Cannes. It was built in 1992 as the Noga Hilton by hotel magnate Nessim Gaon, and was renamed the Palais Stéphanie in 2007 when it passed from Hilton to Accor. It was renamed again in 2011...
illa La Californie
Eugene Tripet (1816-1896), consul of France in Moscow, moved to Cannes in 1848, with his wife Alexandra Feodorovna Skrypitzine (1818-1895), a wealthy Russian heiress friend of Prosper Mérimée. He built the "Villa Alexandra" on the heights of the city o...
Cimetière du Grand Jas
Le cimetière du Grand Jas est situé 205 avenue de Grasse à Cannes, sur la Côte d'Azur. Ce cimetière de neuf hectares disposés en terrasses fut ouvert en 1866. Il est connu pour son architecture paysagée avec une importante décoration florale, et une ri...
Hotel Barrière Le Majestic Cannes
The present hotel is the result of the merger of the parcels of the former hôtel Beau-Rivage and of two neighbouring villas. Construction began in 1923 under the leadership of architect Théo Petit, also architect of the hôtel Normandy at Deauville. He ...
