Catholic Cathedral-Basilica in nice dedicated to the unknown Russian tourists the Holy Reparate. But for locals it's "own" Holy – it's the patron Saint of nice.

Reparata, fifteen-year-old native of Caesarea in Palestine, suffered for Christ in 250 year: she was beheaded. Tell that the body of the Martyr was placed in the boat, which the angels brought to the shores of nice (it's one of the versions of the origin of the name "Bay of Angels").

The Cathedral Sainte-Réparate in a little square among the narrow streets of the Old town. The first Church on this site appeared in the XIII century. Nice Cathedral for a long time was located on the Castle hill, but in the first half of the XVI century it was decided that the Bishop will be at the bottom, and the parish Church of Sainte-Réparate became a Cathedral.

Over time, a small building could no longer accommodate the faithful, and in 1649 the architect Jean-andré Hubert began the reconstruction of the temple. Construction was slow – we had the money, they are not enough. 1658, the year was marred by a terrible accident – collapsed arch of the nave, fragments wounded the Bishop, who died in a few hours. Work resumed only after five years. Finally in 1699 a new Cathedral in the Baroque style, with a dome covered with colored glazed tiles in the Genoese spirit, sanctified.

However, this was not the last reconstruction: between 1731 and 1757 years added a lovely bell tower, and in the years 1825-1830 and without that gorgeous face decorated with four statues of saints and a kneeling statue Sainte-Réparate directly above the entrance.

The façade of the Cathedral was recently renovated. Work continues on the restoration of the luxurious interior is designed in the same lush Baroque style (the rich decor, Corinthian columns, gilding, murals). Ten chapels of the Cathedral have an interesting history: they belonged to individuals that adorned them, were kept and were buried there family members. This practice ceased in the eighteenth century, when the king of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Victor Amadeus III forbade burials in churches.