What you'll hear inside Cimiez Monastery:

• 1
  Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Church

  This 15th-century church houses three masterpieces by the early Nicois painter Louis Bréa, whose works rank among the finest of the period.

• 2
  La Pietà de Louis Bréa

  La Pietà is a masterpiece painted around 1475 by Louis Bréa, one of the three most significant works of the early Nice school.

• 3
  The Crucifixion by Louis Bréa

  This painting by Louis Bréa, executed around 1512, stands as a testament to four decades of the master's prolific artistic career.

• 4
  The Deposition by Louis Bréa

  La Deposición is the third masterwork by Louis Bréa on display in the church, completing the collection of paintings by this early Niçois primitif artist.

• 5
  Monastery Cloister

  This 16th-century cloister in Nice hosts classical music concerts and Sunday masses during the summer months.

• 6
  Monastery Gardens

  The Monastery Gardens are historic grounds where Franciscan monks once cultivated their vegetables and, legend has it, invented mesclun salad.

• 7
  Monastic Cemetery

  This historic cemetery in Nice holds the graves of several notable figures, including Henri Matisse, Raoul Dufy and Roger Martin du Gard, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.