Bust d'Alexandra Feodorovna

  • Historic site and monument
La Citadelle, Jardin La Roseraie, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer
Sculpture
The Citadel. La Roserie's Gardens.
In 1856, the Treaty of Paris ended the Crimean War in which France, England, Sardinia and Turkey rose up against the tsar. But these hostilities apparently did not compromise the good relations between Victor Emmanuel II and the Russian court as the Dowager Empress Alexandra Feodorovna made her first visit to Nice in the same year and received the official visit of the King of Sardinia from January 1857. This relaxed atmosphere must have favoured the negotiations for the granting of a...

Location

Location

Bust d'Alexandra Feodorovna
La Citadelle, Jardin La Roseraie, 06230 Villefranche-sur-Mer

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French
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