Real estate Nice

Cours Saleya
After the dark lanes of Vieux Nice.the sun pops back into the sky over Cours Saleya, an elongated little gem of urban planning set back just a couple ofblocksfrom the sea, where barsand restaurants line up along the famous outdoor market, overflowing with flowers and sumptuous food displays worthy of the Riviera's gourmet vortex. Matisse lived for 17 years amid ali the vivid colours that he loved.just off the Cours Saleya at N0.1 Place Charles Felix; the brightly painted house is stili there, although there is no commemorative plaque.The Cours isclosed atoneend bythe i7th-century Ancien Senat,ortheold Court of Appeal, and St-Suaire, home of the Red Penitents, who assisted pilgrims.<br />
But the principal focal point of the Cours is the Black Penitents' Chapelle de la Misericorde.designed in 1740 by Bernardo Vittone,a disciple of Turin's Baroque architects Guarino Guarini and Juvarra. Inside (unfortunately locked), it's ali virtuoso Baroque geometria gold and stucco confection with trompe l'aeil paintings in the vault. A fine early Renaissance Polyptique de la Misericorde by Jean Mirailhet hangs in the sacristy, painted for the confraternitywhose mission was to assure the dead a dignified burial.<br />
A double rowof one-storey buildings separates Cours Saleya from the Quai des Etats-Unis.where you'll find, if you lookvery hard,the elusive Galerie des Ponchettes.This used to contain the exuberant paintings of Raoul Dufy and the Nicois father-and-son team Alexis and Gustav-Adolf Mossa. Although, confusingly their names are stili over the door, the paintings have been moved to the Musee des Beaux-Arts (Jules Cheret) to brighten up an other wise wan collection, leaving the Galerie des Ponchettes with little to do but display lacklustre temporary exhibitions. Stairs lead uptothe roof sof the slim rowof higth-century houses which edge the seafront, where gentlefolk used to promenade before the construction of the Promenade des Anglais