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Antibes Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Immaculée-Conception d'Antibes or Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea d'Antibes) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Antibes on the French Riviera, France. It is a listed and protected historic monument.
Antibes (/ ɒ̃ ˈ t iː b /, [3] [4] US also / ɑː n ˈ t iː b z /, [5] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Antíbol) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area.
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In the 10th century, Antibes was under constant threat of attack by the Saracens, who maintained a permanent fortified settlement near Fraxinetum, near Saint-Tropez. In about 974 (sources vary regarding the exact date), the Saracens were defeated and driven from Provence by William I of Provence , who subsequently rewarded the knights who ...
Cathedral of Antibes (Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea) Grasse Cathedral (Notre-Dame-du-Puy) The former French Catholic diocese of Grasse was founded in the 4th or 5th century as the diocese of Antibes. [1] It was originally suffragan to the Archbishop of Aix, and then to the Archbishop of Embrun. [2] The see moved from Antibes to Grasse in 1244.
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On 30 November, Browne led his Austro-Savoyard army over the River Var into France and encamped at Cagnes-sur-Mer.From here he had the option of pressing on westward, but before doing so he wished to take control of the fortified town of Antibes, which was situated on a promontory 10 kilometres to the south and had the potential to disrupt his communications with Italy if left in enemy hands.