The Matisse Chapel, also known as the Rosaire chapel (Chapel of the Rosary), is proof that good things come in small packages. Built under the direction of world-renowned French artist Henri Matisse, the Rosaire chapel was a vision and concept of the artist who touched every element of the building, from the architecture to the interior furniture down to the religious...

Located in Monaco-Ville, just down the street from the Royal Palace, the St. Nicholas Cathedral (also called the Monaco Cathedral) was built in 1875 with white stones from the nearby town of La Turbie. The Cathedral is where members of Monaco’s royal family have been married, including Princess Grace (Kelly) and Prince Rainier III in April 1956, and where they...

The Russian Orthodox Cathedral is also called the Eglise Russe or Cathédrale Saint Nicolas, and is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral in Western Europe. Like a glimpse of Moscow on the Mediterranean, the six onion domes reach up toward the blue sky, creating quite a show on the otherwise Belle Epoque landscape of Nice. The cathedral was consecrated in December...