The 600th anniversary of the dedication of the County of Nice to the House of Savoy was celebrated in the hall of honor of the Palace of the Sardinian Kings in the presence of HSH Emmanuel Philibert, the crown prince of the royal house.
In the absence of the president of the Departmental Council, Charles-Ange Ginésy, it was Deputy Eric Ciotti who received the illustrious guest. In his speech, he recalled the centuries-old ties that unite Nice and its county with the House of Savoy, up until the union with France during the Second Empire (1860). At the same time, the House of Savoy became the Royal House of Italy (1861).
History is not forgotten, and the people of Nice remain culturally linked to the heirs of the line that embodied power for six centuries.
The County of Nice (Countea de Nissa/Niça in Niçard) is a former state of Savoy. It was created in 1388, in the context of the War of Succession in Provence, through the dedication of Nice to Savoy. Until 1526, this territory acquired by the House of Savoy was referred to as the “New Lands of Provence,” which included the vigueries of Nice, the Val de Lantosque, Villeneuve, Puget-Théniers, and the bailiwick of Barcelonette. The county first disappeared due to the reorganization of the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1818, which changed its designation, and later by the French annexation in 1860.
