The Avenue Jean Médecin is a street located in the center of Nice, one of the city's main north-south traffic arteries. In Niçard, it is officially named the "avenguda Jouan-Medecin, consòu de Nissa". It constitutes the city's main shopping street and is called "The Avenue" by residents.
Avenue Jean Médecin and Yann Kersalé's L'amorse du bleu
Postcard of the Avenue Jean Médecin, then Avenue de la Victoire (posted 1922)
View north along the avenue from Place Masséna
Avenue de la Gare at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries
Nice is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one million on an area of 744 km2 (287 sq mi). Located on the French Riviera, the southeastern coast of France on the Mediterranean Sea, at the foot of the French Alps, Nice is the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast and second-largest city in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region after Marseille. Nice is approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) from the principality of Monaco and 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the French–Italian border. Nice's airport serves as a gateway to the region.
Image: Nizza Côte d'Azur
Image: Promenade des Anglais in Nice
Image: Vue nocturne Nice
Image: Port de la ville de Nice
