History
and style:
Once
the residence of the Princes of Monaco, this Palace
can be reached through a path bordered with majestic
Palm-trees from the Canaries Islands (Palmier
des Canaries).
It
is a peaceful place in the Renaissance Italian
style.
This
Palace is now Menton's Modern Art Museum. Its
gardens include - among others - a rose-nursery
and the largest Citrus-trees collection in Europe
with over 400 trees of 50 different species (Lemon
trees, Orange-trees, Mandarin-trees, Clementine-trees,
Pineapple-trees...).
Among
fruit trees you can also find old Palm-trees,
Cocculus, Podocarpus, Pinus pinea and sculptures
of famous artists and numerous flowers in this
wonderful place.
Address
and informations :
3, avenue de la Madone. Menton.
Phone: 04 93 35 49 71.
Opened from 10h to 12h and from 14h to 18h,
except on tuesday and days off.
Town is owner.