France Guide
The Côte d'Azur
Palais Lascaris
Address: Rue Droite
Opening time: Daily except Tues 10am–6pm
Price: Free
The Palais Lascaris is a seventeenth-century palace built by the Duke of Savoy's Field-Marshal, Jean-Paul Lascaris, whose family arms, engraved on the ceiling of the entrance hall, bear the motto "Not even lightning strikes us". It's all very sumptuous, with frescoes, tapestries and chandeliers, along with a collection of porcelain vases from an eighteenth-century pharmacy.