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More about Eze Village : It’s the typical example
of a fortified Provencal village - History : The oldest places of
inhabitants on the communeof Eze go back to the neolithic era towards 2000
BC on the Mount Bastide. At the iron age, the celto-ligurians population
who lived in this area erected many castellaras along the coast. These
constructions were built with dry blocks of stone and were generally
heighly located. From 1388, Eze belongs to the House of Savoy.
Consequently its destiny will be related to the policy of this small
kingdom often opposed to France. Conscious of the strategic interest of
the County of Nice, their only maritime opening, the counts of Savoy
improve the fortifications of Eze and protect the city with a double
strengthened door, "Postern". They make also many modifications to the
Castle built during the XII th century, to adapt it to the progress of
artillery. This building always concerned the higher authority of Provence
or Savoy. Between the french revolution and the end of the Ist empire the
commune was annexed by France before returning under the House of Savoy.
It is in 1860, after the unanimous vote of the Ezasques on the15th and
16th of April 1860 that the County of Nice including Eze became definitely
french. For more about Eze Village history please refer to the Tourist
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