Upcoming celebration in Nice

300-odd years ago, Nice was not part of France, but part of theDuchy of Savoy, and later theKingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont. Duchy of Savoy territories were the last to join France, their annexation in the 1860Treaty of Turinratified by a hotly-contested vote that is still the subject of debate today. Calls for secession from France continue, by authors such asAlain Roullierand groups likeLiberà Nissaand the harder-rightNissa Rebela, which I photographed for a “politically incorrect” topic in a recent competition here. (The winner was a photograph of someone using a French flag as toilet paper, to put it politely. When that caused an uproar, the winner was stripped of their prize, which was then given to a photograph of a pregnant woman holding a burning cigarette in front of her stomach. All I can say is that if those were the types of photos they were looking for, I’m glad I didn’t win.)

Amidst this debate, celebrations for Nice’s 150th year as part o

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