This is the elegant and colorful La Croisette, the Star Alley, the Palais des Festivals and the fairytale history of the city…. Once upon a time, the cholera epidemic of 1834 in Nice abruptly changed the fate of provincial and quiet Cannes. From a poor stepdaughter, as in the fairy tale about Cinderella, the city became a beautiful princess. This “miracle” happened in a matter of moments (in the historical sense). The grateful citizens of Cannes put a monument to Lord Bruckham, the main culprit of this event, who was able to attract English and European aristocracy to the city.
On the hill “Syuke” from 60-meter height opens a breathtaking panorama of the city: a small and cozy bay, decorated on the right by the mountain range Esterel, opposite – Lerinski islands … Everyone who even accidentally stayed in this unknown (once but not now) place, fell in love forever in the wonderful picture of southern nature. Each hotel-palace on the boulevard Croisette is known for its history, for example, key events in Nabokov’s private life took place in the Majestic. The same hotel is also connected with the mysterious death of Savva Morozov… A love story worthy of Dostoevsky’s pen was given by the Carlton Hotel… Literally every street in the center of Cannes tells about amazing events. The famous beauty, Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna, granddaughter of Emperor Nicholas I, experienced here and tragic event – the suicide of her husband and the happy days of the wedding of her eldest daughter Alexandrina with the future Danish King Christian X. There are dates in the cultural history of the city, which are remembered for a long time. On the night of January 1, 1892, the servant François was awakened by an unusual noise. His master tried to slit his throat, and by the next evening it was clear that the public favorite and famous French writer Guy de Maupassant had gone mad. From here, from Cannes, he would be taken to a psychiatric hospital on the right bank of the Seine…The history of the Palme d’Or and film festivals begins in 1939. So many names! And what names! The starry avenue near the Palais des Festivals only slightly opens the curtain on the most important mystery of the XX century – cinema…
