The Gambetta district, as well as the boulevard of the same name, owes their name to Leon Gambetta, a French politician (1838/1882), important personage during the 3rd Republic.
The neighborhood has many architectural styles, from the Belle Epoque to modern, through beautiful art deco buildings. Walking on the boulevard, we cross the Italian Consulate, the Thiers avenue leading to the railway central station of Nice (built in 1865 by the PLM Company), the Franklin Square (on the border with the Musicians district), the pretty Alsace-Lorraine gardens (created in 1887 at the same time that the creation of the Gambetta and Victor Hugo boulevards).
