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Cap Croix-Cimiez
Nice, France
Type: Land Based
Status: Closed
Open: 1889, Close: 1905
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| In the late nineteenth century the block Cap Croix-Cimiez was a Nice surroundings. The couple Ascot Léa and her husband the "Count" Gabriel Lafrange rented in the zone a property, creating a farm "La Ferme Bretonne" where the families came to the weekend sightseeing and sample the produce - milk, cheese, etc.
The couple joined a French trader to create a zoo garden. The garden was immediately a hit, attracting tourists and the Nice bourgeoisie. The "Count" dies in 1893, the same year that the company installed a train to take customers from Nice.
In 1898 Léa becomes the only owner of the enterprise , installing a restaurant and a casino. In 1905 it declared the bankruptcy of the enterprise. The zoo is sold together with the animals, which disperse.
The casino was opened in 1889., and here are Casino gambling records in the years 1894,1895, 1899 and 1905. |
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from " Nice Pratique et Pittoresque,1893-1894". Source www.gallica.bnf.fr.
" Jardin Zoologiue-Casino de Cimiez( Ferme Bretonne) is settled at an Hill at the surroundings of Nice, with all the distractions-concerts, restaurant, café,roller coaster, etc. The Zoo has a nice collection of animals"
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The casino
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from " L´Hiver à Nice ND". Source www.gallica.bnf.fr.
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The Countess of Lagrange, a ex star from Paris Theatre, is in charge. Victorine Gerard, alias Léa d´Ascot, Countess de Lagrange.
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