# The buried Pairolière gate fortifications

Nice, France

Hidden beneath Boulevard Jean-Jaurès at Place Garibaldi, this archaeological crypt preserves Nice’s principal lower-town gate, a defensive tower, bastions and an aqueduct. Its walls reveal how fortification changed from medieval masonry to artillery defence.

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Coordinates: 43.7005, 7.27884

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