City: Èze is a community situated
on the French Mediterranean. It is located between Nice and
Monaco. The history of habitation of this place goes back
a long way. By 2000 BC, there was already a settlement around
the mountain Bastide. In 1388 Èze fell under the control
of the House of Savoy. Its approximately 3,000 inhabitants
were called Ézasques. Turkish troops, under the command
of Barbarossa, a Turkish pirate and an Ottoman Admiral, conquered
the place in 1543. Louis XIV destroyed the outer walls in
1706 during the succession war against Spain. In 1860 the
place became permanently placed under French rule, after a
unanimous decision by the people.
