Vence, as Defender of the Faith, 49 _et seq._ Bishop Godeau of, 52, 53 bishopric founded at, 52 Black Death at, 56 Boulevard Marcelin-Maurel, 60, 61 Church of, 61, 62 converted to Christianity, 51 description of, 59 _et seq._ East Gate of, 60 history of, 49 _et seq._ Huguenots in, 54-58 Merovingian carvings at, 62 old town of, 65 Place du Peyra at, 61 Place Godeau, 64 Place Wilson, 61 Portail du Peyra, 61 Portail Levis at, 61 Roman inscriptions at, 50, 51, 62 Romans at, 49, 50 Rue de la Coste, 61 St. Eusebius, first Bishop of, 62 siege of, by Lesdiguières, 58 Signadour Gate at, 60 tomb of St. Veran at, 63 tombs of bishops in Cathedral of, 52 tombs of Villeneuves at, 63 view of, from La Grande Corniche, 13 Villeneuves and, 53, 63 watch tower of, 65 “Vence,” by J. D., 61 Ventimiglia and Mentone, 268 Ventimiglia, Counts of, 254, 256, 283, 301 Via Aureliana at, 208 Ventium (Vence), Roman station of, 49 Vento, the, and Mentone, 268 Roquebrune sold to, 254 Via Aureliana, as frontier boundary between Italy and Gaul, 209 highest point of, 209 milestones on, 260 route of, 36, 194, 208, 279 Vibia, commemorative inscription to, at Vence, 50, 51, 62 Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia, 22 (footnote) Victor Amédée pays homage to “Our Lady of Laghet,” 233 Villars, Maréchal de, and monument at La Turbie, 219 Villefranche, 112, 113 citadel of, 113 Paganini and, 114 “The Great Ship” launched at, 114 Villeneuve, Romée de, story of, 80 _et seq._ Villeneuve-Bargemon, Marquis de, House of, at Grasse, 74 Villeneuve-Loubet, Lords of, 53 Villeneuve-Monans, Baron de, and Louise de Cabris, 90 Villeneuves, the, and Vence, 53, 54 tombs of, at Vence, 63 Vinaigrier, Mont, La Grande Corniche and, 12 Viteola, Guglielmo, story of wild boar and, 294 _et seq._ “Voyages dans les Départements du Midi de la France,” by A. L. Millin, 51 W William of Marseilles, Count of Provence, defeats the Saracens, 4 Printed by Cassell & Company, Limited, La Belle Sauvage, London, E.C.4 F. 25.221 * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: The Roquebrune referred in this book is now known as Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. Spelling and hyphenation have been left as in the original. A few obvious typesetting and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Some illustrations have been moved slightly from their original locations to keep paragraphs intact. [End of _The Riviera of the Corniche Road_ by Frederick Treves] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Riviera of the Corniche Road, by Frederick Treves