Nissa La Bella

Monument in niçard dedicated to Menica Rondelly, the author

"Nissa la Bella" (Nice the Beautiful) is the unofficial anthem of the city of Nice, France. It is written in Niçard, a dialect of Occitan that is the original language of the city. It was written by Menica Rondelly in 1903, first under the title of A la mieu bella Nissa; the song takes its actual name in 1906, after some arrangements.[1] An alternative version, Nissa rebella, has been sung by the artist Mauris Sgaravizzi in the 1980's.[2]

  1. ^ (in French) Bovari, Christine (2002). Ratapignata, un périodique populaire en dialecte nissart. Serre Editor, ISBN 978-2-86410-361-5, p. 132
  2. ^ Lyrics of Nissa rebella: http://mtcn.free.fr/lyrics/nissa-rebella.php?lng=fr