The original cathedral of Nice was located within the walls of the château,
but little by little the inhabitants moved to the city's current location.
After long negotiations, Sainte-Réparate,
which was at that time the church of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Pons,
became the cathedral about 1590.
The present building dates, in fact, from the second half of the 17th century,
when the church was largely rebuilt.