"Nissa la Bella" (Nice the Beautiful) is the unofficial anthem of the city of

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...

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. It is written in Niçard, a dialect of Ligurian that is the original language of the city. It was written by

Menica Rondelly Menica Rondelly (6 January 1854, Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia – 26 June 1935, Nice) was an Occitan Occitan may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain. * Something of, fro ...

in 1903, first under the title of ''A la mieu bella Nissa''; the song takes its actual name in 1906, after some arrangements. Bovari, Christine (2002). ''Ratapignata, un périodique populaire en dialecte nissart''. Serre Editor, , p. 132

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