Antibes

Antibes (anc. Antipolis), a town and port in the department of Alpes-Maritimes, France. It was founded about 340 B.C. on a peninsula opposite Nice, whence its name. The Arabs destroyed the place, but under Francis I. and Henry IV. it was strongly fortified. It successfully resisted the Imperial forces in 1746, and is still maintained as a place of arms. The Antilles' Legion, which served the Pope during the French occupation of Rome, was recruited here.