"Located on the Golden Rise of La Souchère, between the ramparts and the Picasso Museum, in the heart of old Antibes, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception is said to have been built on the site of a pagan temple.
The first bishop was Saint Armentaire (or Hermantaire), monk of the Abbey of Lérins, appointed by Pope Saint Leo the Great, and was cited at the Council of Vaison in 442. He built the first cathedral which he consecrated to the Virgin Mary. It seems to have undergone many alterations until the Carolingian period.
The cathedral was destroyed by the Saracens in 1124, then rebuilt in 1125.
Many times destroyed and rebuilt in particular in 1608, and 1746 during the War of Austrian Succession; King Louis XV had offered the facade of the cathedral.
In the 19th century, the façade was redesigned with the addition of stucco columns and false capitals.
It houses an altarpiece "Notre-Dame du Rosaire" attributed to BREA painter Niçois (1450-1520) signed in 1515. It is a large wooden panel, Our Lady of Mercy in the middle of the children protects them under her coat."