To truly discover Eze you have to follow your instinct and trust the scent of jasmine and the carmine colours of boungainvillea. You will come across sun-drenched paths, remains of walls dating back to the Bronze Age, wrought iron with wild roses bushes climbing them or paintings trompe l’oeil like the false shutters on one of the facades in the rue Principale. Among all the houses in the village, the residence of the Riquier family on the Planet stands out with its door decorated in low relief. The Riquier family from Nice were among the first known aristocrats in Eze and the village was their oldest fief outside Nice. Their sovereignty lasted from the XIIIth to the XVIth century. It was in 1930 that one of the last owners of the residence had the Italian style fountain put in place. Its water supply remained for a long time reliant on the village water tanks. It was only in 1952 that the houses were equipped with running water. Eze has other remarkable residences such as the Château de la Chèvre d'Or, named after the golden goat, that according to the tale would make intruders loose their way when trying to steal the castles treasures. There is also the Château Eza, the former residence of Prince William of Sweden fron 1923 to 1953. The ground floors which have been transformed tnto artists' studios and shops were originally used as wine-cellars or stables for small livestock. We can imagine these narrow streets being climbed by donkeys coming back from the terraced fields of the Aighetta valley, from Saint Laurent d'Eze loaded with figs, carobs, olives and citrus fruits such as Eze tangerines. The Chapel of Sainte Croix, also known as the Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, dating from 1306, is the oldest building in the village. Members of the lay order of the White Penitents of Eze who were in charge of giving assistance to the plague victims held their meetings there. The shape of the bell-turret reminds us that the village belonged to Provence until the end of the XIVth century. In this chapel on the 15th and 16th April 1860, the people of Eze voted unanimously to be attached to France. Nowadays, the chapel houses extraordinary pieces of furniture particularly a crucifixion attributed to Ludovic Bréa. The stripped facade of the Church Notre-Dame-de l'Assomption, the building of which began in 1764 and which was consecrated in 1772, contrasts strongly with the magnificence of its nave. The nave and the choir are remarkable thanks to their baroque decoration and the paintings in tromple-l'oeil. Inside the church, an Egyptian cross reminds us that the roots of the village date back to the time when the mysterious godess Isis was worshiped. The Phoenicians are said to have erected a temple in her henour. In the small cemetery, set in terraces, opposite the Aighetta valley, rests since 1974 the body of the actor and humorist Francis Blanche. At the top of the village, 429 metres above sea-level, overlooking one of the most beautiful panoramas of the Riviera, the silhouettes of cactus and the remains of the castle rise up to the sky. The latter witness determination with which the soldiers of Louis XIVth demolished this tall, almost circular fortress in 1706. The Exotic Garden, designed by the agronomist Jean Gastaud in 1949, group together several hundreds of luscious plants. These agaves, aloes, spurges and cactus, among which Opuntia Tunicata with its translucent thorns, which rejlect the light of the Mediterranean, grow and reproduce in these arid ruins. They seem to reproduce the motto of Eze in their own way: "Moriendo Renascor" or "In death I am reborn".