Fireworks will return to Nice Promenade

Connexion journalist

Published Wednesday 27 June 2018 - 15:10 Modified Wednesday 27 June 2018 - 15:10

Nice will hold a fireworks display on the Promenade des Anglais to mark the Fête Nationale for the first time since the Bastille Day terror attack in 2016 that killed 86.

The event, planned for 2019, will not however be held on July 14 but July 15 as a sign of respect for victims’ families.

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