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The Adam and Eve House in Nice, France

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The Adam and Eve House in Nice, France
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Located at 8 rue Poissonnerie, this ancient house is famous for its impressive façade dating back to 1584.  This makes it one of the last remaining examples of such a painted house from that period left in the city. 
The facade was decorated using "sgraffito" a technique popular in Italy during the 15th and 16th centuries.  Sgraffito is done by applying different layers of plaster tinted in contrasting  colours to a moistened surface.
It is said by some that the scene depicts Adam and Eve in the

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