Editing Antibes (section)

===Modern era===
[[File:ETH-BIB-Antibes-LBS H1-020713 (cropped).tif|thumb|Aerial view of Antibes in 1957, before the expansion of [[Port Vauban]]]]
[[File:Antibes - Hôtel de ville -3.jpg|thumb|The [[Hôtel de Ville, Antibes|Hôtel de ville]]]]
On 1 March 1815, [[Napoléon Bonaparte]] landed on the beach at [[Golfe-Juan]], 5&nbsp;km southwest of Antibes, having escaped exile on the island of [[Elba]]. He hoped for a warm welcome in Antibes, which had been supportive of [[First French Empire|his regime]], but the townspeople closed their gates to him and he was therefore obliged to move on northward without stopping. He successfully reached [[Paris]] and seized power again, only to be conclusively defeated at the [[Battle of Waterloo]]. Today [[Golfe-Juan]] marks the beginning of the [[Route Napoléon]], which traces the path taken by the emperor on his return from exile.<ref name="auto"/> The [[Hôtel de Ville, Antibes|Hôtel de Ville]] was erected in Cours Masséna in 1828.<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=Isz_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA164 |title=D'Antipolis à Juan-les-Pins, Antibes, Biot, Golfe-Juan, Vallauris|first1=Henri|last1= Bordas|first2=Paul|last2= Méjean|year=1969|page=164|publisher=Réédition numérique FeniXX|isbn=978-2047605608}}</ref>

[[File:Aerial view of Antibes in 2012 (2).jpg|thumb|Aerial view of Antibes, 2012]]

Antibes was transferred from its former [[French department|department]] of [[Var (department)|Var]] to the new one of [[Alpes Maritimes]] in 1860.{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}} The harbor was again used for a "considerable" fishing industry and the area exported [[dried fruit]], [[salt fish]], and [[cooking oil|oil]].{{sfnp|''EB''|1878}}

By the [[First World War]], it had been connected by rail with Nice and most of its fortifications had been demolished to make way for new residential districts.{{sfn|Coolidge|1911}} In 1926, the old [[Château Grimaldi (Antibes)|Château Grimaldi]] was bought by the local municipality and later restored for use as a museum. For six months in 1946, it was the home of the famous artist [[Pablo Picasso]].<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nwJsF3GF_PoC&pg=PA101 |title=Orgasmic Days in the South of France|first= Barbara|last= Keller|year= 2000|publisher=Unlimited Publishing|isbn=978-0967764962|page=101}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/may/26/picasso-antibes-age-of-renewal |title=Picasso finds new lease of life in Antibes|date= 26 May 2009|newspaper=The Guardian| access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/24/travel/24cultured.html |title=On Picasso's Trail, From Antibes to Avignon|newspaper=The New York Times|date=24 May 2009| access-date=8 December 2024}}</ref>