When a particularly harsh winter up north brought an influx of beggars to Nice, some of the rich Englishmen proposed a useful project for them: the construction of a walkway (chemin de promenade) along the sea.
有一年冬天特别寒冷，来自北部的乞丐大批涌入尼斯，于是一些富有的英国人提议为他们兴建一个有用的工程：沿海岸修筑一条步行道（chemin de promenade）。