A celebration of crèches: Lucéram is the French village with hundreds of Christmas nativity scenes.
The hilltop community near Nice has the most festive crèches in France. Lucéram: the French village with hundreds of Christmas nativity scenes. Published in The Connection- French News In English since 2002 by Annaliza Davis In Alpes-Maritimes, 27km north of Nice, the picturesque village of Lucéram appears as a cluster of terracotta-topped houses overlooking the surrounding valley. It is a village perché , a ‘perched’ village, constructed on a high point in a strategic defensive position, similar to several other villages in the Alps. In other aspects, however, it is far from ordinary. Circuit of Christmas scenes: Despite being home to fewer than 1,300 residents, Lucéram is famous for having more crèches than any other village in the country, and this does not mean children’s nurseries, but Christmas nativity scenes. Christmas nativity scene in Lucéram depicting the birth of Jesus Across France, you will see model replicas of the nativity arranged in churches, schools and public ...