The cities involved in the development of both artistic heritage and urban enrolling in history and great civilization movements. Davallon proposes the concept of reverse affiliation, in the sense that this is not a generation that transmits a heritage to the present generation, but the latter that recognizes itself as the depositary of traces of the past that it has selected. Nice town on the Mediterranean coast was a very special urban development during the nineteenth century, drawing the aristocracy and the European bourgeoisie. These have left a legacy to the city, about 130 villas called “Folies” built by rank and artistic tastes of the owner. However, the expansion of the city during the second half of the twentieth century has been to the detriment of this heritage, almost half of these ”follies“ were destroyed during the construction of large real estate projects. A indifference and the first resignation of Nice, succeeded a strong defense motion of these places considered by the population as the memory of the identity of the city. Faced with this powerful popular movement, transmission and preservation of this heritage are no longer considered part of Nice folklore, but as a major issue of political communication of the candidates for mayor of Nice posing the problem of destination these iconic places. The transmission now has a dual character: vertical, in the sense that it is realized, over time, towards future generations; horizontal because it promotes political and social communication between different areas of the city.