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The Côte d'Albâtre (French pronunciation: [kot dalbatĘ]; literally the Alabaster Coast in English) is part of the French coast of the English Channel, corresponding to the coastline of Pays de Caux and forming almost all of the coastline of Seine-Maritime. Since 2009 it has been classified as a Natura 2000 site.
On a clear day the cliffs are visible from the French coast. The chalk cliffs of the Alabaster Coast of Normandy in France are part of the same geological system. The White Cliffs are at one end of the Kent Downs designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. [6] In 1999 a sustainable National Trust visitor centre was built in the area.
The view from the Etretat Gardens The Étretat Gardens ( French : Les Jardins D'Étretat ) is a cliff-top experimental garden with "living sculptures" [ 1 ] in Étretat , Normandy , France . It surrounds a villa that once belonged to Madame Thébault, [ clarification needed ] an actress from Paris, [ 2 ] in the beginning of the 20th century.
Étretat is best known for its chalk cliffs, including three natural arches and a pointed formation called L'Aiguille or the Needle, which rises 70 metres (230 ft) above the sea. [3] The Etretat Chalk Complex, as it is known, consists of a complex stratigraphy of Turonian and Coniacian chalks. [4] Some of the cliffs are as high as 90 metres ...
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The Cap d'Antifer Lighthouse (French: Phare d'Antifer) is an active aid to navigation on the headland of the same name which forms part of the French Côte d'Albâtre (Alabaster coast) of the English Channel, in Seine-Maritime, Normandy.
Dieppe belongs to the Pays de Caux, lying along the Alabaster Coast in the region of Normandy. It is located on the Channel coast, north of Rouen at the mouth of the river Arques and lies east of the mouth of the river Scie .
It depicts the chalk cliffs of Étretat, a commune along the northern coast of France. The 1996 Catalogue Raisonné of Claude Monet by Daniel Wildenstein references this painting as Fishing Boats Leaving Etretat . Monet first visited Étretat in winter 1868–1869, when he painted his first Stormy Sea at Étretat (Musee d'Orsay). From 1883 to ...