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The Riviera Championships [1] also known as the Championship of the Riviera [2] or the French Riviera Championships [3] or Menton International was an open men's and women's international tennis tournament played at the Menton Lawn Tennis Club, [4] Menton, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France on clay courts from 1902 until 1976 and again in 1978.
Some things on the French Riviera will never change (and blessedly so). But now more than ever, there is a palpable frisson of fresh energy swirling in the air. Century-old seafront palaces are ...
Map of the French Riviera. These tournaments began with the Beau Site tournament in Cannes in 1890 and were continued by the South of France Championships in Nice from 1895, the Monte Carlo Championships tournament from 1897, the Riviera Championships held at Menton from 1902, the Côte d'Azur Championships held at Cannes LTC, Cannes (f. 1910–1928), and many others.
[2] [5] The first season of Riviera was released on 15 June 2017 on Sky Box Sets and NOW TV, [6] and was Sky's most successful original series, [7] with an audience of 2.3 million an episode, and more than 20 million downloads and views total. [8] The first season premiered in the U.S. on 9 February 2019 on Ovation.
The term French Riviera comes by analogy with the term Italian Riviera, which extends east of the French Riviera (from Ventimiglia to La Spezia). [13] As early as the 19th century, the British referred to the region as the Riviera or the French Riviera, usually referring to the eastern part of the coast, between Monaco and the Italian border. [14]
The fort in Mancera Island begun to be built in 1646 receiving the names Castillo de San Pedro de Alcántara de Mancera or simply Castillo de Mancera. [3] The fort was a vital point in the Valdivian Fort System , allowing with the aid of the forts in Corral and Niebla to crossfire any ship attempting to sail upstream to the city of Valdivia .
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The French Riviera Marathon (French: Marathon Des Alpes-Maritimes) is a marathon held annually along the south east coast of France, between the cities of Nice and Cannes. The event was first held in 2008, when the race achieved its full capacity of 10,000 runners, [ 1 ] setting a new world record attendance for an event on its debut. [ 2 ]