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  2. Malpasset Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Malpasset Dam was an arch dam (convex surface facing upstream) on the Reyran River, north of Fréjus on the French Riviera. It collapsed on 2 December 1959, killing 423 people in the resulting flood. The breach was caused by a tectonic fault in the impermeable rock base, which had been inadequately surveyed.

  3. French Riviera - Wikipedia

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    The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (pronounced ... La Côte d’azur, published in December 1887. [16] Liégeard was born in Dijon, ...

  4. Le Train Bleu - Wikipedia

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    In December 1883 the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (CIWL) created its second luxury train after the Orient Express was introduced in June of that year. Due to contracts between CIWL's competitor, the Pullman Company, and the owner of the Mont Cenis Pass Railway, the Società per le strade ferrate dell'Alta Italia, CIWL could not use the Fréjus Rail Tunnel, so CIWL was forced to use ...

  5. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat - Wikipedia

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    1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat ( French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɑ̃ kap fɛʁa] ; Occitan : Sant Joan de Cap Ferrat ; Italian : San Giovanni Capo Ferrato ) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte ...

  6. Fête du Citron - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, Menton was the main producer of lemons on the European continent. A hotelier had the idea of organizing a private exhibition of flowers and citrus fruits in the gardens of the Riviera Hotel. The event's success was such that the following year, the municipality took up the idea on its own. The name "Fête du Citron" was born in 1934.

  7. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - Wikipedia

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    The region is roughly coterminous with the former French province of Provence, with the addition of the following adjacent areas: the former papal territory of Avignon, known as Comtat Venaissin; the former Sardinian-Piedmontese County of Nice annexed in 1860, whose coastline is known in English as the French Riviera and in French as the Côte d'Azur; and the southeastern part of the former ...

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