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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]
La Unión is situated in the Region of Murcia in the southeast of Spain. It has an area of 24.6 km², and had a population of 19,907 on 1 January 2018. [ 2 ] It has an elevation of 86 m.
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 .
Hidden away in the vines less than an hour’s drive from Cannes, La Commanderie de Peyrassol was a hotspot on the sacred pilgrimage trail during the 13th century, when the Order of Knights of the ...
The Union of the Right for the Republic, also occasionally translated as the Union of the Rights for the Republic [1] (French: Union des droites pour la République, UDR), formerly known as the Association of Friends of Éric Ciotti (French: Association des Amis d'Éric Ciotti) and On the Right! Friends of Éric Ciotti (French: À droite !
Cementing its mass media status in France, Netflix is joining forces with leading TV channel TF1 and Newen Studios to co-finance its first ever French daily drama series, “Tout pour la lumière.”
Alpes-Maritimes (French: [alp(ə)maʁitim]; Occitan: Aups Maritims; Italian: Alpi Marittime; lit. ' Maritime Alps ') is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it encompasses the French Riviera alongside neighbouring Var.
The French Union (French: Union française) was a political entity created by the French Fourth Republic to replace the old French colonial empire system, colloquially known as the "French Empire" (Empire français). It was de jure the end of the "indigenous" status of French subjects in colonial areas. It was dissolved in 1958, after the ...