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Tignes – Val d'Isère is the combined ski resort area of Val d'Isère and Tignes in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie in the French Alps. It is sometimes known as Espace Killy, in honour of the spectacularly successful skier Jean-Claude Killy who was raised there. [5] [6] There are claimed to be 300 km of pistes:
Although the movie Les Bronzés font du ski (French Fried Vacation 2) has been a great success in France, only a few people are aware that it was shot in Val d'Isère. In 1994, a video game named after the resort, Val d'Isere Championship was released for the Super NES, after it was featured in an episode of GamesMaster.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Tignes ( French pronunciation: [tiɲ] ) is a commune in the Tarentaise Valley , in the Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France, known for the highest skiable area [ 3 ] and the longest ski ...
The Noojin House (also known as the Noojin–Robinson House, the Bellevue-Mineral Springs Hotel Site, and the Jones Female College Site) is a historic house in Gadsden, Alabama, United States. The house was built in 1926 and substantially renovated and expanded in 1940–41 in French Eclectic style. The two-story three-bay original façade has ...
The University of Alabama was founded in 1831 in Tuscaloosa and is the state of Alabama's oldest public university. In 1936, UA established an extension center in Birmingham, and the University of Alabama School of Medicine moved there in the same year. In 1950, another extension center was set up in Huntsville.
The Gorgas–Manly Historic District is a historic district that includes 12 acres (4.9 ha) and eight buildings on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. [1] The buildings represent the university campus as it existed from the establishment of the institution through to the late 19th century.
The Mercedes-Benz Amphitheater is an outdoor amphitheater in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that sits beautifully on 15 acres amidst the banks of the Black Warrior River. It's used primarily for music performances and has a capacity of 8,410. [4] The amphitheater is located on Jack Warner Parkway, just beside the Hugh R. Thomas Bridge.
Rawls Hotel, at 116 S. Main Street in Enterprise, Alabama, United States, was built in 1903 and was expanded in 1923. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [ 1 ]