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The Château de la Garoupe is a château located near Garoupe Beach in Antibes, France. History ... (1.6 ha) at the point of the Cap d’Antibes.
The Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc or simply Hôtel du Cap is a resort hotel in Antibes on the French Riviera. Opened in 1870 as a private mansion under the name Villa Soleil, it became a hotel in 1889. Opened in 1870 as a private mansion under the name Villa Soleil, it became a hotel in 1889.
Antibes (/ ɒ̃ ˈ t iː b /, [3] [4] US also / ɑː n ˈ t iː b z /, [5] French: ⓘ; Occitan: Antíbol) is a seaside city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera between Cannes and Nice; its cape, the Cap d'Antibes, along with Cap Ferrat to the northeast, is one of the best known landforms in the area.
Fort Carré, often called the Fort Carré d'Antibes, is a 16th-century star-shaped fort of four arrow-head shaped bastions that stands on a 26-meter high promontory in Antibes, France. Henry II ordered construction of the fort in the 16th century at a time when Antibes was situated on a tense border with the Duchy of Savoy .
Musée Picasso, in Antibes. The Musée Picasso, formerly the Château Grimaldi at Antibes, is built upon the foundations of the ancient Greek town of Antipolis. Antibes is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France, on the Mediterranean Sea. The castle has been classified as a historical monument since April 29, 1928 ...
The Bishopric of Antibes was established c.450 by Pope Leo I, the first two bishops being Armentarius and Agroecius. [2] Presumably it was around this time that the cathedral was first built, and indeed the altar in the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament has been dated to the Merovingian era .
The Tête de Chien above Monaco. The Tête de Chien (Monégasque: Testa de Can; "Dog's Head") is a 550 m (1,804 ft) high rock promontory near the village of La Turbie in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. [1] It overlooks the Principality of Monaco, and is the highest point on the Grande Corniche road. [1] [2]
Pif le chien is a comic strip character created in 1948 for the daily L'Humanité [1] by José Cabrero Arnal. He had as his predecessor the character of Top by the same author, who was later identified as Pif's father. [ 2 ]