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Le Lac (English: The Lake) is a poem by French poet Alphonse de Lamartine.The poem was published in 1820. [citation needed]The poem consists of sixteen quatrains.It was met with great acclaim and propelled its author to the forefront of famous romantic poets.
Villeneuve-Loubet was also, from 1920 onwards, the home of Maréchal Philippe Pétain (1856–1951), the "Hero of Verdun" in World War I and chief of state of the Nazi-collaborationist État Français, commonly known as Vichy France, in World War II. The writer and historian Jules Bertaut (1877–1959) died in
The canton of Villeneuve-Loubet is an administrative division of the Alpes-Maritimes department, southeastern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Villeneuve-Loubet. [2] It consists of the following communes: [2] La Colle-sur-Loup; Roquefort-les-Pins; Saint-Paul-de-Vence ...
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (French: Tintin et le lac aux requins) is a 1972 French-Belgian animated adventure film based on The Adventures of Tintin, directed by Raymond Leblanc. It was not written by Hergé (who merely supervised), but by the Belgian comics creator Greg (Michel Regnier), a friend of Hergé. [ 3 ]
The Château de Vaugrenier, also known as the Manoir de Vaugrenier, is a historic mansion in Villeneuve-Loubet, France. It was built in the 17th and 18th centuries. [ 1 ] It has been listed as an official historical monument by the French Ministry of Culture since 1992.
Lac du Bourget was made famous by several romantic poems of Alphonse de Lamartine, including Le Lac, [4] as well as by descriptions by Xavier de Maistre, Honoré de Balzac, and Alexandre Dumas. Panoramic view from Nivolet peak. Chambéry Airport is visible on the left, at the southern end of the lake, and Aix-les-Bains on the right
The Lac-Larry old growth forest consists mainly of Picea mariana (black spruce) and fir trees. Most of the dominant trees are more than 200 years old, and the oldest are around 250 years old. The forest has not suffered seriously from fires, insect infestations or windstorms, and has never been disturbed by human activities.
The Lac au Lard stream flows on the west bank of the Jeannotte river course. This confluence is located at: 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) north-west of the confluence of the Jeannotte and Batiscan rivers; 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) south-east of Petit lac Wayagamac; 37.6 kilometres (23.4 mi) South of the center of the village of Lac-Édouard;