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Vermilion (sometimes vermillion) [1] is a color family and pigment most often used between antiquity and the 19th century from the powdered mineral cinnabar (a form of mercury sulfide). It is synonymous with red orange , which often takes a modern form, but is 11% brighter (at full brightness).
To a large extent, modern France lies within clear limits of physical geography.Roughly half of its margin lies on sea coasts: one continuous coastline along "La Manche" ("the sleeve" or English Channel) and the Atlantic Ocean forming the country's north-western and western edge, and a shorter, separate coastline along the Mediterranean Sea forming its south-eastern edge.
12km [7.5 miles], approximately 5 hours. A technical route for experienced walkers. Unsuitable in high winds. Starting in the village of Puig del Mas, follow the path that Jewish writer, Walter Benjamin and friends took to escape Nazi persecution in occupied France. Climb to The 13th century Torre de Querroig (672m).
Vermilion was initially settled in the early 19th century and incorporated as a village in 1837. [6] The city took its name from the nearby Vermilion River. [7] It developed as a fishing and small-boat harbor.
The Côte Vermeille (French pronunciation: [kot vɛʁmɛj]; Catalan: Costa Vermella, meaning "vermilion coast", or traditionally Catalan: la Marenda) is a region in the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales on the Mediterranean Coast near the border with Spain. [1]
The first written records for the history of France appeared in the Iron Age. What is now France made up the bulk of the region known to the Romans as Gaul . Greek writers noted the presence of three main ethno-linguistic groups in the area: the Gauls , Aquitani and Belgae .
Vermillion Institute, Hayesville, Ohio, United States, a co-educational school from the 1840s to c. 1929 Vermilion, an imprint of Ebury Publishing (a division of Random House) Vermilion border , the boundary between the lip and the surrounding skin
Hand-drawn map of one side of the Valley of Vesdre by French geographers (led by the Cassini family) from 1745 to 1748. In France, the first general maps of the territory using a measuring apparatus were made by the Cassini family during the 18th century on a scale of 1:86,400 (one centimeter on the chart corresponds to approximately 864 meters on the ground).