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Villers-sur-Mer is known for the large topiary dinosaurs facing the sea from the garden of the office of tourism. In certain years, a baby dinosaur is added to the garden. There is a small museum in the enclosure of the office of tourism, which has an outline of the resources and discoveries.
The width of the entrance to the channel is 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi). The course of the Île d'Orléans channel passes under the Hydro-Québec high-voltage lines, which span the river. The mouth of the Île des Grands Voiliers channel is located at Île Madame (length: 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi)) which is surrounded by sandstone at low tide.
La Seyne-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [la sɛn syʁ mɛʁ]; lit. "La Seyne on Sea"; Occitan: La Sanha), or simply La Seyne, is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. La Seyne-sur-Mer, which is part of the agglomeration of Toulon, is situated adjacent to the west of the city.
In the late 1920s and at the time René Dussaud was curator at the Louvre, the Glozel affair was a subject of heated controversy. Claude and Émile Fradin who made the discovery of an underground chamber in March 1924 were accused by Dussaud in December 1927 of forgery, after reports suggested that the site with the exception of some pieces was fake.
Mes idées politiques (My political ideas) is an anthology of articles written by the journalist and French politician Charles Maurras, director of Action Française, and was published in 1937.
2002: Museum Le Corbusier – La Chaux de Fond (Switzerland) 2001: Galerie Capazza Nancay, inaugurates a new wing of his huge Gallery. 2000: Clermont Ferrand, Galerie Gastaud; 2000: Lyon, Galerie Chomarat (paintings and drawings) 2000: Gallery Wable, Lille and Boulogne sur Mer; 1999: Museum of Erotism – Paris "X Positions" (photos, paintings)
Sanary-sur-Mer's coastline has a number of small beaches; it is an active village all year round, unlike most small towns on the Mediterranean coast. Sanary-sur-Mer is one of the sunniest places in France, with an average of only 61 days of rain, mostly in winter, as well as major solar radiation (6,156 MJ/m2/yr), comparable to Sicily.
Villefranche-sur-Mer (US: / ˌ v iː l (ə) ˈ f r ɒ̃ ʃ s ʊər ˈ m ɛər /, [3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Vilafranca de Mar [ˌvilɔˈfʀaŋkɔ de ˈmaʀ]; Italian: Villafranca Marittima [ˌvillaˈfraŋka maˈrittima]) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located south-west of the ...