The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur (IPA: [kot dazyʁ]; Provençal: Còsta d'Azur, IPA: [ˈkwɔstɔ daˈzyʀ]; lit. 'Azure Coast'), is the...
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coast of Liguria, in the form Riviera ligure, then shortened in English. Riviera may also refer to: Kalk Bay Riviera (Riviera Kalk Bay or Coasta Kalk), to...
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Pondicherry (redirect from French Riviera of the East)
as Pondicherry, gained its significance as "the French Riviera of the East" after the advent of French colonialisation in India. Puducherry is the Tamil...
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the Apennines. Longitudinally it extends from the border with France and the French Riviera (or Côte d'Azur) near Ventimiglia (a former customs post) eastwards...
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Operation Dragoon (redirect from Battle of the French Riviera)
France's other D-Day. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-367-4. Gassend, Jean-Loup (2014). Autopsy of a Battle, the Liberation of the French Riviera...
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1999 it was renamed as the Riviera Maya, analogous to the Italian and French Riviera, with the instigation of among others, Miguel Ramón Martín Azueta. At...
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2017. It was renewed for a third season on 24 May 2019. Set in the French Riviera, the series follows American art curator Georgina Clios, whose life...
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residents, while speakers of Spanish were 4.71%, French Creole 2.42%, and French speakers 0.95%. Riviera Beach has a mayor–council–manager form of government...
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With more than 10 million tourists a year, the French Riviera (French: Côte d'Azur), in Southeastern France, is the second leading tourist destination in...
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The French Riviera Marathon (French: Marathon Des Alpes-Maritimes) is a marathon held annually along the south east coast of France, between the cities...
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for coastline, was chosen to evoke the allure and affluence of the French Riviera. It first entered the Buick line in 1949, as the designation for the...
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France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in...
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Miss Côte d'Azur (redirect from Miss French Riviera)
Miss Côte d'Azur is a French beauty pageant which selects a representative for the Miss France national competition from the department of Alpes-Maritimes...
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Dizzy on the French Riviera is a 1962 live album by Dizzy Gillespie, arranged by Lalo Schifrin. "No More Blues" (Antonio Carlos Jobim-Vinicius de Moraes)...
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The Riviera (colloquially, "the Riv") was a hotel and casino on the northern Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It opened on April 20, 1955, and included...
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Moomins on the Riviera (Finnish title: Muumit Rivieralla) is a 2014 Finnish-French animated family comedy film directed by Xavier Picard and produced...
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beauty of what people would see down there. We all know the French Riviera -- the Mexican Riviera was something we had in the western hemisphere. Some of...
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Rothschild family residences (section French Riviera)
in the home counties. The Rothschild style, known as le goût Rothschild (French for 'the Rothschild taste'), describes a detailed, elaborate style of interior...
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (redirect from Provence-Alps-French Riviera)
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (French: [pʁɔvɑ̃s alp kot dazyʁ] ; lit. 'Provence-Alps-Azure Coast'; or 'Provence, Alps, French Riviera', commonly shortened to...
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The French Riviera Circuit also called the French Riviera Winter Circuit was a series of international amateur tennis tournaments held on the French Riviera...
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Disney's trips and experiences in Europe and a love of the French Riviera and Italian Riviera. A collection of his travel images are incorporated into the...
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extortion rings in Marseille extending to Aix-en-Provence and the greater French Riviera. Since 2002, Le Milieu is known for, in addition to its extortion rings...
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Luberon and Camargue. The French Riviera is in southern France's southeastern quadrant. Several towns in southern France are renowned for their architecture...
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On the Riviera is a 1951 Technicolor musical comedy film made by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Walter Lang and produced by Sol C. Siegel from a screenplay...
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Monaco (redirect from France–Monaco border)
Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe...
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Montreux (redirect from Swiss Riviera)
2019. Located in the centre of a region named the Vaud or Swiss Riviera (French: Riviera vaudoise), Montreux has been an important tourist destination since...
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The Turkish Riviera (Turkish: Türk Rivierası), also known popularly as the Turquoise Coast, is an area of southwest Turkey encompassing the provinces...
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Èze (redirect from Eze, France)
the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is located on the French Riviera, 8.5 km (5.2 mi) to the northeast of Nice and 4.5 km...
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of the Lérins Islands, on the French Riviera Lérins Islands, a group of four Mediterranean islands off the French Riviera, in Cannes This disambiguation...
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Le Train Bleu (category Named passenger trains of France)
between Calais and the French Riviera during the interwar period. It was colloquially referred to as Le Train Bleu in French (which became its formal...
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