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    La Brigue (French pronunciation: [la bʁiɡ]; Ligurian: Briga; Occitan: La Briga; Italian: Briga Marittima) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department...
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    Fontaines) is a Roman Catholic shrine located four kilometers (2.5 miles) from La Brigue, France, very close to the Italian border. The name derives from seven...
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    Saint-Paulin Saint-Rémy Spinosien Tarentais Tome d'Arles Tome de la Brigue Tome de la Vésubie Tome des Bauges - Savoie, Haute-Savoie Tomme au Fenouil Tomme...
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    then changed by the Treaty of Paris in 1947, when France acquired Tende, La Brigue, Mont Chaberton and the Lake of Mont Cenis. In the 21st century, an ongoing...
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    fortress” or “height, then castle”. Mentioned for the first time in 1215, Brigue was not recognized as a town until the 17th century. It underwent major...
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    Italian territory in the southern sector, namely the districts of Tende and La Brigue, were more likely to be accepted by the international community. The French...
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    area was returned to France following the war and in 1947, the areas of La Brigue and Tende, which had remained Italian after 1860 were ceded to France...
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    with the following cantons: Nice, cantons: Nice (2 cantons), Aspremont, La Brigue, Menton, Monaco, Roquebillière, Saint-Sauveur-sur-Tinée, Saorge, L'Escarène...
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    Saint-Paul-de-Vence has long been a haven of the famous, mostly due to the La Colombe d'Or hotel, whose former guests include Jean-Paul Sartre and Pablo...
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    Carros, Castagniers, Coaraze, Colomars, Duranus, Falicon, La Gaude, Lantosque, Levens, La Roquette-sur-Var, Saint-Blaise, Saint-Jeannet, Tourrette-Levens...
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    Chludov Psalter, 9th century Duccio, 1308–11 Our Lady of the Fountains (La Brigue), 15th century Simon Bening, 1525–30 Jan van der Venne : Denial of Saint...
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    La Turbie (French pronunciation: [la tyʁbi]; Occitan: A Torbia; Italian: Turbia) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France...
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  • and Italy. In France, it is spoken in the communes of Breil-sur-Roya, La Brigue, Fontan, Saorge, Tende (Alpes Maritimes). In Italy, it is spoken in the...
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    d'Histoire (City of Art and History). There is an annual Fête du Jasmin or La Jasminade, at the beginning of August. The first festival was on August 3–4...
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    Remo Ruffini (born May 17, 1942, La Brigue, Alpes-Maritimes, at that time, Briga Marittima, Italy) is an Italian astrophysicist. He is the Director of...
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    Ligurian language are: Bonifacino (in Bonifacio, Corsica) Brigasc (in La Brigue and Briga Alta) †Figùn (in Provence) Genoese (main Ligurian variant, spoken...
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    Emmanuel François Laharpe's division. On 27 April, the French seized La Brigue, inflicting heavy losses on their Sardinian opponents. These included...
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    Triora borders the following municipalities: Briga Alta, Castelvittorio, La Brigue (France), Mendatica, Molini di Triora, Montegrosso Pian Latte, Pigna and...
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    sailing and deep sea diving. Some dockyard activity remains at the harbour of “la Darse” but most of it has now been moved to Antibes. Residential construction...
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    airport serves as a gateway to the region. The city is nicknamed Nice la Belle (Nissa La Bella in Niçard), meaning 'Nice the Beautiful', which is also the...
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    with the Treaty of Osimo in 1975. The villages of the Tende valley and La Brigue were ceded to France but Italian diplomats were able to maintain in place...
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    Beuil Bézaudun-les-Alpes Biot Blausasc La Bollène-Vésubie Bonson Bouyon Breil-sur-Roya Briançonnet La Brigue Le Broc Cabris Cagnes-sur-Mer Caille Cannes...
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    à la Révolution. Éditions des Régionalismes. p. 52. ISBN 978-2-8240-0609-3. Tisserand, Eugène (1876). Petite Histoire d'Antibes des Origines à la Révolution...
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  • language. It is spoken in Italy and France. The Brigasc dialect is spoken in La Brigue (France) and Briga Alta (Italy) and some villages of the communes of Ormea...
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    (10.4 °F) on 9 January 1985. The Promenade de la Croisette is the waterfront avenue with palm trees. La Croisette is known for picturesque beaches, restaurants...
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    2018 map of Beaulieu-sur-Mer Chapelle Sancta-Maria-de-Olivo Congress Centre "La Rotonde" Marina of Beaulieu-sur-Mer Communes of the Alpes-Maritimes department...
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    for chapter houses and refectories in the towns of Albenga, Luceram, La Brigue, Pigna, and Pornassio. Due to the chemical particularities of wall painting...
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  • the Paris Peace Treaties of 1947, Italy cedes the Dodecanese to Greece; La Brigue and Tende to France; and Goriška, Inner Carniola, most of Istria, Zadar...
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    National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023. "La Valmasque", mougins.fr (in French). https://www.amandier.fr/ https://lesetoilesdemougins...
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    world as being the start of the climb of the Col de la Madone de Gorbio (generally shortened to Col de la Madone), which rises to 925 metres and was (in)famously...
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