The Massif des Maures ([ma.sif de moʁ], "plateau of the Moors") is a small mountain range in southeastern France. It is located in the department of Var...
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fortified camps in the vicinity of Saint-Tropez in the middle of the Massif des Maures, with Fraxinetum as its chief town, which Arab written sources call...
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assisted by cave divers, searched the old Pic Martin lead mines in Cannet-des-Maures in Var. It was here that Jacques Massié and his family were found murdered...
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Saint-Tropez), stretching to Sainte-Maxime to the north under the Massif des Maures. Saint-Tropez was a military stronghold and fishing village until...
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(Maures in Old French), Arabs and Berbers from North Africa, who settled on the coast of Provence in the 9th and 10th centuries. The Massif des Maures...
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Saint Tropez, between the Mediterranean and the wooded hills of the Massif des Maures. This seaside and holiday destination of the commune of Roquebrune-sur-Argens...
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modern-day Saint-Tropez. From here they controlled the mountains of the Massif des Maures and the coast between modern Fréjus and Hyères, and raided throughout...
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participate directly in the liberation of its sector, but joined the Massif des Maures and the coast in August 1944 to support the Provence landings. Le...
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Marazzi as basic shortcomings and inconsistencies: the inclusion of the Massif des Maures, which does not belong to the Alpine system either tectonically or...
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jumped into the Argens Valley between Le Luc and Le Muy, behind the Massif des Maures, a key piece of terrain which overlooked the Allied landing beaches...
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Mediterranean Sea of the Durance river. They appear to have lived in the Massif des Maures and the area that area stretching from Olbia (Hyères) to the Gulf...
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with the A570 spur to the town of Hyères. The motorway traverses the Massif des Maures and is mainly 2x2 lanes. The western terminus of the motorway links...
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Alps and largely mountainous. Major mountains include: The Massif des Maures (771 m) and Massif de l'Esterel, along the coast, (618 m) are made of quartz...
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there, although the municipality is sheltered to the north by the Massif des Maures (the mistral coming from the west, and swaying to the east, south...
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modern-day Saint-Tropez, from which they controlled the mountains of the Massif des Maures and the coast between modern Fréjus and Hyères. Between 900 and 910...
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Garde-Freinet is a medieval French mountain village, located in the Massif des Maures, 15 km northwest of Saint-Tropez. It is accessible via picturesque...
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occurs, although sometimes the town is sheltered from this by the Massif des Maures and the Esterel. It is perhaps more exposed to the Levant (strong...
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the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. In the north the Massif des Maures mountain range protects it from the cold winds of the mistral. It...
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southeastern France. Specifically, it is restricted to the area of the Massif des Maures and the nearby Îles d'Hyères. Armadillidium quinquepustulatum prefers...
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region in southeastern France. La Croix-Valmer is at the foot of the Massif des Maures hills in the Bay of Cavalaire-sur-Mer, halfway between Le Lavandou...
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prize from the Académie des Sciences for the discovery of graptolites in the metamorphic schist series of the Massif des Maures Recipient of the Ordre...
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basalts and microlitic-textured trachyandesites, characteristic of the Massif des Maures and the Toulon region and the later intrusion of Esterellite in the...
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than the crystalline rock of the old Precambrian massifs such as Estérel and Maures. "Carte écologique des Alpes au 1/100000: Feuille de Castellane" (PDF)...
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crosses the mountain ranges of Sainte-Baume and of Maures between Aix-en-Provence and Fréjus and the Massif de l'Esterel between Saint-Raphaël and Cannes....
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mountains of Sainte-Baume and Sainte-Victoire and, south-east the Massif des Maures (chain of mountains from the Alps to the Rhone). In 980, the family...
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area of the Alpes-Maritimes department, extending from the rock formation Massif de l'Esterel to Menton, at the France–Italy border, although some other...
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mountaineering. From the Ciottulu a i Mori refuge, a path leads to the Col des Maures (Moorish Pass) and then up a very steep corridor on the western slope...
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at 287 metres (942 ft) (Rastel d'Agay). The bay lies at the heart of the massif de l'Esterel, a volcanic mountain range of low altitude but steep slopes...
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result of their integration into other protected areas. RNF (2014). "Liste des réserves naturelles". Réserves Naturelles de France. Retrieved March 3, 2014...
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forming one urban agglomeration. The north of the commune forms part of the Massif de l'Esterel. On 2 December 1959, the Malpasset Dam, on the Reyran River...
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