Culture & History on the Côte d'Azur

Culture & History
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Marina Baie des Anges – The Pyramids of Villeneuve-Loubet

Get the story behind the iconic masterpiece Marina Baie des Anges - The Pyramids of Villeneuve-Loubet.
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Monaco

Grimaldi family at the Côte d’Azur

The Grimaldi family name has unmistakable associations with Italian ancestry, appearing in an astonishing number of geographical place names, historic buildings and famous events on the French Riviera.
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Vence

Villa Alexandrine in Vence

La Villa Alexandrine, in Vence, is a unique Belle Époque architecture, which today houses the local tourist office and the museum of the Polish writer, Witold Gombrowicz.
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Historie, History

The story behind the the wash-houses

Almost every French city has a washhouse, but what’s their history in French culture and what started the mass-construction of these in the mid-19th century?
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