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The Best Attractions In Alpes Maritimes

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Alpes-Maritimes is a department of France located in the extreme southeast corner of the country, near the border with Italy and on the Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it had a population of 1,080,771 in 2013. It has become in recent years one of the world's most attractive destinations, featuring cities such as Nice , Cannes, Antibes and Grasse, and numerous alpine ski resorts. Alpes-Maritimes also entirely surrounds Monaco. The department's inhabitants are called Maralpins and Maralpines; it has the same flag and arms as the city of Nice.
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The Best Attractions In Alpes Maritimes

  • 1. Isola 2000 Isola
    Isola 2000 is a ski resort in the southern French Alps. It is located on the territory of the commune of Isola, Alpes-Maritimes. It is one of the Stations du Mercantour, along with Auron and St. Dalmas, and is operated by the council of the Alpes-Maritimes. It is located next to the Mercantour National Park, and is about 90 km from Nice, France.
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  • 3. Sospel Cathedral Sospel
    Sospel is a commune and former schismatic episcopal seat in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France near the Italian border and not far from Monte Carlo.
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  • 4. Tete de Chien La Turbie
    The Tête de Chien is a 550 m high rock promontory near the village of La Turbie in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. It overlooks the Principality of Monaco, and is the highest point on the Grande Corniche road.The American diplomat Samuel S. Cox, in his 1870 travel book Search for Winter Sunbeams in the Riviera, Corsica, Algiers and Spain wrote that the Tête de Chien more resembled a tortoise than a dog's head, and believed that 'Tête de Chien' was a corruption of 'Tête de Camp', as it was where Caesar stationed his troops after the conquest of Gaul. Vere Herbert, the heroine of Ouida's 1880 novel Moths is described as living under the Tête de Chien, ...within a few miles of the brilliant Hell [Monaco]. In 1944, Leopold Bohm, a German defence company commander, was stationed ...
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  • 9. Gorges de Daluis Guillaumes
    The Gorges de Daluis is a six-kilometer-long canyon formed by the river Var in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. It runs south from Guillaumes to Daluis.
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  • 11. Greolieres les Neiges Greolieres
    Gréolières is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France.
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  • 13. Video Top Jump Guillaumes
    Heavy Rain is an interactive drama and action-adventure game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment as a PlayStation 3 exclusive in February 2010. The game features four protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial murderer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events. The player's decisions and actions during the game affect the narrative; the main characters can be killed, and certain actions may lead to alternative scenes and endings. Game developer David Cage wrote a script of 2,000 pages, acted as director for the four years of developmen...
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  • 14. Lac de Trecolpas Alpes Maritimes
    This list of lakes in France roughly distinguishes three categories: the mountain lakes, sorted first by massif, and then by départements; the lakes in plains, sorted by river basin; and the coastal lakes. Lake Geneva , the largest in western Europe with 582 km2 , partly in France, partly in Switzerland, is listed in Haute-Savoie for its French part.
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