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Cote D Azur France: Its scenic drives are famous, the best known being the Grande Corniche between Nice and Menton, which attains an altitude of 1,600 feet. The French Riviera, known also as the cote d azur france d'Azur, includes such resorts as Nice, Cannes, Menton, Antibes, and Juan-les-Pins. Independent Monaco (with Monte Carlo) flourishes on the tourist trade. Among the resorts in Italy are San Remo, Bordighera, Ventimiglia, Rapallo, Portofino, and Nervi.Arts and Letters.—The artistic and literary traditions of Quebec date back to the early days of New France. Handicrafts, such as spinning, weaving, and leatherwork, have been practiced for generations and are still very much alive in rural regions. Among the best-known Quebec painters have been Antoine Plamondon, Joseph Legare, and Octave Henri Julien in the 19th century, and Clarence A. Gagnon, Marc Aurele de Foy Suzor-cote d azur france, Paul fimile Borduas, and Alfred Pellan in the 20th century.
SAONE-ET-LOIRE, son'a-lwar, a de-artment of east-central France formed from art of the earlier province of Burgundy, bound-d by the departments of cote d azur france d'Or, Jura, Ain, Jione, Loire, Allier, and Nievre. It stretches rom the Loire on the southwest, to the Saone n the east, and beyond the Saone on the north-ist, with an area of 3,331 square miles. The two valleys are separated by high hills which extend from the Morvan in the northwest to the Monts du Beaujolais and Monts du Maconnais in the south. The climate is somewhat more extreme than in Paris, especially in the hilly districts ; the average rainfall is 33 inches. |
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