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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the Glossary

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin (Ròcabruna Caup Martin or Ròcabruna Cap Martin; Rocabrüna; Roccabruna-Capo Martino), simply Roquebrune until 1921, is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France, between Monaco and Menton.^[1]

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10th-century establishments in France
970 establishments
France–Monaco border crossings
Ligurian language (Romance)

Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes (Aups Maritims; Alpi Marittime) is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Cape Martin

Cape Martin (Cap Martin) is a headland situated in the commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes département, in southern France.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a French fashion designer and businesswoman.

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Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française

Communauté d'agglomération de la Riviera Française is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Menton.

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Communes of France

The is a level of administrative division in the French Republic.

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County of Nice

The County of Nice (Comté de Nice / Pays Niçois; Contea di Nizza / Paese Nizzardo; Niçard Contèa de Niça / País Niçard) was a historical region of France located around the southeastern city of Nice and roughly equivalent to the modern arrondissement of Nice.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.

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Departments of France

In the administrative divisions of France, the department (département) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes.

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Drumcliff

Drumcliff or Drumcliffe is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.

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E-1027

E-1027 is a modernist villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France.

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Eileen Gray

Eileen Gray (born Kathleen Eileen Moray Smith; 9 August 187831 October 1976) was an Irish architect with no formal training and furniture designer who became a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.

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Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.

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Eugénie de Montijo

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the Emperor was overthrown on 4 September 1870.

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Former countries in Europe after 1815

This article gives a detailed listing of all the countries, including puppet states, that have existed in Europe since the Congress of Vienna in 1815 to the present day.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune

The Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune (Città libere di Mentone e Roccabruna) was the name given to the union of the two free cities of Menton and Roquebrune during the Revolutions of 1848 related to the Italian Risorgimento.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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French Riviera

The French Riviera, known in French as the i (Còsta d'Azur), is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Maria Garibaldi (In his native Ligurian language, he is known as Gioxeppe Gaibado. In his particular Niçard dialect of Ligurian, he was known as Jousé or Josep. 4 July 1807 – 2 June 1882) was an Italian general, patriot, revolutionary and republican.

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Grotte du Vallonnet

Grotte du Vallonnet is an archaeological site located near Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, between Monaco and Menton, in France, that was first discovered in 1958.

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Han van Meegeren

Henricus Antonius "Han" van Meegeren (10 October 1889 – 30 December 1947) was a Dutch painter and portraitist, considered one of the most ingenious art forgers of the 20th century.

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Honorary citizenship

Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction.

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House of Grimaldi

The House of Grimaldi is the current reigning house of the Principality of Monaco.

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House of Savoy

The House of Savoy (Casa Savoia) is an Italian royal house (formally a dynasty) that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region.

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Italian irredentism

Italian irredentism (irredentismo italiano) was a political movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Italy with irredentist goals which promoted the unification of geographic areas in which indigenous peoples were considered to be ethnic Italians.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Jean Badovici

Jean Badovici (6 January 1893 – 17 August 1956) was a French architect and architecture critic of Romanian origin, active in Paris.

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Kingdom of Italy

The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.

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Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)

The Kingdom of Sardinia is a term used to denote the Savoyard state from 1720 until 1861, which united the island of Sardinia with the mainland possessions of the House of Savoy.

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La Pausa

La Pausa is a large detached villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and la Pausa are French Riviera.

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Le Corbusier

Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier, was a Swiss-French architect, designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture.

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Lesley Blanch

Lesley Blanch, MBE, FRSL (6 June 1904 – 7 May 2007) was a British writer, historian and traveller.

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Ligures

The Ligures or Ligurians were an ancient people after whom Liguria, a region of present-day north-western Italy, is named.

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Ligurian (ancient language)

The Ligurian language was spoken in pre-Roman times and into the Roman era by an ancient people of north-western Italy and current south-eastern France known as the Ligures.

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Ligurian language

Ligurian (endonym: lìgure) or Genoese (endonym: zeneise or zeneize) is a Gallo-Italic language spoken primarily in the territories of the former Republic of Genoa, now comprising the area of Liguria in Northern Italy, parts of the Mediterranean coastal zone of France, Monaco (where it is called Monégasque), the village of Bonifacio in Corsica, and in the villages of Carloforte on San Pietro Island and Calasetta on Sant'Antioco Island off the coast of southwestern Sardinia. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Ligurian language are Ligurian language (Romance).

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List of historical unrecognized states

These lists of historical unrecognized or partially recognized states or governments give an overview of extinct geopolitical entities that wished to be recognized as sovereign states, but did not enjoy worldwide diplomatic recognition.

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Marseille–Ventimiglia railway

The Marseille–Ventimiglia railway (French: Ligne de Marseille-Saint-Charles à Vintimille; Italian: Ferrovia Marsiglia-Ventimiglia) is a French-Monégasque-Italian railway line.

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Menton

Menton (mɛnˈtɑ̃, written Menton in classical norm or Mentan in Mistralian norm; Mentone) is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera, close to the Italian border. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Menton are French Riviera.

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Mentonasc dialect

Mentonasc (Mentonasco in Italian, Mentonnais or Mentonasque in French) is a Romance dialect historically spoken in and around Menton, France.

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Monaco

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Monte Carlo

Monte Carlo (Monte-Carlo,; or colloquially Monte-Carl,; Munte Carlu) is an official administrative area of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Monte Carlo are France–Monaco border crossings.

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Monte Carlo Country Club

Monte Carlo Country Club (MCCC) is a tennis club in the commune of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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Monte-Carlo Masters

The Monte-Carlo Masters (also known as the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters for sponsorship reasons) is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, which borders on Monaco.

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Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led a series of successful campaigns across Europe during the Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars from 1796 to 1815.

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Napoleon III

Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.

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Nice

Nice (Niçard: Niça, classical norm, or Nissa, Mistralian norm,; Nizza; Nissa; Νίκαια; Nicaea) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Nice are French Riviera.

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Occitan language

Occitan (occitan), also known as (langue d'oc) by its native speakers, sometimes also referred to as Provençal, is a Romance language spoken in Southern France, Monaco, Italy's Occitan Valleys, as well as Spain's Val d'Aran in Catalonia; collectively, these regions are sometimes referred to as Occitania.

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Profondeville

Profondeville (Parfondveye) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium.

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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (commonly shortened to PACA), also known as Région Sud ('Southern Region'), is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located at the far southeastern point of the mainland.

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Referendum

A referendum (referendums or less commonly referenda) is a direct vote by the electorate on a proposal, law, or political issue.

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Regions of France

France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (régions, singular région), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status).

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Road to Emmaus appearance

According to the Gospel of Luke, the road to Emmaus appearance is one of the early post-resurrection appearances of Jesus after his crucifixion and the discovery of the empty tomb.

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Romain Gary

Romain Gary (2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew (and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar), was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator.

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Roquebrune-sur-Argens

Roquebrune-sur-Argens (Ròcabruna d'Argenç) is a commune in the Var department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Southeastern France. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin and Roquebrune-sur-Argens are French Riviera.

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Sister city

A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.

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The Irish Times

The Irish Times is an Irish daily broadsheet newspaper and online digital publication.

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Unification of Italy

The unification of Italy (Unità d'Italia), also known as the Risorgimento, was the 19th century political and social movement that in 1861 resulted in the consolidation of various states of the Italian Peninsula and its outlying isles into a single state, the Kingdom of Italy.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Also known as Cap-Martin, List of honorary citizens of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Roccabruna-Capo Martino, Roquebrune-Cap Martin, Ròcabruna Caup Martin.

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Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, the Glossary

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10th-century establishments in France

970 establishments

France–Monaco border crossings

Ligurian language (Romance)

References