This is the next instalment of my monthly feature going through the 95 Departments of France in alphabetical order to check out things of interest. I hope you enjoy it
Location – has borders with the Med and Italy
Prefecture –
Nice. Overlooks vast sweep of Baie des Anges
Signature foods – Salade nicoise, Pissaladiere, Soup au pistou, Citron du Menton
Famous places to visit – Cannes (film festival), Grasse (perfume capital of the world + fields of flowers), Gourdon (one of the most beautiful villages in France, visited by Queen Victoria), Menton (William Webb Ellis buried there and Katherine Mansfield worked there)
Famous
people from Alpes-Maritimes: Fragonard (artist), Nicole
Farhi (fashion designer), Gilles Simon (tennis)
Go to this Pinboard to see the Departments of France so far.
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