View of Menton from the park sea shore.Dsc 0032 12130x6065 Scul Smartblend
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Standing on the hillside looking down on the city of Menton and the beautiful beach with the Mediterranean Sea lapping the shoreline in Provence, France in Europe. The greenery and palm trees flourish because of the enormous amount of sunshine that Menton City receives.
The city of Menton, Provence in France, Europe is filled with old historic buildings that have been restored and every amenity imaginable fills the narrow streets. On either side of the city there are public beaches and close to a dozen private beaches where you can rent lounges with bar service.
Menton city in the Provence, France also offers beautiful gardens and fine museums to explore. Menton is known for their outstanding gardens that have been entered and...
At the mayor's request Mr Francis Palmero, Jean Cocteau as spend two years in painting these fresques...
Standing on the hillside looking down on the city of Menton and the beautiful beach with the Mediterr...
France is affectionately referred to as "the Hexagon" for its overall shape.
French history goes back to the Gauls, a Celtic tribe which inhabited the area circa 300BC until being conquered by Julius Caesar.
The Franks were the first tribe to adopt Catholic Christianity after the Roman Empire collapsed. France became an independent location in the Treaty of Verdun in (843 AD), which divided up Charlemagne's Carolingian Empire into several portions.
The French monarchy reached its zenith during the reign of Louis XIV, the Sun King, who stood for seventy-two years as the Monarch of all Monarchs. His palace of Versailles and its Hall of Mirrors are a splendid treasure-trove of Baroque art.
The French Revolution ended the rule of the monarchy with the motto "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!" On July 14th, 1789 angry mobs stormed La Bastille prison and began the Revolution in which Louis XVI, his wife Marie-Antoinette and thousands of others met the guillotine.
One decade after the revolution, Napolean Bonaparte seized control of the Republic and named himself Emperor. His armies conquered most of Europe and his Napoleonic Code became a lasting legal foundation for concepts of personal status and property.
During the period of colonization France controlled the largest empire in the world, second only to Britain.
France is one of the founding members of the European Union and the United Nations, as well as one of the nuclear armed nations of the world.
Text by Steve Smith.
