Baie De Briande
Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.
Dolmen de la Briande
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.
History
The Dolmen de la Briande is a prehistoric dolmen located 300 m inland.
Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.
Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
References
- ^ "Un territoire reconnu". Port-Cros National Park (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "The Dolmen of Briande". Côte d’Azur France Tourism Board. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Dynamic I (AM-91)". Naval History and Heritage Command. US Navy. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
43°10′N 6°38′E / 43.167°N 6.633°E
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