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.
The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.[1]
History
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The Dolmen de la Briande is a prehistoric dolmen located 300 m inland.[2]
Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.[3]
Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
References
edit- ^ "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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