Cap Taillat, at the eastern end of 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.

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

Dolmen de la Briande

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

  1. ↑ "Un territoire reconnu". Port-Cros National Park (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "The Dolmen of Briande". Côte d’Azur France Tourism Board. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "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 / 43.167; 6.633

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