• Thumbnail for Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington
    coming to rest nose-down in a ravine, after striking terrain at Plateau du Coiron, near Saint-Bauzile, Ardèche, France. Lady Hartington was instantly...
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    interval as chef-lieu of its district, it was attached to the district of Coiron. Before about 1870 only a minority of people in the area spoke (or even...
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    where the Ardèche river has carved a dramatic canyon through a limestone plateau. The village is named after the Pont d'Arc, a natural rock arch, which...
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    south east of the Jurassic limestone plateau of Les Grads and north of the Miocene basaltic plateau Les Coirons. As a natural pathway from Rhône valley...
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    trees (this is the region of Aubenas and of Joyeuse). The plateau of the Coirons This plateau with an altitude of 800 metres above sea level, is completely...
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    Aiguèze at the outlet of the Ardèche Gorges carved through the limestone plateau de Gras (average 300 m high, culminating at the 719 m high Dent de Rez...
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    Helvie at that time. The Soil: Vines are cultivated on the south side of Coiron, on the hillside of Mount Juliau, and on the banks of the Escoutay river...
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    divided between three Lords in 1464. Arcens is a village divided between the plateau and the valley and in the Middle Ages was the borders of three lordships...
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    on the Plateau des Gras Clochan on the Plateau des Gras The Chapel of Sainte-Apollonie on the Puech The Church of Saint-Apollinaire The Plateau des Gras...
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