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The British sank the french ships in Mers El Kebir, the military port of Algier, to avoid the ships falling in german hands.
Nah different Augustus
5:20 You seem surprised with the "6th century BC".
Marseille, the 2nd biggest french town, on the west side of the Riviera, was founded in 600 BC, named "Massilia" 😉
And Marseille also has some paintings in grottos 20 000 years old, so 600 BC isn't so old 😋
They didn’t show Sugiton which is way better than en vau in the calanques
I wish Ryan would say 'Now next' instead of 'Afterwards' when we're already there in the video.
Yeah but it’s full of Frenchman. Imagine that pompous up your self personas Al the time 🤷♂️😅
The French Riviera is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend from Toulon, Le Lavandou or Saint-Tropez in the west to Menton at the France–Italy border in the east.
I know why you were bothered about Augustus defeating the mountain tribes in the 6th century BC. The Roman Emperor Augustus ruled 27BC to AD 14. I think those mountain tribes took a lot of subduing, and there may be confusion with an earlier victory over the mountain tribes; the originally Greek colony of Nice is called after 'Nike', the Greek word for victory.
Monaco is ruled by the House of Grimaldi. I believe a lot of the Principality's income comes from the Casino. The present Prince, ( Albert II?) Is half-American, his mother having been the American actress Grace Kelly.
The language of the real locals on the Cote D'Azur is not French, but Occitan ( sometimes called Provencal).
Salut Conor super vidéo comme d’habitude 😊👌
The scuttling of French naval vessels also took place in Toulon on the Riviera. Other ships were sabotaged on the Atlantic coast.
Most countries can reliably trace their history back to around 5,000BCE (Stonehenge); some to 10,000BCE (GobeklaTepe) . You guys seem to think we were somehow different back then. But the history of Homo Sapiens (us) goes back 300,000 years. And by 100,000 years ago, they looked pretty much like us. So that 600BCE? Why that's almost "modern" history! They were just like us. They studied Art & Architecture & Maths & Drama & Medicine. They evolved the world's first democracy, They built magnificent, awe-inspiring buildings and whole cities. They fell in love and fell out of it again.They had rules and laws, and gave birth to many wonderful actors, politicians, historians. They were carpenters & judges; students & shopkeepers. As are we. Keep in mind, too, that many of the tools and technology we use to-day go way back tens of thousands of years ago too.
The Flintstones seem to have messed up many people's perceptions of time & history.🤭
This guy's pronuntiation of French names is driving me crazy and I'm not even French. 😂
2:10 You're right (even if there are secondary smaller mountain ranges in this region), it's the southern end of the Alps. Nice and Cannes are located in the "Alpes maritimes" departement, with the Monaco enclave.
There aren't income or capital taxes in Monaco (except for French citizens who can't use Monaco as a tax haven) but its budget is based on value added sales taxes, and since there are many shops and luxury hotels they have no problem to largely get what they need for the city/nation infrastructure and administrative needs.
8:35 The destruckion of almost all of the French Marine Nationale fleet happened in Mers-el-Kébir (close to Oran in Algeria, at the time considered as French territory) in july 1940, so in the southwestern part of the Mediterranean sea. But kudos to you for knowing this historical event while many French people don't even know about it.
French Navy? You are thinking of Toulon. Made famous by young Napoleon. The French Navy was attacked by the British at their base in Algeria.
Monaco gets it’s income from the government owned casino
Beautiful sceneries but shame about the people lol
It's all very annoying, the guy in the video seems like a dick, plus I AM NOT A DRONE, and see everything from way up high. It's not a true reflection of what I'd see if I went there. Too much drone footage these days. This is the same guy that took footage of Scotland.
He means 6BC for the Augustian monument.
Calanques are not the Côte d'Azur 🙄
Look on Wikipedia “attachment of the county of Nice to France”, you will know what that means.
He said 6th century BEFORE J.c.
The English, always so deceitful (you were right to free them, never trust an Englishman, ever) destroyed the fleet at Mers El Kebir, not at St Tropez which is a tiny fishing port.
Napoleon has nothing to do with Porquerolles, he was imprisoned on the island of Elba, in Italy, then later in St Helena, very far from Europe.
Spent 6 months in the south of France as an exchange student in 1990, what a glorious place to spend literally no time studying, kayaking through the Ardèche, sleeping on a beach, going out with French girls and getting pissed on cheap wine.❤❤
it was just 6 BC, not sure where he got century from 🤣. Maybe he saw it written as c. 6 BC, meaning circa 6 BC, but assumed it was like C. 6th BC meaning 6th century BC?
Again, that Ryan isn't doing justice to the places he "loves", the "most beautiful this or that", and other boring comments … seen from the sky, which Connor loves.
As a captivating complement, and for those who'd like a ground level view of that beautiful region, vividly commented (on YT): "French Riviera: Uniquely Chic" – Rick Steves' Europe
Private persons did no pay taxes in Monaco, but companies have to. The business concept is simple, the millionaires spend their money in Monaco and the shops, restaurants, etc. pay taxes on their revenue. The yacht harbour is also charging big fees for the yachts, a 50m yacht costs aprox. €1.200 per day. Saint-Tropez harbour is even charging over €2.200 per day.
Hi, Connor, you might like to react to the nearby Provence region. I think you should like it: "Provence: Legendary Light, Wind, and Wine" – Rick Steves' Europe
Sorry, no jumping off cliffs …
It's true that in France the variety of landscapes, styles, mentalities, environments change every 50 km.
It is incredibly diverse, like the people who formed these "pagus" in the Celtic era and who more than 2000 years later have ultimately changed very little.
No Augustus in 680 BC.
but of the Etruscan kings in Rome.
Octavian says Augustus being the nephew of Julius Caesar and that he reigned between -44 and more than 13 AD I wonder what he means?
BC = before Christ was born AD = anno Domini = after the birth of Christ
Too bad, France – as many european countries – is totally invaded by african savages and islamic integrists. It's not liveable anymore…