Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (sometimes abbreviated as AHP; ; ; ), formerly until 1970 known as Basses-Alpes (, ), is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France, bordering Alpes-Maritimes and Italy to the east, Var to the sou ...
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
.
It lies near
Forcalquier
Forcalquier (; ) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.
Forcalquier is located between the Lure Mountain( fr) and Luberon mountain ranges, about south of Sisteron and west of the Durance river. Dur ...
. It was the birthplace of
Louis Feuillée
Louis Éconches Feuillée (sometimes spelled Feuillet; 1660 – 18 April 1732) was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer and botanist.
Biography
Feuillée was born in Mane in Provence in 1660. He was educ ...
and the 18th-century botanist
Jean-Paul de Rome d'Ardène
Father Jean-Paul de Rome d'Ardène (25 January 1690 – 5 December 1769) in ''domaine d'Ardène'' in Saint-Michel (modern Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) was an 18th-century French botanist.
Origins
Jean-Paul de Rome d'Ar ...
Pont sur Laye
The Pont sur la Laye or Pont roman de Mane () is an old stone arch bridge across the stream Laye in the French Provence close to the town Mane.
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Construction
The and bridge features three segmental arches with a span to rise ratio ...
Chiaverano
Chiaverano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin.
Chiaverano borders the following municipalities: Donato, Andrate, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Sala Biellese, ...