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10 unusual facts about Biarritz


6+5 rule

At an informal meeting of the European sports ministers in Biarritz on 27 and 28 November 2008, FIFA was again seeking support for its proposed rule.

Barbarian Rugby Club

For the game, held in Biarritz, the coaches were Jacques Delmas (Biarritz), Patrice Lagisquet (Biarritz) and were captained by Thomas Lièvremont.

Breguet Aviation

The Breguet electric car was produced not at the firm's principal plant at Toulouse but at a smaller plant at Anglet (between Biarritz and Bayonne).

Edward Horsman

He died at Biarritz, France, on 30 November 1876, aged 68, and was buried there on 2 December.

Joaquín Xaudaró

Xaudaró's observations on contemporary culture and technology, as well as his gentle but insightful sense of humor, are apparent in such cartoons as "El telégrafo sin hilos," "Un retrato futurista," "El auto que pasa," "Despertar en Biarritz," "El leopardo inglés en Spyon-Kop."

Largo David Alves

By the 19th century, the popularity increased with people from the provinces of Minho, Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro that arrived by medical advice to cure several health problems, by breathing the air and diving in the rich iodine seawaters of Póvoa, in a popular movement that occurred in the European Atlantic coast since the 18th century, from Biarritz to Póvoa de Varzim.

Pearl White

A shrewd businesswoman, she invested in a successful Parisian nightclub, a Biarritz resort hotel/casino, and a profitable stable of thoroughbred race horses.

Pink Panthers

Before robbing a jewellery store in Biarritz, the gang covered a nearby bench in fresh paint to deter anyone from sitting on it and seeing them in action.

Samuel Harvey Reynolds

He died at Biarritz on 7 February 1897, and was buried there two days later.

Xavier Simoni

Xavier Simoni (born 20 March 1984 in Biarritz, France) is a professional ice hockey player.


2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship

Alternating between France and Italy, the next four championships were held in Biarritz, Treviso again, Toulon and once more in Treviso in 2010.

Arbonne

Jean Borotra - called the Basque bondissant (the Bounding Basque), born in 1898 at Biarritz and died in 1994 at Arbonne, a tennis player and french politician

Charles Friant

Besides Grenoble and Paris Friant also sang at the casino in Biarritz, the Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie in Brussels, the Opéra de Marseille, and the Nice Opera.

Cite de l'Ocean et du Surf

The Cité de l'Océan et du Surf, which opened in Biarritz, France in June 2011, is a museum designed by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabião.

Eusebio Guiñazú

At the end of 2010, he returned to France when he joined Biarritz and shortly after moved to Toulouse.

G.I. American Universities

Two further campuses were later established, in August 1945: the first in the French resort town of Biarritz and the second in the English town of Shrivenham, Berkshire.

Joseph, Duke of Parma

Joseph, Duke of Parma and Piacenza (Italian: Giuseppe Maria Pietro Paolo Francesco Roberto Tomaso-d'Aquino Andrea-Avellino Biagio Mauro Carlo Stanislao Luigi Filippo-Neri Leone Bernardo Antonio Ferdinando di Borbone-Parma e Piacenza; 30 June 1875 Biarritz – 7 January 1950 Pianore, Lucca, Italy) was the head of the House of Bourbon-Parma and the pretender to the defunct throne of Parma from 1939 to 1950.

Martín Gaitán

In 2002, Gaitán moved to France to play for Biarritz and in 2003 he was selected to be part of the Argentina Rugby World Cup squad.

Nelson Villagra

After a period in Europe he went on to Cuba to work with some of the most important South American directors of his time, such as Humberto Solás (La Cantata de Chile) and Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, winning the Best Actor award for his role as 'El Conde' in Gutiérrez Alea's The Last Supper at the 1978 Festival Internacional de Cine de Biarritz.

Nico Pretorius

He then moved to France, where he remained for two seasons, playing for Biarritz during the 2008–09 Top 14 season and for Dax during the 2009–10 Rugby Pro D2 season.

Plaza de Almas

The picture was shown at various film festivals, including: the Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema, France; the Gramado Film Festival, Gramado, Brazil; and others.

Prince Feodor Alexandrovich of Russia

Princess Irene Feodorovna (born 7 May 1934 in Fontenay, France); married 1st Biarritz 23 December 1955 (divorced 1959) Andre Jean Pelle (born Biarritz 29 November 1923); married 2d Le Pin 26 December 1962 (divorced) Victor-Marcel Soulas (born Saint-Méen-le-Grand 26 August 1938).

Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg

Alexander of Oldenburg (2 June 1844, St Petersburg, – 6 September 1932, Biarritz, France).

Sam Vesty

Vesty came through the Tigers academy, making his first team début in 2002 Biarritz in the Orange cup.

Schleicher ASW 12

The exploits of Hans-Werner Grosse in an ASW 12 are legendary, e.g. the 1461 km flight of April 25, 1972 from Lübeck to Biarritz which stood for thirty years as the absolute World Free Distance Record.

Starways

The airline acquired a number of Douglas DC-3s, including two prewar-built examples, in the early fifties to operate seasonal tourist charters and built-up a network of summer scheduled services from Liverpool including flights to continental European destinations including Lourdes and Biarritz.

Thierry Laborde

Thierry completed his formal training with the world-famous Ecloe Les Rocailles a Biarritz and then worked with many acclaimed chefs in France including Alain Ducasse, at Michelin *** Restaurant Le Louis XV, Place du Casino, Monte Carlo.