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unusual facts about Breuil-Cervinia



Cabanes du Breuil

The designation Cabanes du Breuil is applied to the former agricultural dependencies of a farm located at the place known as Calpalmas at Saint-André-d'Allas, in the Dordogne department in France.

L'Arche

It was founded in 1964 when Jean Vanier, the son of Canadian Governor General Georges Vanier and Pauline Vanier, welcomed two men with disabilities into his home in the town of Trosly-Breuil, France.

Louis Étienne Arthur Dubreuil, vicomte de La Guéronnière

Louis Étienne Arthur du Breuil, vicomte de La Guéronnière (1816-23 December 1875) was a French politician and aristocrat, the member of a notable Poitou family.

Lucien Sabourin

Sabourin left Vilmorin in 1931 to become Head of Studies of the Municipal School of Horticulture at Breuil, where he also reorganized the collections and library.

Plateau Rosa

During the winter, it is serves as the link between the skiing areas of Zermatt (Switzerland) and Breuil-Cervinia-Valtournenche (Italy).

Saint Aimé

After being (falsely) accused, he went into exile, first to Peronne, and later to Breuil, where he died in 690.

The White Lady

Breuil noted analogies between the White Lady and paintings of athletes found in Knossos (Crete), and suggested that the Brandberg might have been visited by a group of travelers coming from the Mediterranean area.


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