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2 unusual facts about Fort l'Écluse


Fort l'Écluse

It commands the Rhone valley and is a natural entrance into France from Switzerland between the Vuache hills and the Jura Mountains.

In the end, the Helvetii secured safe passage through the defile via an exchange of hostages with the Sequani, who inhabited the area.


Dinard

It is claimed locally that Alfred Hitchcock visited Dinard and based the house used in his most famous movie Psycho on a villa standing over the Plage de l'Écluse, but no evidence is produced.


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