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  Day 3352 (Wednesday) 12 th August 2026  This is Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. and this is Grasse.   It was extremely hot and humid this morning but it clouded over a bit and the temperature was quite comfortable in the afternoon. We’re hoping the clouds will clear so that we can see the solar eclipse later on…  How and when to see this month’s solar eclipse in France A partial eclipse. (Photo by Mariana SUAREZ / AFP) France will witness its first solar eclipse in 27 years on Wednesday, August 12 th - here's how to get the best view. The eclipse will happen when the Moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking part of the Sun’s disk from view and casting its shadow on the ground. Celestial happenstance has given our planet a satellite that is almost exactly the right distance and size from us to appear to be the same size as the star we orbit, which means that when the sun, moon and Earth are in the right alignment, the moon blocks out almost all of the sun...
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  Day 3351 (Tuesday) 11 th August 2026  This is Roquebrune–Cap–Martin and this is Mont Boron, between Nice and Villefranche. It was really hot and humid today and the clouds were quite low. As lunchtime was looming we decided to go to Fort de la Revère to eat a picnic lunch and bought a sandwich from the boulangerie. When we were almost there we could see that the fort was in the clouds and we wouldn’t be able to see the fantastic view so we turned back and headed to The Saint Michel plateau instead. We have been to the fort a number of times and we’ll be able to go again so it wasn’t too disappointing.    Fort de la Revère Fort de la Revère Description Type of work Fort Séré de Rivières Construction dates from 1882 to 1885 Fortified belt Nice  stronghold ​ Use fort of enclosure Current property Alpes-Maritimes  department Garrison 429 men Rampart weaponry 13 cannons and 4 mortars Flanking armament 4 pieces Armored organ nothing Modernization of speci...
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