Cannes and the Esterel Mountains, France
"The fortified hill-towns were the chief characteristic of the Riviera... Even Cannes and Nice and Mentone were once only hill-towns for defence... All towns built on hills are beautiful, but, outside Italy herself, there are none more beautiful than these until we reach the land of the Turk."
Picture No
10991317
Media ID
47627112
Size
5162px x 3266px
(4.1MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Sketches on the old road through France and Florence by A.H. Hallan Murray - opposite p92
Date
1904
