Baie de Briande

Cap Taillat, at the eastern end of Baie de Briande

Baie de Briande is a bay in La Croix-Valmer, on the French Riviera 12 km (7.5 mi) south of Saint-Tropez. The bay is used by tourists.

The bay and the adjacent land are protected as an aire maritime adjacente and an aire d'adhésion of the Port-Cros National Park.^[1]

History

Dolmen de la Briande

The Dolmen de la Briande [fr] is a prehistoric dolmen located 300 m inland.^[2]

Allied forces landed at the bay in August 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon, the invasion of southern France during World War II.^[3]

Cap Taillat, the headland at the eastern end of the bay, was used for filming the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

References

1. "Un territoire reconnu". Port-Cros National Park (in French). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. "The Dolmen of Briande". Côte d’Azur France Tourism Board. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
3. "Dynamic I (AM-91)". Naval History and Heritage Command. US Navy. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

43°10′N 6°38′E