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Antibes

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Antibes , resort town (1990 pop. 70,688), in Alpes-Maritimes dept., SE France, on the Riviera . It is a seaport and the center of a great flower-growing region; a school of horticulture is there. Nearby is the fashionable resort Cap d'Antibes. The town was founded as a Greek colony in the 4th cent. BC A fortified port, it still has the 16th-century Fort Carré. Also of interest is a Grimaldi château (14th and 16th cent.) housing a museum that includes numerous works of Picasso. Roman ruins are to the south.

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Antibes

Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names | 2005 | | Copyright

Antibes, Provence‐Alpes‐Côte d'Azur/France Antipolis ‘Opposite the City’ or ‘City on the Opposite Side (of the Bay)’, i.e. from Nice. The current name is derived from the Greek one from anti ‘opposite’ and polis; they founded a trading centre here.

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Antibes

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

Antibes •Antibes, Beeb, Delibes, dweeb, glebe, grebe, Maghrib, plebe

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	ANTIBES.(News) Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 10/10/2010
	Art of Antibes; Following Picasso's footsteps in southern France.(Features) Newspaper article from: Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland); 11/6/2011
	Antibes, atut-free zone for tiny tots; A grown up holiday with young children... Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 1/14/2007