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    Les Salles-du-Gardon (French pronunciation: [le sal dy ɡaʁdɔ̃]; Occitan: Las Salas de Gardon) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. David...
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    pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒil]; Provençal: Sant Geli; English: St. Giles) or Saint-Gilles-du-Gard is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the second...
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    aqueduct is the Pont du Gard, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which carried fresh water over splendid arches across the Gardon river. Jews were apparently...
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    Maruéjols-lès-Gardon is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. Communes of the Gard department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    Le Grau-du-Roi (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁo dy ʁwa]; Occitan: Lo Grau dau Rei) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France. It is the only...
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    ruins. The nearby Pont du Gard, also built by Agrippa, is a well-preserved aqueduct that used to carry water across the small Gardon river valley. The nearby...
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    preserved. Situated on the junction of the Canal du Rhône à Sète and the Chenal Maritime to Le Grau-du-Roi, the town is a transit center for canal craft...
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    Roquette [fr] (1731–1824), Constituent Odette Teissier du Cros (1906-1997), founder and curator of Le Vigan's Musée cévenol [fr] Pierre Triaire [fr] (1771-1799)...
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    kilometres (25 miles) north-northwest of Nîmes, on the left bank of the river Gardon d'Alès, which half surrounds it. It is located at the foot of the Cévennes...
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    France. The town lies on the opposite bank of the river Gardon d'Alès from Les Salles-du-Gardon. It is 13 km upstream and north of Alès in the Cévennes...
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