Mont Faron is a mountain overlooking the city and roadstead of Toulon, France. It is 584m high. At its peak is a memorial dedicated to the 1944 Allied landings in Provence (Operation Dragoon), and to the liberation of Toulon.
| Mont Faron | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 584 m (1,916 ft) |
| Coordinates | 43°08′58″N 5°57′04″E / 43.14944°N 5.95111°E |
| Geography | |
  Mont Faron France | |
| Location | Var, France |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | road or cable car |
The top can be reached either by a cable car from Toulon, or by a steep and narrow road which ascends from the west side and descends on the east side. The road is one of the most challenging stages of the annual Paris–Nice and Tour Méditerranéen bicycle races. From 1952 to 1970, there was a Mont Faron hill climb time trial race.[1]
Near the summit there is a zoo which covers an area of 1.5 hectares.
Hill climb
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References
edit- ^ a b "Le Mont-Faron "chrono" (Fra) - Ex" (in French). Mémoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Mont Faron, Chrono". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont Faron.
- (in French) Mont Faron - Official Site
- (in French) Photos Le Revest
- (in French) Faron Zoo
- (in French) Faron cablecar site
- (in French) Site on the memorial
- (in French) Vidéo Toulon - view from Mont Faron
- (in French) The "montée du Faron", pedestrian route on Easter Sunday.
- (in French) Photos
- (in French) Tourist site on Faron
- (in French) Fire on Mont Faron