Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is a commune on the French Riviera, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, lying between Monaco and Menton in south-eastern France. It was called simply Roquebrune until 1921, when the name was extended to tell it apart from Roquebrune-sur-Argens in the neighbouring Var. The commune is made up of several quarters, including the perched old village of Roquebrune with its castle, the Cap Martin peninsula and the seaside district of Carnolès. The English Wikipedia article says it was founded in 971 by Conrad I, Count of Ventimiglia, to protect his western border. The area became fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s, when houses such as Coco Chanel's La Pausa and the E-1027 villa of Eileen Gray and Jean Badovici were built, and tourism is now a major industry.