Port Vauban
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{{Unreferenced|date=October 2025}}[[File:Port vauban antibes vue nord aerienne.JPG|alt=high-altitude view of a port, displaying many parked white boats|thumb|Aerial view of the port of Antibes]] |
{{Unreferenced|date=October 2025}}[[File:Port vauban antibes vue nord aerienne.JPG|alt=high-altitude view of a port, displaying many parked white boats|thumb|Aerial view of the port of Antibes]] |
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[[File:Antibes Port Vauban 01.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2|Port Vauban from the [[Fort Carré]], with the Antibes city on the right and the ''quai des milliardaires'' on the left.]] |
[[File:Antibes Port Vauban 01.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2|Port Vauban from the [[Fort Carré]], with the Antibes city on the right and the ''quai des milliardaires'' on the left.]] |
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'''Port Vauban''' is a French [[yachting]] [[harbor]] located in [[Antibes]] on the [[French Riviera]]. Originally a natural harbor in use since before the [[Roman Empire]], the port was fortified by [[Vauban|Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban]], later Marquis de Vauban, [[ |
'''Port Vauban''' is a French [[yachting]] [[harbor]] located in [[Antibes]] on the [[French Riviera]]. Originally a natural harbor in use since before the [[Roman Empire]], the port was fortified by [[Vauban|Sébastien Le Prestre, Seigneur de Vauban]], later Marquis de Vauban, King [[Louis XIV]]'s military engineer. |
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Port Vauban now serves as the home of the Yacht Club d'Antibes and is the largest marina (in terms of total tonnage of the boats and yachts moored there) in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Some of the world's largest and most lavishly appointed yachts have Port Vauban as their home port, including [[Russia]]n oil businessman [[Roman Abramovich]]'s 86 m ''Ecstasea'' and his gift to fellow Russian businessman [[Eugene Shvidler]] (''Le Grand Bleu''). Co-founder of [[Microsoft]] [[Paul Allen]]'s yacht ''[[Octopus (yacht)|Octopus]]'' is a regular visitor to the harbor. |
Port Vauban now serves as the home of the Yacht Club d'Antibes and is the largest marina (in terms of total tonnage of the boats and yachts moored there) in the [[Mediterranean Sea]]. Some of the world's largest and most lavishly appointed yachts have Port Vauban as their home port, including [[Russia]]n oil businessman [[Roman Abramovich]]'s 86 m ''Ecstasea'' and his gift to fellow Russian businessman [[Eugene Shvidler]] (''Le Grand Bleu''). Co-founder of [[Microsoft]] [[Paul Allen]]'s yacht ''[[Octopus (yacht)|Octopus]]'' is a regular visitor to the harbor. |
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