Menton

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Names: Menton
Place Type: political
Description: Located close to Italian border; famous health & winter resort; originally belonged to counts of Ventimiglia, a noble Genoese family; purchased in 14th cen. by princes of Monaco who governed it until 1848; purchased by France 1860; Grimaldi caves nearby.
Source: Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)

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