21 April 2007

Harbour of Cap d'Ail


This is the small port of Cap d'Ail - taken from an apartment in Monaco. In the distance you can just see Cap Ferrat. Ail is garlic in French - although I'm not sure of the signifance of the name in this case. Perhaps one time garlic was grown here. Now they grow apartments.

Lili writes -

'Ail is not garlic in this meaning in Cap d'Ail, but the distortion of the Latin word apicula (=abeille = bee) - during centuries the Cap d'Ail flag has some bees on it, too.'

Thanks so much for this clarification, Lili which is great to know.

8 comments:

Janet said...

Beautiful scenic view

isa said...

Maybe they smell better ;-)

Lovely view!

Felicia said...

I could wake up to this view! Do the apartments have balconies or just big windows?

Anonymous said...

Beautiful view.

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kuanyin333 said...

Do these boats leave the harbor very often?

Kate said...

Wow! I love the photo and the scene of water and boats, lots of boats!!

lv2scpbk said...

what a wonderful photo.

Unknown said...

ail is not garlic in this meaning in cap d'ail, but the distortion of the word latin apicula (=abeille = bee) during centuries
the cap d'ail flag has some bees on it, too
cordially
*Lili

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