La Ciotat - A French Tourist Town on the Mediterranean Coast 4K Ultra HD

CITY HISTORY: La Ciotat Land of history... Men have always been attracted and retained by the protective haven of the Gulf of La Ciotat. The excavations of Ellianac and the cave of Terrevaine attest to a human presence with the establishment of sedentary tribes in the final Neolithic period (3000 – 2000 BC). It is estimated that the installation of the first settlement on the maritime route of ancient navigators dates back to the 5th century BC. The “charter of 1429“ explains how La Ciotat became a commune. INVENTIONS : LA CIOTAT CRADLE OF CINEMA - During the summer of 1895, taking advantage of the family stay at the Palais Lumière built in La Ciotat, Louis Lumière perfected the cinematograph and began to shoot some thirty films among the first in the history of cinema: The train entering the station at La Ciotat, The sprinkler sprinkled, Childish Quarrel. The first public screening took place in the Grand Salon of the Palais Lumière on September 21, 1895 (a f