La cheminée Vue Belle est la cheminée d'une ancienne usine sucrière de l'île de La Réunion, département d'outre-mer français dans le sud-ouest de l'océan Indien. Située à Vue Belle à Saint-Paul, elle est inscrite en totalité à l'inventaire supplémentaire des Monuments historiques depuis le 2 mai 2002, ainsi que son terrain d’assiette.
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Saint-Gilles is a village located along the west coast of the island of Réunion, in the commune of Saint-Paul. It is the site of the island's most popular seaside resort.
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Les Trois-Bassins is a commune in the department of Réunion. It is found on the west coast of the island, and the summit of Grand Bénare lies within its borders. The commune borders Cilaos to the west, Saint-Paul to the north and Saint-Leu to the south. The commune of Trois-Bassins was created on 27 February 1897.
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Réunion is an island located near the eastern coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Its coral reef covers a concentrated part of the western littoral. The coral reef is located between St Leu and St Gilles. It is more than 9 kilometres long and ranges in width from 50 metres in its northern part at St. Gilles to 600 metres in the south. Since the island is distant from the continental shelf, the sea becomes deep not far from the coast. The presence of nearby deeper ocean currents supports a rich biodiversity fauna and flora in the reef environment.
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The 1957 Saint-Paul bus accident took place on Sunday, 10 November 1957, on a road meandering down the steep mountainside above central Saint-Paul, one of the sub-prefectures of the island of Réunion. Caused by a rupture in the brakes of a bus on an incline, it killed 27 people and left a lasting mark on the collective memory of this French Indian Ocean département.
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The Conservatoire botanique national de Mascarin is a national conservatory and botanical garden located at 2, rue du Père Georges, Colimaçons, Saint-Leu, Réunion, France. It is open daily except Monday; an admission fee is charged.
The conservatory was established in 1986 as the Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de Mascarin on farmland belonging to the family of the Marquis Antoine Sosthène Armand de Châteauvieux, at an elevation of 500 meters on the leeward side of La Réunion. In 1993 it was given its current name as it became one of France's eight Conservatoires Botaniques Nationaux. In 1996 its mission changed focus from conservation within its gardens, and the cultivation and the propagation of rare and threatened plants endemic to La Réunion, to a primary emphasis on management and monitoring of species in their natural habitats.
The conservatory's ongoing projects include establishing plots in mid-elevation wet forests for long-term study of plant diversity and vegetation dynamics; field surveys to determine locations for rare endemics contains about 4,000 plant species endemic to the Mascarene Islands, i.e., including Madagascar, Mauritius, and Rodrigues, as well as Réunion itself. It is organized into seven sections as follows:
Réunion collection - indigenous flora, including more than 50 endemic species.
Lontan plants - a historical collection of local agriculture, including coffee, spices, fruit trees, sugar cane, and geraniums.
Orchard - more than 50 fruit tree species.
Succulents - succulent plants and exotic cacti, including species from the Americas and Africa.
Palm trees - endemic and exotic palm trees.
Orchids - orchids.
Bamboo ravine - bamboos.