A corniche is a road on the side of a cliff or mountain, with the ground rising up on one side of the roadway and falling away on the other. The English language has adopted the word from the French t
A corniche carrying New York State Route 218 along Storm King Mountain can be seen on the left from across the Hudson River
The Hawk's Nest is part of a corniche which carries New York State Route 97 above the Delaware River
The corniche at Alexandria by sunset, stretching along the city's residential coast line
The French Riviera, known in French as the Côte d'Azur, is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is considered to be the coastal area of
Corniche
…from the French term route à corniche or "road on a ledge", itself derived from the Italian cornice, for "ledge". Three famed corniche roads of the Côte d'Azur in the French Riviera run between the sea and mountains from Nice eastward toward Menton. They are known as the Corniche Inferieure (or Basse Corniche…
Èze und Cap Ferrat Grande Corniche
Promenade des Anglais panoramio
83990 Saint Tropez, France panoramio