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An orderly grid of streets and vacation homes follows the graceful curve of golden beaches along Bassin d'Arcachon's protected eastern shore, where maritime pine forests create a natural boundary between development and coastline. This delicate balance between human habitation and natural coastal processes represents a century-old tradition of thoughtful coastal management that began in the 1850s when Napoleon III ordered the planting of these forests to stabilize dunes and protect inland agricultural areas.
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An orderly grid of streets and vacation homes follows the graceful curve of golden beaches along Bassin d'Arcachon's protected eastern shore, where maritime pine forests create a natural boundary between development and coastline. This delicate balance between human habitation and natural coastal processes represents a century-old tradition of thoughtful coastal management that began in the 1850s when Napoleon III ordered the planting of these forests to stabilize dunes and protect inland agricultural areas.