Sentence:  So in these pages one can share his wonder at the traditional fiesta of St. Torpetius that still persists in St. Tropez ; at the sun and the heat of Mediterranean lands , always much brighter and hotter to an Englishman than to an American used to summers in New York or Kansas City ; at the supreme delights to be found in one of the world 's finest restaurants , La Bonne Auberge , which <WSD>is</WSD> situated on the seacoast twenty miles west of the Nice airport ; and at the infinite variety of London . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)