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Name Date Condition Image Ownership / Access Notes Château de Crocq: 12th century Ruins Château de Saint-Hilaire, Château des Plas: 13-17th century Intact Two adjacent châteaux, which dominate the commune of Curemonte. Château de la Johannie: 11-15th century A third castle in the commune of Curemonte. Tours de Merle: 12-15th century Ruins
Southern France is generally considered part of southern Europe because of its association with the Mediterranean Sea. The term Midi derives from mi ('middle') and di ('day') in Old French , comparable to the term Mezzogiorno to indicate southern Italy, Miazăzi which is a synonym for south in Romanian , or meridional which is a synonym for the ...
It includes southern Nouvelle-Aquitaine in the west, Occitanie in the centre, the southern parts of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the northeast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in the southeast, as well as the island of Corsica in the southeast.
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The first was added to the list in 1979 and the latest in 2019. Five properties were submitted in 1979. [1] The tentative list of France contains 37 properties. [4] The names in the tables below are the names of the properties as used on the website of UNESCO. [1] There are three different types of properties possible: cultural, natural, and ...
Rennes-le-Château (French pronunciation: [ʁɛn lə ʃato] ⓘ; Occitan: Rènnas del Castèl) is a commune approximately 5 km (3 miles) south of Couiza, in the Aude department in the Occitanie region in Southern France.
Name Image Year built Location & coordinates Class of Light Focal height NGA number Admiralty number Range nml; Anchorage Range Front Lighthouse: n/a: Port-aux-Français: Q R: 7 metres (23 ft) 33108: K0821.4: 12 Anchorage Range Rear Lighthouse: n/a: Port-aux-Français
This list of châteaux in France is arranged by region. The French word château (French pronunciation:; plural: châteaux) has a wider meaning than the English castle: it includes architectural entities that are properly called palaces, mansions or vineyards in English.