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The idea of an association to gather the most beautiful villages of France was born in Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze in 1981. Charles Ceyrac, mayor of the village, was inspired by a Reader's Digest book entitled Les Plus Beaux Villages de France which included pictures of Collonges. He decided to launch an association that would unite villages ...
The Eiffel Tower seen from the Place du Trocadéro. Paris, the capital city of France, is the third most visited city in the world. [5]It has some of the world's largest and renowned museums, including the Louvre, which is the most visited art museum in the world, but also the Musée d'Orsay which, like the nearby Musée de l'Orangerie, is mostly devoted to impressionism, and Centre Georges ...
According to a legend, the town initially was known as Tusk; however, after a flood that destroyed half of the city, it was renamed as Pułtusk (Pół-or puł-being a Polish prefix for a half). Most historians believe that it was named after a small river known as Pełta. From the 11th century onwards, the town belonged to the bishops of Płock.
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Cavan Images - Getty Images Naples, Florida A mere two hours from Tampa and four from Miami, Naples is a quaint Floridian town on the Gulf of Mexico that makes for a great long weekend getaway.
Loches (the Roman Leucae) grew up around a monastery founded about 500 by St. Ours and belonged to the Counts of Anjou from 886 until 1205. In the latter year it was seized from King John of England by Philip Augustus, and from the middle of the 13th century until after the time of Charles IX of France the castle was a residence of the kings of France, apart for a brief interlude in 1424 when ...
World Atlas, a website publishing content about resources and entertainment on geography, has revealed nine of New York's most picturesque towns, including two within the Finger Lakes region.
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