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  2. French architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Baroque profoundly influenced 18th-century secular architecture throughout Europe. Although the open three wing layout of the palace was established in France as the canonical solution as early as the 16th century, it was the Palais du Luxembourg (1615–20) by Salomon de Brosse that determined the sober and classicizing direction that ...

  3. List of Romanesque buildings - Wikipedia

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    French Romanesque schools of architecture, which are specific for every region, are characterised by the variety of stone vaulting. Regions that developed distinctive styles are: Burgundy. abbey church, Cluny; Saint-Bénigne, Dijon; Autun; St Philibert at Tournus; Provence. Church of St. Trophime and cloister, Arles; Tour Fenestrelle, Uzès

  4. List of manor houses - Wikipedia

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    Liste des châteaux de Bretagne (List of Breton manor houses in the French Wikipedia) Luettelo Suomen kartanoista (List of Finnish manor houses in the Finnish Wikipedia) There is a short list of Norman manoirs in Pays de Caux. Lijst van kastelen in Nederland (From the Dutch Wikipedia, a comprehensive list of castles and manor houses in the ...

  5. List of palaces in France - Wikipedia

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    Palais de la Cité, also simply known as le Palais, first royal palace of France, from before 1000 until 1363; now the seat of the courts of justice of Paris and of the Court of Cassation (the supreme court of France) Palais de la Légion d'honneur; Palais du Louvre, second royal palace of France, from 1364 until 1789; now the Louvre Museum

  6. Monument historique - Wikipedia

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    As of 1 February 2015, there were 43,600 buildings protected as historical monuments in France (14,100 classified and 29,500 registered), as well as around 300,000 movable objects (more than 135,000 classified and around 150,000 registered) to which it is necessary to add 1,400 musical organs. 49.4% of historical monuments are private property ...

  7. French Romanesque architecture - Wikipedia

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    Cluny Abbey was almost entirely destroyed during and after the French Revolution; the stones were reused in buildings across the region. The only remaining structures are the two towers of the avant-nave, and the bell tower on the south wing of the grand transept. Eight percent of the original structure remains today. [citation needed]

  8. French Baroque architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715) and Louis XV (1715–1774). It was preceded by French Renaissance architecture and Mannerism and was followed in the second half of the 18th century by French Neoclassical architecture .

  9. List of World Heritage Sites in France - Wikipedia

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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 ...