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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
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.
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
Unlike the Southern France, Paris has very few examples of Romanesque architecture; most churches and other buildings in that style were rebuilt in the Gothic style.The most remarkable example of Romanesque architecture in Paris is the church of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, built between 990 and 1160 during the reign of Robert the Pious.
Pages in category "Lists of buildings and structures in France" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .