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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 Arc de Triomphe - monument at the center of the Place de l'Étoile, commemorating the victories of France and honoring those who died in battle; The Conciergerie - located on the Île de la Cité; a medieval building which was formerly used as a prison where some prominent members of the ancien régime stayed before their death during the French Revolution
This is a list of World Heritage Sites in France with properties of cultural and natural heritage in France as inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List or as on the country's tentative list. [1] France accepted the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on 27 June 1975, after which it could nominate ...
A French contemporary garden "à la française" inspired by the Provençal landscape, fronting an 18th-century hunting pavilion. Jardins du Château Val Joanis in Pertuis. A modern reconstruction of a Garden à la française and kitchen garden of the 18th century. Garden of the Château de Brantes in Sorgues. A contemporary garden inspired by ...
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 ...
- Land of Art and of History : Pays de Saône-Vallée , Pays du Vivarais méridional , Pays Voironnais , Pays du Forez , Pays des Hautes vallées de Savoie (vallée de la Tarentaise, Maurienne et Beaufortain) , Agglomération d’Annecy , Pays de la Vallée d'Abondance , Pays Issoire Val d'Allier sud, Pays du Haut-Allier, Pays de Riom, Pays de ...
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Rocamadour (French pronunciation: [ʁɔkamaduʁ]; Rocamador in Occitan) is a commune in the Lot department in southwestern France.It lies in the former province of Quercy.It is a member of Les Plus Beaux Villages de France (The Most Beautiful Villages of France) Association.