Bourges Cathedral | France

 

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Bourges Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in Bourges, France. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Bourges. Built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, it is considered one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art. 

Bourges Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Ponts Couverts, Strasbourg | France

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The Ponts Couverts are a set of three bridges and four towers that make up a defensive work erected in the 13th century on the River Ill in the city of Strasbourg in France.

Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The initial property, inscribed in 1988 on the World Heritage List, was formed by the Grande-Île, the historic centre of Strasbourg, structured around the cathedral. In 2017 extended by the Neustadt (new town) designed and built under the German administration (1871-1918).

Gulf of Girolata | France

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The Gulf of Girolata is a bay in the Mediterranean Sea on the coast of the French island of Corsica.

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Reims | France

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Reims Cathedral, built between 1211 and 1275, is where the kings of France were crowned. The cathedral hosted thirty-three sovereign coronations in just over 1000 years!
According to Unesco, the outstanding handling of new architectural techniques in the 13th century, and the harmonious marriage of sculptural decoration with architecture, has made Notre-Dame in Reims one of the masterpieces of Gothic art.

Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Les Calanches, Corsica | France

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Calanques de Piana are Corsican calanques located in Piana, between Ajaccio and Calvi, in the gulf of Porto.

Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Here you see Scandola Reserve.

Chartres Cathedral | France

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Chartres Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Chartres, France, about 80 km southwest of Paris and is the seat of the Bishop of Chartres. The cathedral was mostly constructed between 1194 and 1220.

Chartres Cathedral is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Golden Island | France

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Golden Island, or L’Ile d’Or as the French say, is a small rocky island  near the city of Saint-Raphaël in southern France.

Doctor Auguste Lutaud acquired this island in the late 1800's. He declared himself “August the 1st”, sovereign of the island. He had the red rock tower built according to the unusual Sarasin architecture.

The city of Le Havre | France

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The city of Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, was severely bombed during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt according to the plan of a team headed by Auguste Perret, from 1945 to 1964.

Auguste Perret (12 February 1874 – 25 February 1954) was a French architect and a pioneer of the architectural use of reinforced concrete.

Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Cirque de Gavarnie | France

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The Cirque de Gavarnie is a cirque in the central Pyrenees, in Southwestern France, close to the border of Spain. A cirque is an amphitheatre-like valley formed by glacial erosion.

Pyrénées - Mont Perdu is a UNESCO world Heritage site, shared by France and Spain. This outstanding mountain landscape is centred around the peak of Mount Perdu, a calcareous massif that rises to 3,352 m.

Jurisdiction of Saint Emilion | France

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Saint-Émilion is a commune in the Gironde department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in south-western France. Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

According to UNESCO, the Jurisdiction of Saint Emilion is an outstanding example of an historic vineyard landscape that has survived intact and in activity to the present day. The Romans planted vineyards in what was to become Saint-Émilion as early as the 2nd century.

Canal du Midi | France

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The Canal du Midi is considered a masterpiece of French engineering, linking Toulouse to the Mediterranean via a waterway running for almost 250 kilometres.

Canal du Midi is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Le Mont-Saint-Michel | France

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Le Mont-Saint-Michel is an island  located about one kilometer off the Normandy coast in France. Since the 8th century the island has been the seat of the monastery from which it draws its name. This is one of France's most recognisable landmarks, visited by more than 3 million people each year.

The island is actually a tidal island, a piece of land that is connected to the mainland by a natural or man-made causeway that is exposed at low tide and submerged at high tide.

Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Place des Terreaux | France

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The Place des Terreaux is a square located in the center of Lyon, France.

Historic Site of Lyon is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Flags of the World | France

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The red, white and blue of the French tricolore finds its origin in the French Revolution. During the Revolution, blue and red rosettes were worn by the militia, in keeping with the colours of the French coat of arms as well as the red and blue flag of Paris.

City of Albi | France

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Albi is a town on the banks of the Tarn River in southern France. Dominating the skyline is the 13th-century Sainte-Cécile Cathedral.

Episcopal City of Albi is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe | France

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The Romanesque church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century murals which are still in a remarkable state of preservation. The church is also known as “the Romanesque Sistine Chapel”.

Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Banks of the Seine, Paris | France

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The city of Paris is built along a bend in the River Seine, between the confluence of the Marne and the Oise Rivers. From the Louvre to the Eiffel Tower, from the Place de la Concorde to the Grand and Petit Palais, the evolution of Paris and its history can be seen from the River Seine.

Paris, Banks of the Seine is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Chaîne des Puys | France

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Did you know that right in the middle of France there is a chain of volcanoes that might erupt? The chain began to form approximately 95, 000 years ago, and the volcanic activity that formed the range stopped only about 10,000 years ago. So these volcanoes are dormant for quit some time already.

Chaîne des Puys - Limagne fault tectonic arena is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the background you see the Puy de Dôme,  one of the youngest volcanoes in the Chaîne des Puys.

Place Stanislas, Nancy | France

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The Place Stanislas is a large pedestrianised square in the French city of Nancy. The square is named after Stanislas Leszczynski (1677 - 1766), who was King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Duke of Lorraine. Nancy was the capital of (upper) Lorraine that was annexed by the Kingdom of France in 1766.

Place Stanislas, together with Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy is a UNESCO World Heritage site.

Versailles | France

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The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV to Louis XVI. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors, decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal residence for over a century. (source: whc.unesco.org/en/list/83)

Palace and Park of Versailles is a UNESCO World Heritage site.