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AMBOISE – Château Royal d’AmboiseErected in the 15th and 16th century by the order of Charles VIII, Louis XII and François I, the Amboise castle was the first royal residence of the French Renaissance. Today it is a prestigious reminder of the Renaissance and shelters an exce [...]
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ARROMANCHES – ArromanchesArromanches-les-Bains or simply Arromanches is a town in Normandy, France, located on the coast in the heart of the area where the Normandy landings took place on D-Day, on June 6, 1944. It is a commune of the Calvados department, in the Basse [...]
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AZAY-LE-RIDEAU – Château d’Azay-le-RideauThe château of Azay-le-Rideau was built from 1518 to 1527, is one of the earliest French Renaissance chateaux. Built on an island in the Indre River, its foundations rise straight out of the river. Gilles Berthelot, state treasurer of François [...]
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BAYEUX – Cathédrale de BayeuxThe cathedral was consecrated on July 14, 1077 in the presence of William, the King of England and Duke of Normandy. The original building was Romanesque in style and held the tapestry hanging in the nave. The building was added onto from the [...]
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BLOIS – Le Château de BloisThe Royal Château de Blois is located in the Loir-et-Cher department in the Loire Valley, in France. Built in the middle of the town, the castle of Blois comprises several buildings constructed from the 13th to the 17th century around the main [...]
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BOURGES – Cathedrale Saint-EtienneThe Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its design. The tympanum, sculptures and stained-gl [...]
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BOURGES – Cathedrale Saint-Etienne – Aerial ViewThe Cathedral of St Etienne of Bourges, built between the late 12th and late 13th centuries, is one of the great masterpieces of Gothic art and is admired for its proportions and the unity of its design. The tympanum, sculptures and stained-gl [...]
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CAMARGUE – Aigues-MortesThe origin of Aigues-Mortes goes back a long way. Men used to collect salt, to tame the whims of a wild nature, and a malarial climate long before King Louis IX came in the XIIIth century to glorify the history of these sites. Henceforth Aigue [...]
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CAMARGUE – Arles la RomaineThe origin of Aigues-Mortes goes back a long way. Men used to collect salt, to tame the whims of a wild nature, and a malarial climate long before King Louis IX came in the XIIIth century to glorify the history of these sites.Henceforth Aigues [...]
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CAMARGUE – La Grande MotteIn the XXth century, the birth of La Grande Motte celebrates the concept of the leisure society. Dreamt up in the 36ies, designed in the 60s and developed in the 70s, it is one of the rare cities in the world which emerged from wilderness and [...]
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CAMARGUE – Le Grau du RoiThe place named Grau-du-Roi is a picturesque fishing port, which has been detached from the city named Aigues-Mortes only in 1879, it became then a sea resort offering 18 km of thin sandy beach.Being situated in the mouth of the river Vidourle [...]
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CAMARGUE – Les Saintes-Maries de la MerSt. Maries de la Mer is situated on the Mediterranean coast in the Heart of Camargue's Parc Naturel (nature park). Surrounded by immense plains filled with ponds and wild lands the city has many activities to offer all within the framework of [...]
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CANCALE – Le Port de la HouleCancale, on the Emerald Coast, first became famous for its oysters which were supplied to royal tables in the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, the seafront of the 'oyster capital' is packed with restaurants offering the pied de cheval flat vari [...]
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CARCASSONNE – Cité de CarcassonneThroughout the centuries the historic site of Carcassonne has played a decisive role in the history of Languedoc. An Iron Age Oppidum transformed into a Roman town in the Ist Century BC, the city-state became the possession of the powerful Vis [...]
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CHAMBORD – Le Château de ChambordChambord comes from Camboritos, which in Gallic means ' the ford on the curve '. A few miles away from Blois, in a landscape of forests, ponds and brooks, the château of young king François 1er was built at the beginning of the sixteenth centu [...]
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CHARTRES – Chartres CathedralPartly built starting in 1145, and then reconstructed over a 26-year period after the fire of 1194, Chartres Cathedral marks the high point of French Gothic art. The vast nave, in pure ogival style, the porches adorned with fine sculptures fro [...]
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CHENONCEAU – Château de ChenonceauThe Château de Chenonceau, near the small village of Chenonceaux, in the Indre-et-Loire department of the Loire Valley, was built on the site of an old mill on the River Cher, sometime before its first mention in writing in the 11th century. T [...]
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CHINON – Château de ChinonBuilt upon a rocky spur overlooking the Vienne valley, the fortress of Chinon was built on the site of an ancient Celtic hill fort by the Count Thibault III of Blois. In the 12th century Chinon, located in Anjou in present day France, was a pr [...]
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COURSEULLES-SUR-MER – Juno Beach CentreFourteen thousand young Canadians stormed Juno Beach on D-Day. Their courage, determination and self-sacrifice were the immediate reasons for the success in those critical hours. The fighting they endured was fierce and frightening. The price [...]
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ESTAING – Estaing VueEstaing is a commune in the Aveyron department in southern France. Located in the north of the Aveyron department in the Midi-Pyrénées region, Estaing is considered as one of the most picturesque villages in France. The village is very quiet d [...]
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