The Port of the Moon, port city of Bordeaux in south-west France, is inscribed as an inhabited historic city, an outstanding ...
Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican Order priory on a hillside near Lyon designed by architects Le Corbusier and Ianni ...
Built by Vauban in 1681 and fortified by Napoleon III, the fortress dominates the city of Villefranche-de-Conflent with its r ...
Villa La Roche, also Maison La Roche, is a house in Paris, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1923–1925. ...
The historical centre of Briançon is a strongly fortified town, built by Vauban to defend the region from Austrians in ...
The 47-metre-tall belfry is standing in the center of Béthune. The Belgian border can be seen from the top. The chime of the ...
The oldest monument of Boulogne-sur-Mer was built in three stages, in the 12th, 13th and 18th centuries. In fact, this belfry ...
The Triumphal Arch is a Roman structure in the city of Orange. There is debate about when the arch was built, but current res ...
The Romanesque Abbey church was constructed in the mid-11th century and contains many beautiful 11th- and 12th-century murals ...
Besançon's Vauban citadel has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Louis XIV of France conquered the city for the fi ...
The Abbey of Saint-Gilles is included in the UNESCO Heritage List, as part of the World Heritage Sites of the Routes of Santi ...
One of Calais’ finest landmarks is the Town Hall (1911-25) whose clock towering belfry can be seen for miles around. This m ...
The fortified citadel at Blaye, standing on the opposite bank of the river Gironde to Fort Médoc, forms, along with Fo ...
Vichy is a city in the Allier department of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in central France, in the historic province of Bourb ...
The Alyscamps is a large Roman necropolis, one of the most famous necropolises of the ancient world. Roman cities traditional ...
Constructed between 1406 and 1410, Amiens" massive square belfry has a mid-18th-century top reaching 52m, which was rebu ...
The Tour Vauban (Vauban Tower), initially known as the tour de Camaret, is an 18m-high polygonal defensive tower built to a p ...
Saint-Lizier Cathedral can refer to either of the two former co-cathedrals of the town of Saint-Lizier, Notre-Dame Cathedral ...
In 1692 the naval Battle of La Hougue took place between the English and the French close to the island of Tatihou. The so-ca ...
Carcassonne Cathedral was built in the 13th century as a parish church, dedicated to Saint Michael. Following war damage in t ...