Ancient and mysterious places in France

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🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works

Kesh Alignment Aqueduct

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Kesh Alignment Aqueduct in Occitanie, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) hydraulic attributed to Classical culture.

🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder

Château de Rambouillet

The Château de Rambouillet (pronounced [ʃɑto d(ə) ʁɑ̃bujɛ]), also known in English as the Castle of Rambouillet, is a château in the town of Rambouillet, Yvelines department, in the Île-de-France…

🇫🇷 France · Tell

Tell Knoll-Seaton

Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) · Classical

Tell Knoll-Seaton in Occitanie, France is a Classical Antiquity (800 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Classical culture.

🇫🇷 France · Ancient city

Alesia (city)

Alesia was the capital of the Mandubii, one of the Gallic tribes allied with the Aedui. The Celtic oppidum was conquered by Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars and afterwards became a Gallo-Roman…

🇫🇷 France · Temple complex

Taputapuātea Marae Complex

Early Marae 1000–1500 CE classical Polynesian (peak 1350–1773) · Polynesian / Ra'iātean (Ma'ohi)

Polynesia's most sacred marae center (1000–1773 CE) on 31 ha lagoon peninsula tip Taputapuatea, with 60×45 m marae Taputapuatea (stone national marae) and 16 other marae including Hauviri and Opoa,…

🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder

Torana Gateway Relief North — Dordogne (Sarlat)

Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) · Local Neolithic

Torana Gateway Relief North in Dordogne, France is a Early Bronze Age (3000–2000 BCE) archaeological wonder attributed to Local Neolithic culture.

🇫🇷 France · Temple complex

Geoglyph Panel Europe 43 — France Region 7

Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple

Geoglyph Panel Europe 43 — France Region 7 in France Region 7, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.

🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder

Pushkarini Tank Steps North — Dordogne (Sarlat)

Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) · Medieval

Pushkarini Tank Steps North in Dordogne, France is a Early Medieval (500–1000 CE) archaeological wonder attributed to Medieval culture.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Dolmen de Bagneux

Middle Neolithic · Loire Neolithic / Chambon group

Largest French dolmen — 23 m long passage of taf limestone slabs with 40-tonne capstones near Saumur.

🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder

Lamanon

Lamanon (French pronunciation: [lamanɔ̃]) is a commune located in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southern France.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Table des Marchands

Neolithic · Armorican Neolithic

Table des Marchands in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic attributed to Armorican Neolithic culture. Megalithic construction with granite; evidence of ceremonial and funerary use.

🇫🇷 France · Earthwork

Mont Lassois — Vix Princely Tomb Hillfort

Hallstatt D (550–450 BCE) · Hallstatt Celtic (Vix princess)

Châtillonnais hillfort famous for Vix princess tomb 1953, largest Greek bronze krater (1100 L), gold torc 480 g, excavated by Joffroy.

🇫🇷 France · Fortress

Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille)

Fort Saint-Jean (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ sɛ̃ʒɑ̃]; Occitan: Fort Sant Joan) is a fortification in Marseille, built in 1660 by Louis XIV at the entrance to the Old Port.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith

Er Lannic Double Cromlech

Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged · Morbihan

Er Lannic Double Cromlech in Brittany, Morbihan, Gulf of Morbihan, France is a Late Neolithic (3500 BCE) partly submerged megalithic attributed to Morbihan culture.

🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works

Donzère-Mondragon Dam

The Donzère-Mondragon Dam (or André-Blondel dam), located in the French commune of Bollène-Écluse is a hydroelectric dam and lock built in 1952 at the southern end of the Donzère-Mondragon canal, in…

🇫🇷 France · Rock art

Bronze Age Rock Art — Nouvelle-Aquitaine Annex 419

Bronze Age · Bronze Age

Bronze Age rock-art at Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

🇫🇷 France · Megalith