🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Glozel artifacts
The Glozel artifacts are a collection of over 3,000 artifacts, including forged clay tablets, sculptures and vases, some of which were inscribed, discovered from 1924 to 1930 in the vicinity of…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cosquer Cave
Gravettian–Solutrean ~27–19 ka BP · Gravettian–Solutrean coastal
Submerged 27 ka painted cave 37 m under Mediterranean with great-auk and hand stencils.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Château de Randan
The Château de Randan was a former royal domain in the French town of Randan in the department of Puy-de-Dôme.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Niaux Cave
Upper Paleolithic Magdalenian ~14–13 ka BP · Magdalenian hunter-gatherer
Magdalenian Salon Noir cave with 14 ka charcoal bison and ibex deep in the Ariège Pyrenees.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Les Combarelles Cave
Mid–Late Magdalenian ~14–12 ka BP · Magdalenian
Dense 600-figure engraved gallery opposite Font-de-Gaume, core Magdalenian engraving reference.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Castellane
Castellane (French pronunciation: [kastɛlan]; Provençal Occitan: Castelana) is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France.
🇫🇷 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 · Temple complex
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 94 — France Region 10
Period Late Holocene · Regional culture Europe-Temple
Tumulus Cemetery Europe 94 — France Region 10 in France Region 10, France is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Lillebonne
Lillebonne (French pronunciation: [lilbɔn]) is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in Northern France. It lies 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of the Seine and 24 miles (39 km) east of Le Havre.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Little St Bernard Pass
The Little St Bernard Pass (French: Col du Petit Saint-Bernard, Italian: Colle del Piccolo San Bernardo) is a mountain pass in the Alps on the France–Italy border.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Château de Neuilly
The château de Neuilly is a former château in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Its estate covered a vast 170-hectare park called "parc de Neuilly" which comprised all of Neuilly that is today to be found…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Château de Bouxwiller
The Château de Bouxwiller was a moated castle situated in the département of Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France, constructed in the 15th century under its lords, the von Lichtenberg family.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Le Mas-d'Azil
Le Mas-d'Azil (French pronunciation: [lə mas dazil]; Occitan: Lo Mas d'Asilh) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France, containing a cave that is the typesite for the prehistoric…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Château de Clagny
The Château de Clagny was a French country house that stood northeast of the Palace of Versailles; it was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart for Madame de Montespan between 1674 and 1680.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Aimargues
Aimargues (French pronunciation: [ɛmaʁɡ]) is a commune in the Gard department in southern France.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Le Grand-Pressigny
Le Grand-Pressigny (French pronunciation: [lə ɡʁɑ̃ pʁesiɲi] ) is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. There is a Chalcolithic flint mine located in the commune.
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Chauvet Cave
Aurignacian, Upper Paleolithic (~37,000–33,000 BCE) · Aurignacian hunter-gatherer
Sealed Aurignacian cave above the Ardèche gorge containing the earliest known figurative art, with over 430 animal representations including woolly rhinoceros, cave lions, panthers and megaloceros…
🇫🇷 France · Rock art
Cussac Cave
Gravettian ~28–25 ka BP · Gravettian
Sealed 1.6 km Gravettian engraved gallery with 4 m bison and bear nests intact since 25 ka.
🇫🇷 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 · 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.