🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
Bastille
The Bastille (, French: [bastij] ) was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Château de Navarre
The Château de Navarre was a château near Évreux in Normandy. The medieval structure was built for Queen Joan II of Navarre (wife of Count Philip of Évreux) and later came into the possession of the…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Arles
Arles (French: [aʁl]; Provençal: Arle [ˈaʀle]) is a coastal city and commune in southern France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Cularo
Cularo was the name of the Gallic city which evolved into modern Grenoble. It was renamed Gratianopolis in 381 to honor Roman emperor Gratian.
🇫🇷 France · Necropolis
Alyscamps
The Alyscamps is a large Roman necropolis, which is a short distance outside the walls of the old town of Arles, France. It was one of the most famous necropolises of the ancient world.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Autun
Autun (French: [otœ̃] ) is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
CSS Alabama
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool, England, by John Laird Sons and Company.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Entremont (oppidum)
Entremont is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) archaeological site three kilometres from Aix-en-Provence at the extreme south of the Puyricard plateau.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Caixa de Rotllan
The Caixa de Rotllan (meaning "Roland's Tomb" in Catalan) is a dolmen in Arles-sur-Tech, Pyrénées-Orientales, southern France, dating back to the Neolithic period, during the second half of 3rd…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Chartres
Chartres (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁtʁ] ) is the prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir department in the Centre-Val de Loire region in France. It is located about 90 km (56 mi) southwest of Paris.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Gorgobina
Gorgobina, also Gortona, was an oppidum of the Boii in central Gaul. It is known only from Caesar's account of the Gallic War, as the stronghold of the Boii whom the Aedui had received in 58 BC and…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Gallardet Dolmen
Gallardet Dolmen (French: Dolmen de Gallardet) is a dolmen near the village of Le Pouget in Languedoc, France. It is a large tumulus, containing a 12 metre long alley.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Cour-Maugis sur Huisne
Cour-Maugis sur Huisne (French pronunciation: [kuʁ moʒi syʁ ɥin]) is a commune in the department of Orne, northwestern France.
🇫🇷 France · Tomb
Barrière d'Enfer
The Barrière d'Enfer (French pronunciation: [baʁjɛʁ dɑ̃fɛʁ], lit. 'Gate of Hell') is a pair of tollhouses in Paris that once served as a gate through the Wall of the Farmers-General (Mur des Fermiers…
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Cap Blanc rock shelter
The abri de Cap Blanc is a prehistoric limestone rock shelter with Magdalenian animal sculptures. It is in the Marquay commune on the right bank of the Beune River, a few kilometers west of Les Eyzies, in Dordogne.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Château de Condat, Dordogne
The Château de Condat is a fortified former commandry of the Knights Hospitaller located in the commune of Condat-sur-Vézère in the Dordogne département of France.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
La Chapelle-aux-Saints
La Chapelle-aux-Saints (French pronunciation: [la ʃapɛl o sɛ̃]; Occitan: La Chapela daus Sents) is a commune in the Corrèze department in central France.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Fontaine-les-Bassets
Fontaine-les-Bassets (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛn le basɛ]) is a commune in the Orne department in north-western France.