Places tagged “france”

🇫🇷 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 · 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 · 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

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.