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🇫🇷 France · Hydraulic works
Roman Imperial (Hadrian to Severan, 2nd–3rd c CE) · Roman Gallo-Roman (Arelate)
Hadrianic 16-wheel industrial mills (early 2nd c CE) on 9 km aqueducts — Roman factory producing 4.5 t flour/day for Arles.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Royal Abbey of Our Lady of Fontevraud or Fontevrault (in French: abbaye de Fontevraud) was a monastery in the village of Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, near Chinon, in the former French Duchy of Anjou.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
Antibes (, US also, French: [ɑ̃tib]; Occitan: Antíbol [anˈtibu]) is a seaside resort city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Southeastern France.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Castel Merle (also known as Castel-Merle or Castelmerle) is a complex of ten prehistoric rock shelters (French: abris) in Sergeac, in the Dordogne department of France.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Lesconil Megalithic Necropolis in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Fortress
The Roman city of Argentomagus was located in the Mersans plateau of central France, at the strategic point on the north bank of the river Creuse, where a Roman bridge once traversed.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Upper Palaeolithic (Gravettian) · Gravettian / Noailles
Rock shelter at Brassempouy, Landes, famous for Gravettian occupation (29,000–22,000 BP) yielding the Dame de Brassempouy ivory Venus (23,000 BP) and eight other ivory figurines, with rich Gravettian…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Roman Empire
Lugdunum Convenarum was a Roman town in the central Pyrenees, on the site of modern Saint-Bertrand-de-Comminges in the Haute-Garonne department of southern France.
🇫🇷 France · Rock shelter
Cro-Magnon ( kroh-MAN-yon or kroh-MAG-nən; French: abri de Cro-Magnon [abʁi d(ə) kʁomaɲɔ̃]; Occitan: abric de Cròsmanhon) is an Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic) site, located in a rock shelter in the…
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Grand Mosque of Paris (French: Grande Mosquée de Paris, pronounced [ɡʁɑ̃d mɔske d(ə) paʁi]; Arabic: مسجد باريس الكبير), also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, located…
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Saint-Just Megalithic Complex in Brittany, Ille-et-Vilaine, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Mané-Kerioned Passage Dolmens in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Pierres Plates Passage Grave in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Prajou Menhir in Brittany, Finistère, Molène arch., France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Mougau-Bihan Passage Grave in Brittany, Finistère, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Kergadiou Menhirs in Brittany, Finistère, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Megalith
Neolithic (4000–2000 BCE) · European Neolithic
Er-Roh Dolmen in Brittany, Morbihan, France is a Neolithic megalithic monument dating to c. 3500–2500 BCE, built of local stone and associated with Atlantic farming communities.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
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 · Rock shelter
La Quina is a Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Charente, France. Two Neanderthal skulls were found there, La Quina 5 and La Quina 18.
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
Abbeville (French: [abvil]; West Flemish: Abbekerke; Picard: Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Abbey of Saint-Victor, Marseille (Occitan: Abadiá de Sant Victor, Marselha) is a former abbey that was founded during the late Roman period in Marseille in the south of France, named after the…
🇫🇷 France · Archaeological wonder
The Goya Museum (French: Musée Goya) is an art museum located in Castres, France. The museum was originally established in 1840 and was named after the Spanish painter Francisco Goya, because it has…
🇫🇷 France · Temple complex
The Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons was a Benedictine monastery, at one time held to be the greatest in France.
