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Historic Architecture in France

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The image shows several large, medieval tapestries with intricate religious and apocalyptic scenes, displayed on a dark blue textured wall inside a museum setting; visible details include Gothic architectural elements, figures in period attire, an

Angers, Pays de la Loire

Musée de la Tapisserie de l'Apocalypse

Largest surviving medieval tapestry in the world
The brick palace housing the Musée Ingres Bourdelle in Montauban

Montauban, Midi-Pyrénées

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montauban

World’s only museum dedicated to Ingres
Facade of the Musee des Beaux-Arts de Pau with the museum name over the entrance.

Pau, Aquitaine

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau

19th-century French art in Art Deco building
Kaysersberg and its vineyards in the Alsace wine country

Kaysersberg, Alsace

Musée du Vin d'Alsace

1,000-year Alsatian wine history in Kientzheim

From €2

A sunlit park scene featuring a manicured lawn, sculpted hedges, a stone monument in the foreground, and a large classical-style building in the background with people relaxing on the grass.

Clisson, Pays de la Loire

Parc de la Garenne Lemot

19th-century sculptor’s park with Tuscan villa

Free

A tall, slender stone lighthouse stands on a rocky coastal island next to a smaller white lighthouse, with a small boat moored in the foreground water under a cloudy sky.

Plouguerneau, Brittany

Phare de l'Île Vierge

Europe's tallest lighthouse at 82.5 meters

From €6

The ramparts of Saint-Malo's walled city along the shore

Saint-Malo, Brittany

Ramparts of Saint-Malo (Intra-Muros)

Walk the granite walls around Saint-Malo's corsair city

Free

The ornate Gothic spire of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris rises against a blue sky.

Paris, Île-de-France

Sainte-Chapelle

13th-century Gothic chapel with 15 stained-glass windows
A tall, rectangular Roman brick ruin with three arched openings on the lower level and three smaller arched windows above, covered in yellow lichen, standing in a grassy field under a clear blue sky.

Autun, Burgundy

Temple of Janus

1st-century Roman temple ruin in Autun
The pink-marble colonnade of the Grand Trianon at Versailles

Versailles, Île-de-France

The Grand Trianon

18th-century pink marble palace in the Trianon estate

Free

A white, multi-story villa with a pergola and stone retaining wall situated on the coast, featuring a colonnaded terrace structure in the foreground.

Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Villa Kerylos

Hellenistic villa tribute on a rocky Riviera promontory

From €10

A large brick church with a tall, pointed spire and Gothic-style arched windows, set against a blue sky with white clouds, located in an urban street setting.

Deauville, Normandy

Église Notre-Dame

Catholic church in Deauville, Normandy

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