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ÎLE-DE-FRANCE

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ALSACE

AQUITANIE

AUVERGNE

BURGUNDY

Autun

BRETAGNE

CENTRE

CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE

CORSE

FRANCHE-COMTE'

LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON

LIMOUSIN

LORRAINE

MIDI-PYRENEES

Albi

NORD-PAS-DE-CALAIS

NORMANDIE

Rouen

PAYS DE LA LOIRE

PICARDY

Amiens

POITOU-CHARENTES

PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR

Arles

RHONE-ALPES

 

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Touristic Guide and Information about France

 

 

 

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: WHAT TO VISIT IN FRANCE
FRANCE
 

 

Tourist attractions: France is the first country in the world for number of tourists, many are its attractions, they include the preistoric remains (Carnac, Vézère), the rests of the ancient cities of the Roman Empire (Orange, Arles, Nîmes), the medieval castles, the gothic cathedrals (Paris, Amiens, Reims, Chartres, Rouen, Beauvais, Laon, the Mans, Coutances), the famous Loire Castles, the Cote d'Azur beaches, the natural beauties of the Corsica, the Mountains (Alps, Pyrenees), the Provence, the Atlantic Ocean beaches, not to be missed of course Paris, the state capital, one of the most beautiful and interesting city of the world.

Popular tourist sites include: Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, Palace of Versailles, Orsay Museum, Arc de Triomphe, Centre Pompidou, Mont-Saint-Michel, Château de Chambord, Sainte-Chapelle, Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, Puy de Dôme, Musée Picasso, Carcassonne, Palace of the Popes, Avignon, Disneyland Resort Paris, the ski resorts of the French Alps or Pyrenees.

 

Unesco has inscribed 33 French sites in the World Heritage List: Abbey Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (1983) Amiens Cathedral (1981) Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments (1981) Belfries of Belgium and France (1999) Bourges Cathedral (1992) Canal du Midi (1996) Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims (1991) Chartres Cathedral (1979) Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (1981) Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge (1995) Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne (1997) Historic Site of Lyons (1998) Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion (1999) Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret (2005) Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay (1979) Palace and Park of Fontainebleau (1981) Palace and Park of Versailles (1979) Paris, Banks of the Seine (1991) Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance in Nancy (1983) Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct) (1985) Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley (1979) Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs (2001) Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange (1981) Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France (1998) Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans (1982) Strasbourg – Grande île (1988) The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes (2000) Vézelay, Church and Hill (1979) Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve (1983) Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (1997), Bordeaux Port of the Moon (2007), Fortifications of Vauban (2008). Part of Oceania is Lagoons of New Caledonia: Reef Diversity and Associated Ecosystems (2008).

Between the properties submitted on the Tentative List are: Sites mégalithiques de Carnac (1996) Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (1996) Rouen: ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (1996) Albi (Tarn) : ensemble urbain de briques, cathédrale, Palais de la Berbie, Pont sur le Tarn (1996) Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte (1996) Les Cévennes et les Grands Causses (2002) Les Iles Marquises (1996) Le massif forestier de Fontainebleau (1996) Le vignoble Champenois (2002) Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cézaniens (1996) Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (2000) Parc national de la Vanoise (2000) Massif du Mont Blanc (2000) La Camargue (2002) Massif du Piton de la Fournaise (2002) Bouches de Bonifacio (2002) Mercantour / Alpi Marittime (2002) Parc national des Écrins (2002) Parc national de Port-Cros (2002) Marais salants de Guérande (2002) Vignoble des côtes de Nuits et de Beaune (2002) Le rivage méditerranéen des Pyrénées (2002) Bassin minier du Nord-Pas-de-Calais (2002) Rade de Marseille (2002) Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire : Nîmes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (2002) Façades des quais de Bordeaux (2002) Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne (2002) Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Meudon (2002) Hangar Y (2002) Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel (2002), Phare de Cordouan (2002), L’œuvre architecturale et urbaine de Le Corbusier (2006) Centre ancien de Sarlat (2002) Arsenal de Rochefort et fortifications de l'estuaire de la Charente (2002), La saline de Salins-les-Bains (2002).

 

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