Curiosities in France

A total of 44 curiosities is found.

Notre-Dame

Paris, France

The twin towers and three sculpted portals of the Notre-Dame de Paris, built from the 12th to the 14th century, are instantly recognizable ... The towers are 69 meters high while the spire, a 19th-century addition, soars to a height of 90 meters....

Castle Beynac

Beynac, France

he castle of Beynac is located near the French town of Beynac-et-Cazenac. The castle is built on a 150 meter high rock. Construction lasted from the 13th to the 16th century. Once the castle was in the possession of Richard the Lionheart. The...

Castle Vitré

Vitré, France

Castle of the Vitré barons (13th-15th cent.) The choice of baron Robert 1st to build the castle on this site, a rocky shale outcrop looking over the Vilaine to the north, was made around 1060. During the first half of the 13th century, the...

Centre Pompidou

Paris, France

The Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou was the brainchild of President Georges Pompidou who wanted to create an original cultural institution in the heart of Paris completely focused on modern and contemporary creation, where the...

Hôtel National des Invalides

Paris, France

Des Invalides in France enjoy a great reputation, not only because the building, restaurant, hotel and museum is an extension of the Eiffel Tower. In Des Invalides, the war museum is housed. Single tickets (including audio) are available for 8...

Les Rochers Sculptés

Saint Malo, France

The Sculptured Rocks (in French: Les Rochers sculptés the Rotheneuf) are a relatively unknown attraction in France. It is a remarkably large area, close to the sea. The rocks are human figures, carved as realistic as fairytale. This gives an...

Palais Royal

Paris, France

Palais-Royal is a former royal palace and garden in Paris. Today, the Ministry of Culture and the French Council of State is housed in the palace.

Saint Georges De Boscherville Abdijkerk

Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville, France

In 1113 Guillaume de Tancarville decided with an abbey existing collegiate church called to replace. To Saint Martin Henry I Beauclerc (Duke of Normandy and King of England) matched it in here. He called the Benedictine monks of St. Evroult and...

Le Panthéon

Paris, France

The Pantheon is a building in the 5th arrondissement, right in the Latin Quarter of the French capital Paris. The architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot the monument was originally built as a church dedicated to Sainte-Geneviève. It is now known as a...

Bibliotheque Nationale de France

Paris, France

The French library is one of the bigger ones in the world. Their catalogue system gives access to more than 15 million documents.

Jardin Du Luxembourg

Paris, France

The Jardin du Luxembourg is a beautiful urban park in the northern part of central Paris. The park covers 25 acres along the Boulevard St-Michel. The gardens are in the busy Parisian life an oasis of calm, yet theatrical activity. The benches...

Chapelle Notre-Dame de Tréminou

Plomeur, France

The Chapelle Notre-Dame de Treminou (or: Our Lady Chapel Treminou) is a masterpiece of municipal assets, nestled in a wooded country. The building dates from the thirteenth century, was first restored in the fourteenth and then in the sixteenth...

Colonne de Vendôme

Paris, France

Colonne Vendôme (also called the Austerlitz column) is the name of a column that Napoleon I had put down on the Place Vendome in 1810 while he was also given for the Arc de Triomphe. Colonne de Vendôme is a triumphal column made...

Mont Saint Michel

Mont-saint-michel, France

Mont Saint Michel is a rocky island located off the coast of Normandy, near the town Avranche. It was founded by Saint Aubert, the island in question and on a AWhen had built, which was completed in 709. Later there is a monastery built by...

La Grande Arche de la Défense

Paris, France

For 9 euros you sit at the top of the Arche de la Défense, the modern counterpart of the Arce de Triomphe. A fascinating and spectacular, but very modern building. There is a fairly pricey restaurant in Arche, but the computer museum that is...

Sacre Coeur

Paris, France

Church built by public subscription after the 1870 defeat in the Franco-Prussian war. The basilica was consecrated in 1919. Architect : Abadie (1875-1912).

Menhirs of Carnac

Carnac, France

In Carnac, Brittany, France, the famous stone patterns from Le Ménec and Kermario. In total, there remain about 2,600 of the original estimated 11,000 stones. A distinction is made between (only) standing stones called menhirs known from the...

Eiffel Tower

Paris, France

Construction completed on: March 31, 1889 (flag placed on top), built for the Universal Exhibition in honor of the French Revolution Designers: Gustave Eiffel & Cie Contractors: Maurice Koechlin & Emile Nouguier Architect: Stephen...