May 1, 2011
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Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp is one of the most important works of 20th-century architecture — a radical pilgrimage chapel designed by Le Corbusier in 1955 whose sweeping white concrete roof (said to be inspired by a crab shell), irregularly shaped windows of coloured glass, and organically curved walls broke every rule of traditional […]
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Categories: France, Sights
April 15, 2011
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Millau Viaduct – the tallest bridge in the world | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More When you drive through the French A75 highway which connects Paris with Barcelona, you cannot miss the technical gem in the form of the highest bridge in the world – Millau Viaduct. The bridge crosses […]
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Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
April 13, 2011
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Pyrenees Mountains – hiking paradise between Spain and France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Pyrenees – wild, scenic and beautiful. This mountain range forms a natural border between France and Spain and in spite of many civilization shoots it is still among the best preserved nature areas in Europe. However […]
Tags: deep-forests, deepest-canyons, france, french-side, gavarnie, geological-formations, hiking, hiking-paradise, monte-perdido, mountains, mysterious-caves, natural-border, natural-wealth, nature, nature-areas, pyrenees-mountains, snowy-peaks, spain, spanish-side, steep-cliffs, unesco-world-heritage, unesco-world-heritage-site, valle-de-ordesa, water-lakes, wild-rapids
Categories: France, Nature, Spain, Virtual Travel
April 10, 2011
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L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue – Venice of Provence | France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More On the islands on five arms of the river Sorgue there is located a beautiful medieval town of L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, which is due to its location often called the “Venice of Provence“. Center of town is surrounded by water channels […]
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Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
April 7, 2011
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Top sights to see in Paris | France Updated: November 9, 2020 | By Claire | 1 More Since the advent of Paris it has been one of the most important tourist destinations. The city lies on the banks of the river Seine and it is one of Europe’s greatest metropolises. The population of the […]
Tags: alexandre-gustave-eiffel, arc-de-triomphe, arch-of-constantine, banks-of-the-river, basilica-of-the-sacred-heart-of-paris, champ-de-mars, champs-elysees, chrysler-building, city, city-of-paris, eiffel-tower, empire-state-building, famous-monuments-in-paris, flood-lights, france, french-revolutio, historical-monuments, jardin-des-tuileries, jardin-du-luxembourg, la-tour-eiffel, musee-dorsay, neoclassical-architecture, notre-dame-cathedral, pantheon, paris, paris-paris, pere-lachaise-cemetery, place-de-la-concorde, pont-neuf, sights-in-paris, structural-engineer, the-louvre, the-sorbonne-and-the-latin-quarter, tokyo-tower, top-sights-to-see-in-paris
Categories: France, Sights, Virtual Travel
March 26, 2011
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Amiens – beautiful city in France and the birthplace of Jules Verne Updated: June 18, 2020 | By Claire | More In northern France, in the Somme River valley lies one beautiful town of Amiens. It is located in the French region of Picardie and has about 135,000 inhabitants. Its history dates far back. It […]
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Categories: France, Sights
March 21, 2011
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Le Château de Chambord – a major tourist attraction in France Updated: July 19, 2020 | By Claire | More Le Château de Chambord lies in France approximately 180km south of Paris. This marvelous castle came into existence several centuries ago. Le Château de Chambord is the ensemble of conventional French architectural ethos in right […]
Tags: a-major-tourist-attraction, aesthete, architectural-beauty, architectural-style, castle, chateau, chateau-de-chambord, concrete-shape, france, french-renaissance, imaginative-faculty, italian-architecture, le-chateau-de-chambord, leonardo-da-vinci, moats, philibert-delorme, professional-architects, renaissance-architect, royal-castle, royal-family-members, spacious-rooms, staircases, wall-painting
Categories: France, Sights
March 1, 2011
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Parc Asterix – one of the best amusement parks in Europe | France Updated: January 9, 2020 | By Claire | More Parc Asterix is one of the best amusement parks in Europe, located in France, about 35 km north of Paris. Parc Asterix is based on the stories of Asterix and Obelix – who […]
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Categories: Amusement and Theme Parks, France
February 16, 2011
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Val d’Ese is Corsica’s premier ski resort — an unlikely Alpine-style winter sports destination set on the Mediterranean island of Corsica, where you can ski with views of the sea at altitudes up to 2,350 metres in the rugged mountains of the Corsican interior. One of France’s most unusual ski areas, Val d’Ese proves that […]
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Categories: France, Wellness, Relax & Sports
February 15, 2011
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Monte Cinto (2,706m) is the highest peak on the Mediterranean island of Corsica — a challenging granite giant in the Monte Cinto massif that offers the most spectacular summit panorama on the island: on clear days, the entire sweep of Corsica from the Italian coast to the Gulf of Porto is visible from the top. […]
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Categories: France, Nature
