DISCOVER FRANCE: Attractions & Culture
Written History began in France with the invation of the territory by the Romans, between 118 and 50 BC. Starting then, the territory which is today called France was part of the roman empire, and the Gauls, who lived there before Roman invasions, became accultured "Gallo-romans".
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SOUTH OF FRANCE,
SOUTHWEST FRANCE,
WESTERN FRANCE,
REGIONS OF FRANCE:
AQUITAINE,
ALSACE,
BRETAGNE,
CHAMPAGNE-ARDENNE,
LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON,
LORRAINE,
MIDI-PYRENEES,
NORD-PAS DE CALAIS,
NORMANDY,
PARIS,
PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR,
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PARIS AND ILE DE FRANCE ATTRACTIONS AND CULTURE |
DESTINATION PARIS: Attractions & Culture
For the World's Fair of 1889 which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, the Eiffel Tower was built, the best-known landmark in Paris and tallest structure until 1930. The large scale display of electricity at the world's fairs of 1889 and 1900, which was a world first, earned Paris the nickname City of Lights ...
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DISCOVER PARIS:
Arondissements of Paris,
Attractions in Paris,
Museums & Galleries,
Bois de Boulogne,
Boulevard Saint-Germain,
Boulevard Saint-Michel,
Chateau de Bagatelle,
Moulin Rouge,
Place de la Concorde,
Versailles,
... see all Discover pARIS
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NORTH EASTERN FRANCE ATTRACTIONS & CULTURE |
DESTINATION ALSACE
Having been early and always densely populated, Alsace is famous for its high number of picturesque villages, churches and castles and for the various beauties of its three main towns, in spite of severe destructions suffered throughout five centuries of wars between France and Germany. Alsace is furthermore famous for its vineyards and the Vosges mountains ...
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ALSACE:
Chateau de Haut Koenigsbourg,
Chateau du Fleckenstein,
Colmar,
Mulhouse,
Obernai,
Riquewihr,
Saverne,
Selestat,
Strasbourg,
Wine of Alsace,
... see all Discover Alsace
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Discover LORRAINE
Most of Lorraine has a clear French identity. For this reason, Bismarck only annexed about a third of today's Lorraine to the German Empire following the Franco-Prussian War. The disputed third, known as Moselle, had a culture not easily classifiable as either French or German ...
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LORRAINE:
Contrexeville,
Epinal,
Metz,
Nancy,
Pont-a-Mousson,
Thionville,
Verdun-sur-Meuse,
... see all Discover Lorraine
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Discover NORD-PAS DE CALAIS
Inhabited since prehistoric times, the Nord-Pas de Calais region has always been a strategic region in Europe. Over the centuries, it was conquered in turn by the Celtic Belgae, the Romans, the Germanic Franks, England and Great Britain, the Spanish and Austrian Netherlands, and the United Provinces of Holland ...
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NORD-PAS DE CALAIS:
Arras,
Boulogne-sur-Mer,
Calais,
Coquelles,
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage,
Lille,
Montreuil-sur-Mer,
Saint-Omer,
... see all Discover Nord-Pas de Calais
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Discover PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR
Provence Alpes Cote d'Azur encompasses six departments in south-eastern France, bounded to the east by the Italian border, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and the principality of Monaco, to the north by Rhone-Alpes, and to the west by Languedoc-Roussillon and the Rhone river ...
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PROVENCE ALPES COTE D'AZUR:
Aix-en-Provence,
Arles,
Avignon,
Cannes,
Marseille,
Nice,
... see all Provence Alpes Cote d'azur
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Discover AQUITAINE
In Roman times, the province of Gallia Aquitania originally comprised the region of Gaul between the Pyrenees Mountains and the Garonne River, but Augustus Caesar added to it the land between the Garonne and the Loire River. At this stage the province covered an area about one third of the size of modern France ...
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AQUITAINE:
Biarritz,
Bordeaux,
Pau,
... see all Discover Aquitaine
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WESTERN FRANCE DESTINATIONS, ATTRACTIONS & CULTURE |
France Posters & Art Prints
AllPosters.com has an incredible variety of high quality prints and posters to choose from for France. Choose from a variety of styles and sizes, with options for plain, mounted or framed prints. One of my favourite features allows you to play with framing options and see the results updated as you go ...
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France Travel Guides
Sun-bathed Provencal lavender fields, snow-topped Alpine peaks and vibrant Parisian cafes - France offers something for everyone. Home to magnificent art museums, romance, breathtaking scenery and some of the world's most revered food, France is one of Europe's most visited countries ...
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