Well, in the thread (Korean forum was so silent), some people suggested to give a more international life to this forum. So, after the post of "little round fort" (Singidunum or something like this. I slept too much in my latin class to find the exact word by mind) on Serbia.

I think people from foreign countries should show more faces of their country.

So let's begin with..... France (surprise). Since (assuming there is still someone here that hasn't noticed it) I live (and was born) in the southern France.

The history of the tricolore flag is to be linked to the revolution. The red and blue are the colors of Paris. And white is the color of the kings. You can see the image of Paris encircling the king.
http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Graphics_F/French%20Flag.jpg


Ok, so when you ask someone what he has in mind about France, what does he first think about? Paris..... but does France has something else to offer than Paris, well what does he think apart of this? Eiffel, wine, cheese eating surrendering monkeys..... ok none of those are landmarks or architecture.


Sadly, outside Paris, France isn't that known. Worse, when one says "Notre Dame" people only think of the cathedral of Paris. While tons of churchs in France are named Notre Dame (and the one of Paris is certainly not the most beautyfull, far from that).

A lot of churchs are gothics (of course, considering France has the oldest and first gothic churchs). Some Romanesque churchs and Byzantine ones too. Where are the Baroque churchs in this, France is supposed to be a catholic country, why is there nothing Baroque? Well there are no full Baroque church in France, but sometimes you'll see some details in some churchs bu rarely. Most French Baroque stuffs aren't present in churchs but in other buildings.

I usualy give the name of the city where you'll find it, but if I don't, it's you have it in the name (Notre Dame de Chartres, is in..... Chartres)

You'll notice that in French, Chateau doesn't exactly match castle, and palace doesn't exactly match palais. We use different definitions.

Anyway, let's begin, pictures borrowed on the net. But I also link the websites with.

I'll do it civilizations by civilizations. Because France isn't an homogenous country. There are several civilizations inside it (and I'm not talking about ethinicity because it could be divided even inside it). The fix the civilization, language are the main criteria I'll follow. Those do not match kingdoms either.

http://www.tlfq.ulaval.ca/axl/europe/images/France-aires-lng.jpg

Ok, first:
France

It is the one that absorbed the others. It's also the biggest and most powerfull. It has the most interesting architecture but is rather poor about landscapes. It should be bigger and include Wallonia in Belgium to be complete. Among with the Channel Islands.

http://www.worldstatesmen.org/fr-ilefr.gif

Since it has no real symbol outisde the French flag, the flag of Ile de France is the most appropriate. It's 3 Fleurs de Lys. Symbol that has been took back from the crusades. It means prosperity. The language is the French and the cultural capital is Paris.




So let's begin with Paris and its surrounding.



The Eiffel Tower

http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=fwEaks_r_uS
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~sedwards/photos/paris2002/Images/P3031688%20Eiffel%20Tower%20Dusk.jpg

http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~bradleyk/travel/europefall2003/
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~bradleyk/travel/europefall2003/Eiffel%20Tower.jpg

http://students.washington.edu/erikmax/indexxxx.htm
http://students.washington.edu/erikmax/images/Eiffel%20Tower%20at%20night.jpg

http://wonderclub.com/WorldWonders/ForgottenModernWonders.html
http://wonderclub.com/WorldWonders/images/Eiffel.gif

The Arc de Triomphe

http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/france/
http://home.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/france/PhotosF/Arc%20de%20triomphe.jpg

http://fabrice.terrasson.free.fr/partage/paris.html
http://fabrice.terrasson.free.fr/medias/images/partage/paris/paris-arc-de-triomphe-cote.jpg

www.livejournal.com/users/barcodegurl/122846.html
http://www.ashlintree.com/Paris%20to%20London/1636%20Arc%20de%20Triomphe.jpg

The Chateau de Versailles, the palace that cause this biggest palace war in Europe and kept the status of most impressive palace. The modern view say that it absorved 25% of the state income just to maintain it. And France was the wealthiest country of Europe (it was our golden age).

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/P_et_N.htm
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Front%20of%20Versailles.JPG

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Jardins.JPG

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Chateau%20de%20Versailles%20Chapel1.JPG

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Chateau%20de%20Versailles%20Chapel2.JPG

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Another%20Statue.JPG

http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?dep=78&mode=detail&style=photo&nbphot=12&photoid=2477&zoom=1&stp=1
http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/versailles_glaces_bd.jpg

http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/herzberg/Versaille1.htm
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/herzberg/Versaille1.jpg

http://www2.mnx.jp/shigeki/rambouillet/versailles.htm
http://www2.mnx.jp/shigeki/rambouillet/jardin18.jpg

http://www2.mnx.jp/shigeki/rambouillet/versailles.jpg

http://www2.mnx.jp/shigeki/rambouillet/jardin20.jpg

http://www.kulmbach.net/~MGF-Gymnasium/bilderdaten/absolutismus%201/Seiten/Chapelle%20Royale%20Versailles_jpg.htm
http://www.kulmbach.net/~MGF-Gymnasium/bilderdaten/absolutismus%201/Bilder/Chapelle%20Royale%20Versailles_jpg.jpg

http://www2.ac-lille.fr/afrance-anzin/Versailles/versailles.htm
http://www2.ac-lille.fr/afrance-anzin/Versailles/Versailles%202_fichiers/detail%20du%20plafond%20de%20la%20chapelle%20royale.jpg

http://www2.ac-lille.fr/afrance-anzin/Versailles/Versailles%202_fichiers/Autel%20de%20la%20chapelle%20royale.jpg

http://www2.ac-lille.fr/afrance-anzin/Versailles/Versailles%202_fichiers/image011.jpg

http://www2.ac-lille.fr/afrance-anzin/Versailles/Versailles%202_fichiers/image023.jpg

http://www2.ac-lille.fr/afrance-anzin/Versailles/Versailles%202_fichiers/image015.jpg


Notre Dame de Paris

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http://romanes2.free.fr//Notre_Dame_de_Paris-90200018.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Notre_Dame_de_Paris_6179-0026_filtered.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Notre_Dame_de_Paris0036-2.jpg

http://www.fno.org/exhibits/cathedral/nd9.html
http://www.fno.org/exhibits/cathedral/nd9.jpg

http://www.camt.usyd.edu.au/people/zqsu/Euro.htm
http://www.camt.usyd.edu.au/people/zqsu/EuroSummer/temp/Paris%20Notre%20Dame%20Tower%2004.jpg

Opera Garnier

http://www.parisbestlodge.com/operagarnier.html
http://www.parisbestlodge.com/opera4.jpg

http://www.yanous.com/pratique/culture/culture030314.html
http://www.yanous.com/pratique/culture/img/Opera-Garnier.jpg

http://mithec.prohosting.com/history/content/paris.html
http://ring.mithec.com/BOOKS/parisgarnier1.jpg

http://www.math.uni-wuppertal.de/~axel/urlaub/paris/paris.html
http://www.math.uni-wuppertal.de/~axel/urlaub/paris/OperaGarnierX.jpg

The "Sacré Coeur" (Basilica).

http://www.carto.net/andre.mw/photos/2001/04/21_paris/
http://www.carto.net/andre.mw/photos/2001/04/21_paris/20010422830_basilique_sacre_coeur_montmartre.jpg

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paris/tour/montmartre.html
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paris/img/montmartre.sacre-coeur.jpg

The Musée du Louvre

http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/europe/france/france.html
http://www.rjgeib.com/biography/europe/france/louvre.jpg

http://www.isi.edu/newarch/impei.html
http://www.isi.edu/newarch/images/impei.louvre.jpg

http://members.aol.com/leafnews/gallery.html
http://members.aol.com/pandora57/louvre.jpg

With the Arc du Carroussel behind it.

http://www.webologists.com/oli/photos/euro/Disk2/
http://www.webologists.com/oli/photos/euro/Disk2/ArcDuCarrousselLouvre.JPG

And inside the Mona Lisa

http://www.johnmitchell.org/art_gallery.htm
http://www.johnmitchell.org/artgall2/monalisa.jpg

The Venus by Millo, baught to a greek peasant for nearly a few peanuts.

http://zen.uta.edu/gallery/iccm12/
http://zen.uta.edu/gallery/iccm12/sun15.jpg

And the Winged Victory, also bought for nothing to the Ottomans.

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jtvanlew/html/art_fav.htm
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~jtvanlew/images/art/winged_victory_louvre.jpg

Place de la Concorde

http://externe.net/photos/paris_april_2000/eiffel_tower_and_concorde_place?full=1
http://externe.net/photos/albums/paris_april_2000/eiffel_tower_and_concorde_place.jpg

http://www.sobi.org/photos/places/Paris/concorde/concorde.html
http://www.sobi.org/photos/places/Paris/concorde/Concorde_005.jpg

Hotel des Invalides

http://www.mike-werner.org/Photo_Album/photo_paris/Paris.htm
http://www.mike-werner.org/Photo_Album/photo_paris/Invalides.jpg

http://www.unl.edu/louisxiv/architecture.html
http://www.unl.edu/louisxiv/invalides.jpg

http://www.parisdigest.com/monument/napoleongrave.htm
http://www.parisdigest.com/photos/Invalides-tombeau-Napoleon.jpg

The Pantheon

http://www.geneastar.org/fr/
http://www.geneastar.org/img/acc/pantheon.gif

http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/felvil/klasszic.htm
http://www.bajabela.sulinet.hu/tubi/felvil/pantheon.jpg


The Centre Georges Pompidou

http://www.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/22991/
http://p.vtourist.com/487727.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_Georges_Pompidou
http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/3/3d/Paris.pompidou.500pix.jpg

Saint Denis (Basilica). What does this one has of so special? Well, it's the first gothic churchs ever built (where it all begun), giving it a huge historical value. It is the burial place for the French kings.

http://www.kaipahl.de/dogfood/dogfood_030303.html
http://www.kaipahl.de/dogfood/_images_dogfood/paris0303_stdenis01.jpg

http://www.artist-at-large.com/saintdenis.htm
http://www.artist-at-large.com/stdenis1c2.jpg

http://ancre.chez.tiscali.fr/saint-denis/saint-denis.htm
http://ancre.chez.tiscali.fr/saint-denis/saint-denis.jpeg

http://ancre.chez.tiscali.fr/saint-denis/gisantl12.jpeg

http://ancre.chez.tiscali.fr/saint-denis/gisantf1.jpeg

The conciergerie in Paris was also a jail.

http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/France/France.htm
http://www.shunya.net/Pictures/France/Conciergerie-evening.jpg

The Pont Alexandre III is a small but cool bridge in Paris.

http://www.phan-ngoc.com/fred/paris/html/alex3.html
http://www.phan-ngoc.com/fred/paris/img/alex3_2.jpg

http://www.phan-ngoc.com/fred/paris/photos/alexandreIII_1.jpg

http://www.lamedon.de/urlaub/paris/pb-p27_en.html
http://www.lamedon.de/urlaub/paris/pb-p27.jpg

http://ralf.alfray.com/photos/Travels/France01/images/
http://ralf.alfray.com/photos/Travels/France01/images/2111%20Pont%20Alexandre%20III.jpg

Colone de Juillet

http://www.hberlioz.com/Paris/BPColJuillet.html
http://www.hberlioz.com/Paris/PARIS730n.jpg

http://www.hberlioz.com/Paris/Paris740n1.jpg

Palais de Chaillot in Paris. Quiet a recent one.

http://www.alovelyworld.com/webfranc/htmgb/fra042.htm
http://www.alovelyworld.com/webfranc/gimage/fra042.jpg

http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/galleries/france/blg-f_paris2_trocadero_palais_de_chaillot_gardens_fountains_223087.htm
http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/galleries/france/france_photos/paris2_palais_de_chaillot_gardens_fountains_223087.jpg

http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/galleries/france/blg-f_paris2_trocadero_eiffel_tower_as_seen_from_palais_de_chaillot_223004.htm
http://europeforvisitors.com/europe/galleries/france/france_photos/paris2_eiffel_tower_as_seen_from_palais_de_chaillot_223004.jpg

Place Vendome

http://cyberfrance.dmweb.org/paris7_e.htm
http://cyberfrance.dmweb.org/images/obelisque_vendome.jpg

http://nomm.com/wallpaper.htm
http://nomm.com/W-ParisPlaceVendome.jpg

Bourse du Commerce

http://www.gnarfgnarf.com/France/Picture%20Les%20Halles.htm
http://www.gnarfgnarf.com/France/Large%20Pictures/Bourse%20du%20Commerce.jpg

http://philaparis.free.fr/Images/France/LesHalles/imageshalles.htm
http://philaparis.free.fr/Images/France/LesHalles/boursecomm.JPG

High tech Paris

TheGrande Arche de la Fraternité in Paris

http://beebo.org/album/travel2.001k/e66db51036369d88adad9f30fda8cfbd.html
http://beebo.org/img/600/e66db51036369d88adad9f30fda8cfbd.jpg

http://perso.club-internet.fr/cesarigd/revretz/monumae.htm
http://perso.club-internet.fr/cesarigd/images/galpfm/archepyr1l.jpg

http://jim.rees.org/trips/fr-99-11-01.html (the website say not found but the picture is inside it, funny).
http://jim.rees.org/nikon02/0850.jpg

http://ppfeyte.free.fr/nocturnes/noctu23.htm
http://ppfeyte.free.fr/images/WaN/wan23defense.jpg

The Tour Montparnasse not in La Defense, France tallest scrapper. Only 210m

http://www.chroniques-nomades.org/14ardt/14ardt007.htm
http://www.chroniques-nomades.org/14ardt/images/tour_montparnasse.jpg

http://www.chroniques-nomades.org/14ardt/images/tour_montparnasse_malakoff.jpg

(err, I better not link the forum where google found this one)
http://photos.minman.com/paris/tours_paris/tour_montparnasse/tour_mont01.jpg

Tour ELF

http://www.parisdigest.com/business/ladefense-tourelf-zoom.htm
http://www.parisdigest.com/photos/Tour-Elf-zoom.jpg

Tour GAN

http://www.archi.fr/CAUE92/c/1/ann70.htm
http://www.archi.fr/CAUE92/c/1/img/defi7002.jpg

http://ladefense.free.fr/gan/gan.html
http://ladefense.free.fr/gan/gan01.jpg

Coeur Defense

http://www.fing.org/index.php?num=2259,1
http://www.fing.org/img/coeurdefense.jpg

Tour EDF

Lot of pictures
http://ladefense.free.fr/pb6/pb6.html
http://ladefense.free.fr/pb6/edf05.jpg

http://www.clasohm.com/photodb/photo?photo_id=7337
http://www.clasohm.com/photodb/img/7337-md.jpg

Tours de la Société Générale

http://eras.free.fr/images/SG/sg2.JPG
http://eras.free.fr/images/SG/sg2.JPG
http://eras.free.fr/images/SG/sg4.JPG

La Géode in Paris, is a theatre

http://www.ambafrance-ng.org/voicifra/vfr.html
http://www.ambafrance-ng.org/voicifra/pict/geode.jpg

http://www.parisdigest.com/cinema/lageode.htm
http://www.parisdigest.com/photos/La-Geode.jpg

Institut du monde Arabe

http://www.cicrp.jussieu.fr/jacqueno/IMAGEDIV/PARIS/institut-monde-arabe.html
http://www.cicrp.jussieu.fr/jacqueno/IMAGEDIV/PARIS/institut-monde-arabe.jpg

http://www.kottke.org/plus/photos/200105europe/mondearabe.html
http://www.kottke.org/plus/photos/200105europe/mondearabe.jpg

Paris - Charles de Gaulle One of the 3 international airport for Paris.

http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Charles%20De%20Gaulle%20Paris.JPG
http://www.cs.ucr.edu/~uamaya/Paris_et_NormandiePics/Charles%20De%20Gaulle%20Paris.JPG

http://kbp.kiev.ua/rus/airports/search/CHARLES_DE_GAULLE.html
http://kbp.kiev.ua/.db/w300/7562/paris-de-gaulle-international-airport.jpg

Paris - Orly 2nd airport

http://karsten.thiee.free.fr/ap14.html
http://karsten.thiee.free.fr/ap14/Paris%20Orly%20PI%20339.jpg

http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/vlog/
http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vog/plog/plog_archive/2004/orly3.jpg
Très Grande Bibliotheque the national library. 4 twin tower and 20 milions of article.

http://encarta.msn.com/media_681500112_761561798_-1_1/Biblioth%C3%A8que_Nationale_de_France.html
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/0005b/0005BCBB.jpg

http://www.pele.org/francais/bnf.shtml
http://www.pele.org/shop/TresGrandeBibliotheque3A-G.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/urbaimages/apercu/archi/gp/25.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/urbaimages/apercu/archi/gp/images/25.jpg

Opera Bastille

http://membres.lycos.fr/misss/bastille.html
http://www.seleconlight.com/deutsch/gallery/Opera%20Bastille.jpg

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsd3r/Paris03_prog_pics.html
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsd3r/Opera_Bastille.jpg

Stade de France

http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/juniors/mondial/pme16.htm
http://www.assemblee-nat.fr/juniors/mondial/stade2-d.jpg

http://www.metier-tp.com/tp/popup/stade-france.htm
http://www.metier-tp.com/media/images/stade-france.jpg

Tour T1

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=120
http://ladefense.free.fr/t1/t1-02.jpg

http://ladefense.free.fr/t1/t1-01.jpg

Exaltis it's curved as you can see, but small.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=60555
http://www.bridot-willerval.com/data/images/111_zoom.jpg

Tour Granite

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=112366&page=1&pp=20
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cyril.poisson/granite_amc.jpg

Hotel Intercontinental Le Meridien de la Defense

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=61313&page=1&pp=20
http://www.claude-vasconi.fr/projets/defense/def01b.jpg

http://www.auralab.com/galerie01/hidef01.jpg

The Tour CBX actually U/C in La Defense.

pictures comming from this thread.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=944 some taken by forumers like Pornstar, Cyril or Eric. Thanks to them.

http://ladefense.free.fr/cbx/cbx02.jpg

http://mapage.noos.fr/razorbladekiss/MISC/IMG_7837.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cyril.poisson/cbx_5.jpg







Now let's leave Paris, but not get too far.

Not as famous as Versailles (and not as impressive) the Chateau de Fontainebleau also worth a visit.

http://fangor.freeshell.org/ph-paris.html
http://fangor.freeshell.org/photo/fr-fntbl-ch-lg.jpg

http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?dep=77&mode=detail&style=photo&nbphot=13&photoid=2470&zoom=1&stp=1
http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/fontainebleau_2_bd.jpg

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsd3r/Paris03_prog_pics.html
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~tsd3r/Fontainebleau_Lake.jpg


Notre Dame de Chartres (Cathedral): was a very innovative church and introduced new way of building. That has been used in many gothic churchs since. It was a monster in size when they made it. 115m tall and very big for a church built in 1260.

http://jp.encarta.msn.com/media_461526611_761568934_-1_1/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E5%A4%A7%E8%81%96%E5%A0%82.html
http://images.encarta.msn.com/xrefmedia/sharemed/targets/images/pho/t040/T040969A.jpg

http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/france/chartresnd.html
http://www.uquebec.ca/musique/orgues/france/chartresnd.jpg

http://arts-sciences.cua.edu/gl/images/safran_slides/Medieval_Art/13thCentury/ChartresAerialView.jpg

http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/cathedral1/notre-dame.jpg

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http://romanes2.free.fr/
http://romanes.free.fr//ND_de_Chartres_927-249-0013.jpg

http://romanes.free.fr//Chartres-portailNord003.jpg

http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/cathchartres.html
(Pictures are a bit large, yet it should be a problem for Korean, I still do not post them directly.

Saint Pierre in Beauvais, was a mad dream. They wanted to make the world tallest church (and made it but for a short time), the roof nearly is 50m above the gound (world tallest choir), in the end it nearly uses only glass to maintain the stone, because with a stone suspension it would collapse. The bell tower reached nearly 170m but collapsed very soon getting for a short time the title of world tallest structure. Leaving an uncomplete church.

http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?dep=60&mode=detail&style=photo&nbphot=8&photoid=2023&zoom=1&stp=1
http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/cathedrale_st_pierre1_bd.jpg

http://www.oise.pref.gouv.fr/Site/Oise_images/index_images.htm
http://www.oise.pref.gouv.fr/Site/Oise_images/images/beauvais04.jpg

http://www.beauvais.fr/index2.php
http://www.beauvais.fr/pages/gallery/albums/Cath%E9drale/IMG_5988.jpg

http://www.beauvais.fr/pages/gallery/albums/Cath%E9drale/IMG_6248.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr/
http://romanes2.free.fr//Saint_Pierre_de_Beauvais0024-2.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Saint_Pierre_de_Beauvais0017-2.jpg

Sainte Croix in Orleans:

http://www.coeur-de-france.com/orleans-cathedrale.html
http://www.coeur-de-france.com/orleans-cathedrale3.jpg

http://www.astrosurf.com/poisaya/photo/orleans/01cathedrale.htm
http://www.astrosurf.com/poisaya/images/orleans/cathedrale.jpg



In Champagne
http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/champagna-ardenne_flag.gif

Notre Dame de Reims (Cathedral), it is said it is the most beautyfull church of France, I'll let you judge that.

http://www.pictures-europe.com/pictures-france.htm
http://www.pictures-europe.com/france/notre-dame-reims.jpg

http://www.gregoryferdinandsen.com/CDG2001/Notre_Dame_de_Reims.htm
Extensives pictures but copyrighted. So I'll let you check.



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http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_020.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_040.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_002.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_004.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_013.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_015.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_009.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_023.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_019.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_021.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_028.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_005.jpg

http://romanes2.free.fr//Cathedrale_de_Reims_012.jpg

This website, is a must see I think, many details on many stuff I posted and even more.


In Normandy
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/fr-norm.gif

Notre Dame de Rouen, in Normandy, this one was originaly quiet old, but it was modified several time. The last one in the 19th century, raised it at 153m and taking the world tallest title to Saint Nicolas, to lose it one year later to Cologne. It is here that Richard Lionheart, Norman king of England, is buried. As Rouen was his prefered city.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cathedrales-de-france/rouen.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cathedrales-de-france/images/rouen_ext.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cathedrales-de-france/images/rouen_int.jpg

http://www.thegraingerfamily.net/ashleystravels/
http://www.thegraingerfamily.net/images/France/RouenNotreDame2.JPG

http://normandie.grafiko.org/pg02x.html
http://normandie.grafiko.org/rouecath1.jpg

I think you all know the Mont Saint Michel, with sand all aroung it. But when the tide get high, it's in the sea. Better not leave your car around it. In 10 minutes it will be a submarine.

http://www.irisa.fr/manifestations/1997/tools97/english/photo.html
http://www.irisa.fr/manifestations/1997/tools97/images/im9.JPEG

http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/pictures/2001/06/06/mtsm-dsc20010606043.html
http://www.raubacapeu.net/people/yves/pictures/2001/06/06/dsc20010606043.jpg

A cable stayed bridge, the Pont de Normandie near Le Havre is quiet tall and long. 210m tall.

http://www.enpc.fr/aipc/public/lassociation/lassociation.html
http://www.enpc.fr/aipc/public/lassociation/pont.jpg

http://www.metier-tp.com/pourqui/popup/pont-normandie.htm
http://www.metier-tp.com/media/images/pont-normandie.jpg



Picardy
http://www.vexilla-mundi.com/picardie_flag.gif

Notre Dame d'Amiens, one more gothic church. It's getting boring.

http://iws.ccccd.edu/Andrade/WorldLitI2332/SlidesofCathedrals.html
http://iws.ccccd.edu/Andrade/WorldLitI2332/cathedrals/amiennotredames.gif

http://www.anja-wilken.de/kritik/amiens.htm
http://www.anja-wilken.de/pics/notredameamiens.JPG

http://www.archicool.com/actu/breves/25122003.shtml
http://www.archicool.com/actu/breves/pict/amienscathe.jpg


In Anjou
http://geraldika.ru/images/137/anjou_prov_fl_n3000.gif

With the capital Angers

http://www.castles-france.net/vacation-rentals/vacation-tourism.htm
http://www.castles-france.net/vacation-rentals/images/vacations-loire-valley-angers.jpg

http://www.jcolen.com/Ben%20Harper%20Europe%202003%20Tour.htm
http://www.jcolen.com/Angers%20Cathedral.jpg

http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Chateaux/chateau_anger.htm
http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Graphics_A/anger6-1.jpg

http://www.french-at-a-touch.com/Graphics_A/anger7-1.jpg

The Castles of the Loire are the most impressives of France

In the English definition, the largest castle of France is the Chateau de Chambord.

http://2style.net/ff_gallery/france.htm
http://2style.net/ff_gallery/chambord.jpg

http://www.lapinville.net/chambord.htm
http://www.lapinville.net/chambord_facade.jpg

http://www.lapinville.net/chambord_escalier.jpg

http://www.lapinville.net/chambord_escalierh.jpg

The Chateau de Chenonceau is built over the water.

http://www.apostcardhome.com/contents.htm
http://www.apostcardhome.com/08170006.jpg

http://www.wheatonma.edu/Academic/AcademicDept/French/french%20resources/FR245/245.html
http://www.wheatonma.edu/Academic/AcademicDept/French/french%20resources/FR245/images/Chenonceau_int%8Erieur.jpeg

Chateau de Pierrefonds

http://www.ac-reunion.fr/pedagogie/colborystvincent/basecadre/presentation.htm
http://www.ac-reunion.fr/pedagogie/colborystvincent/Accueil/images/chateau%20pierrefond.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/famille.delamarre/Vacances/Chateaux/chateau2.html
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/famille.delamarre/Vacances/Chateaux/pierrefo1.JPG





And in Burgundy:
http://www.worldstatesmen.org/fr-bourg.gif

With its capital, Dijon

http://www.umwelt-verkehr.de/walder-reisen/reisen/reisen-burgund-01.htm
http://www.umwelt-verkehr.de/fotos-karten/bildagentur/frankreich/dijon/f-dijon-altstadt-01-i300.jpg

http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/stpmlang/burgundy/burphotos2.htm
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/stpmlang/burgundy/dijon%20building.jpg

http://www.udena.ch:8080/ridingtoAix/stories/storyReader$95
http://www.udena.ch/ManilaImages/ridingtoAix/Dijon.jpg

And the Palais des Etats de Bourgogne

http://www.ville-dijon.fr/ville/patrimoine/hot_palais.htm
http://www.ville-dijon.fr/ville/patrimoine/images/2palaisdesducs.jpg

http://dmawww.epfl.ch/~joosten/bourgogne/bourg.html
http://dmawww.epfl.ch/~joosten/bourgogne/dijon7.jpg

The main church is Saint Michel

http://www.yanous.com/pratique/tourisme/tourisme031024.html
http://www.yanous.com/pratique/tourisme/img/Dijon/Saint-Michel.jpg
Beaune, a town. Looking at those roof we could think it's in Austria.


http://beaune.free.fr/galerie.html
http://beaune.free.fr/gargouille.jpg

http://beaune.free.fr/hoteldeville.JPG

http://beaune.free.fr/marche2.JPG

http://beaune.free.fr/portestnicolas.JPG

http://beaune.free.fr/echauguette.JPG

http://beaune.free.fr/vignecouleur.JPG

http://dauphinomaniac.dauphstock.org/Cartespostales/Francaises/Cartes_F1.html
http://dauphinomaniac.dauphstock.org/Cartespostales/Francaises/Beaune.jpg

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wulfric/varia/photos-fr/
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wulfric/varia/photos-fr/beaune.jpg

http://w3.gorge.net/sjmason/France%202003.htm
http://w3.gorge.net/sjmason/VHospice%20Beaune.jpg


It's a fortified town (been there to buy some wine, in April) but I can't find a pictures of the fortified walls.

Thank you Exarchus for these very nice pictures: they remind me of those 3 wonderful months I spent in your country a few years ago.

Keep posting some more, they'll be viewed for sure!

cheers

The 2nd biggest civilization of France is Occitania. It's rather large and is the only one having access to both the mediteranean sea and the atlantic ocean. It also has a large part of mountains. Occitania is the opposite of France, it poorer architecturaly talking (still it has things to offer) but older. In the other hand, the landscapes are fabulous, to say the least.

http://jf.blanc.free.fr/oc.gif
The official flag of Occitania, and still used, is the one of Languedoc and is used for the whole Occitania. The cross is an old symbol and the 12 point show the 12 zodiak symbols. Yet, in the middle ages, the cleric seen the 12 apostles in it. Wich is wrong. The origin of the symbol itself are lost in history.
To be complete Occitania should the Valle de Aran in Spain, the very northwest Italy and Monaco.
The language is Occitan (wich sounds like an old form of Catalan) and the cultural capital is Toulouse.


So here is the Languedoc.

The main city is Toulouse:
Saint Sernin (Basilica), in Toulouse, is the biggest pure Romanesque church. Built in the 10th or 11th century (can't remember). That's my city :D, the bell tower remind me a lot of the Ensemble Conventuel des Jacobins (same city), I should say the opposite considering Saint Sernin is older.

http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/menufrance/toulsser.html
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/image/france/france-t-to-z/toulouse/s-sernin/m0646tol.jpg

http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/image/france/france-t-to-z/toulouse/s-sernin/m0650tol.jpg

http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/france/Toulouse/SSernin/Exterior/Toul-SS-ext-003-s.jpg

http://vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu/medart/image/france/Toulouse/SSernin/Interior/Toul-SSernin-int-006-s.jpg

Here is the Capitole

http://www.cathares.org/toulouse-photos.html
http://www.cathares.org/P22-02-25a-toulouse.jpg

http://www.cict.fr/toulouse/EBienvenue.html
http://www.cict.fr/toulouse/images/CapitoleEntJR.gif

http://dauphinomaniac.dauphstock.org/Cartespostales/Francaises/Toulouse.html
http://dauphinomaniac.dauphstock.org/Cartespostales/Francaises/Toulouse.jpg

The Ensemble Conventuel des Jacobins, we leave the gothic style for the Wisigothic style......

http://membres.lycos.fr/jeff31/toulouse.html
http://membres.lycos.fr/jeff31/jacobins.jpg

http://www.uio.no/suhf/info/siv-ing_toulouse.html
http://www.uio.no/suhf/info/Jacobins.jpg

The Dome de la Grave

http://www.toulousevisit.com/toulouse/fen_ptstpierre.htm
http://www.toulousevisit.com/toulouse/fen_pont_st-pierre/fen_pontstpierre.jpg

http://www.chez.com/toulousegardedenfants/garon.htm
http://www.chez.com/toulousegardedenfants/gprin.jpg

Various view of Toulouse

http://medicago.toulouse.inra.fr/EU/symposium/local_information.htm
http://medicago.toulouse.inra.fr/EU/symposium/images/toulouse.jpg

http://abanades.addr.com/toulouse.html
http://abanades.addr.com/0306-toulouse-1.jpg



Sainte Cecile, in Albi, is a gothic church built in..... bricks and not in stone. That's why it doesn't look like a gothic church.

http://www.cathares.org/albi-plan.html
http://www.cathares.org/P12-15-18a-albi.jpg

http://www.cathares.org/P12-16-0a-albi.jpg



Saint Just in Narbonne, an unfinished gothic church. The simple christian wasn't allowed to get in. Only the clergy could. The choir is the only in France that hasn't been damaged by time and hasn't been renovated.

http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?dep=11&mode=detail&style=photo&nbphot=5&photoid=1583&zoom=1&stp=1
http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/fr_345_bd.jpg

http://www.frenchhomerentals.com/other/Siran/home.htm
http://www.frenchhomerentals.com/other/Siran/Narbonne_Cathedral.jpg

With a large collection of tombs
http://rubens.anu.edu.au/raid1cdroms/france/narbonne/cathedral/tombs/
Pictures are large, I'll let you check the link



The cathedral of Limoges is also named Saint Etienne, and is also one of the oldest.

http://sibot.free.fr/photoslimoges/gal2/gal2.htm
Pictures are copyrighted. I'll let you check the link.


Saint Etienne in Cahors. Is a very old cathedral, it looks nice with its two domes, built in the 12 century.

http://www.quercy-tourisme.com/cahors/visite_ville.html
http://www.quercy-tourisme.com/cahors/images/cathedrale.jpg

http://www.mairie-cahors.fr/Tourisme/Visite04.html
http://www.mairie-cahors.fr/Tourisme/visite42.jpg



We just can't talk about bridges in France and don't mention the Pont du Gard. With its 2000 years and it's around Nimes.

http://cs.anu.edu.au/~James.Popple/photographs/gallery-08/
http://cs.anu.edu.au/~James.Popple/photographs/gallery-08/4x6/pont-du-gard-1994.jpg

http://www.breweryarts.org/europe/provence.htm
http://www.breweryarts.org/europe/France/Provence/pont%20du%20gard.jpg

Still about Nimes, the Maison Carrée

http://www.pernic.co.uk/index.html
http://www.pernic.co.uk/source/maison_carre.jpg


The Viaduc de Garabit has been built by Eiffel.

http://benoit.albagnac.free.fr/moto2.htm
http://benoit.albagnac.free.fr/viaduc_garabit.jpg


The Viaduc de Verrieres this one is 144m tall.

http://serveur-crt.grp-esim.imt-mrs.fr/Web_ISBA/formini/intro_isba.htm
http://serveur-crt.grp-esim.imt-mrs.fr/Web_ISBA/formini/verriere.JPG


The Viaduc de Millau, actually under construction. 343 tall (world tallest bridge) and 2,6km long.

http://www.millau-clic.com/
http://www.millau-clic.com/albums/album67/02_G.jpg

http://www.millau-clic.com/albums/album67/03_G.jpg

http://www.millau-clic.com/albums/album59/09_G.jpg

The cathars' castles are often impressive especially considering where they are built. Yet they didn't survived history and most of them were destroyed during the Albigensian crusade. But they protected the southwest France of nearly quiet a lot of centuries of continuous war with the muslims from Spain.

The Chateau de Queribus
http://www.tourinfos.com/fr/r0011/d0011/m0001/j0007/p000014.htm
http://www.tourinfos.com/collectif/r0011/d0011/m0001/j0007/photo/z000014a.jpg

http://www.jemay.de/france-4.html
http://www.jemay.de/Frankreich/queribus1.JPG

The Chateau de Puilaurens

http://www.logis-de-france-aude.com/imgs/images-aude/grandes/
http://www.logis-de-france-aude.com/imgs/images-aude/grandes/puilaurens.jpg

http://alterego.tut.by/galery/photo.php?apa_album_ID=3&apa_photo_ID=43&apa_page=1
http://alterego.tut.by/galery/albums/castles/img/castle-of-Puilaurens.jpg

Chateau de Montsegur

http://www.logis-de-france-aude.com/imgs/images-aude/grandes/
http://www.logis-de-france-aude.com/imgs/images-aude/grandes/montsegur.jpg

http://www.caunes-minervois.com/region.htm
http://www.caunes-minervois.com/graphics/montsegur.gif

Chateau de Peyrepertuze

http://www.logis-de-france-aude.com/imgs/images-aude/grandes/
http://www.logis-de-france-aude.com/imgs/images-aude/grandes/peyrepertuse.jpg

Saint Circ is one of those typical nice medieval city of Occitania.
http://www.visitorama.com/46/st-cirq-lapopie.html

http://www.visitorama.com/46/st-cirq-lapopie.jpg

http://www.visitorama.com/46/st-cirq-lapopie-2.jpg

Carcassonne: A must see if you're going in the southwest. I lived there for two years.
http://www.daveandgail.com/travel/

http://www.daveandgail.com/travel/images/carcassonne.jpg

http://www.daveandgail.com/travel/images/CarDusk.jpg

http://home.arcor.de/svens-page
http://home.arcor.de/svens-page/Carcassonne2.jpg

The Pyrenees.

http://www.telemarkzone.de/bilder/pyrenees%20view%20m.llonch.JPG

With the Royal Eagle, a local Eagle.

http://membres.lycos.fr/photodereve/newpage17.html
http://membres.lycos.fr/photodereve/hpbimg/aigle-bateleur.jpg

The wolfs

http://www.ariege.com/what_to_do/outdoors/wildlife.html
http://www.ariege.com/what_to_do/outdoors/img/loup.jpeg

And Bears

http://animauxdivers.monblogue.com/main.php
http://www.noname.fr/ours/ours.jpg

The Gard

http://photofrancedpt.free.fr/diaporama3.htm
http://photofrancedpt.free.fr/gard(1).jpg

Gorges du Tarn I went there. Many good diving spot.

http://jackchang.net/MotoGP/pages/003%2001_07%20Gorge%20du%20Tarn.htm
http://jackchang.net/MotoGP/images/003%2001_07%20Gorge%20du%20Tarn.jpg

http://www.germain-environnement.fr/terroir.html (cool pics there).
http://www.germain-environnement.fr/images/gorge_du_tarn_2.jpg



Gascony is the very western part of Occitania. The people here (Gascons) are the closed people in Occitania of the Vascons (Basques).

http://atlasgeo.span.ch/drapeaux/GascogneHTML.gif

Firt the Capital Auch

http://www.frenchwayoflife.net/fr/ville.asp?v=Auch
http://www.frenchwayoflife.net/photos/villes/a/auch.jpg

The Pont Napoleon our local bungee jumping spot.

http://vons.free.fr/toulouse/pyrenees.html (wonderfull landscapes on this one, you'll see what I see all the time).
http://vons.free.fr/toulouse/100-0836_IMG.jpg

Here is the Château de Pau: After the fall of Pamplona in Spain the Kingdom of Navarre relocated its capital in Pau. This was the royal castle of Navarre then and when Henri IV (born in Pau) got access to the throne of France he nearly unified the two kingdoms (they stayed 2 different kingdoms with the same king until the French revolution).
http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau.html

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau2.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau5.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau3.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau8.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau7.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau10.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau15.jpg

http://midi.occitanie.org/henri4/pau/pau21.jpg

Here is the Château de Montaigne. This is where Montaigne was born and was raised. Because he went to his exodus in southern europe to discover himself. And created the essay who became a style in itself. The castle was burned in a fire and only the tower and the library survived sadly. Written on the wall: "Le bout du savoir pour l'homme est de considérer comme bon ce qui arrive et pour le reste d'être sans souci" (in Occitan of course). I agree that about architecture only, it's not such a monument. But still interesting.
http://www.wwu.edu/depts/mcl/french/Photos/Photos1.html

http://www.wwu.edu/depts/mcl/french/Photos/montaigne4.jpeg

http://www.wwu.edu/depts/mcl/french/Photos/montaigne3.jpeg

Condom (not it's not a joke) is an old fortified village. There is an impressive flower festival there each year.

http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?dep=32&mode=detail&style=photo&nbphot=8&photoid=2542&zoom=1&stp=1
http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/condom_bd.jpg

http://www.chez.com/gascogne/gascogne/hrml/condom.html
http://www.chez.com/gascogne/gascogne/image/condom.JPG


http://www.fources.fr/condompaysbas.htm
http://www.fources.fr/stock%20images/condomville.jpg

http://www.fources.fr/stock%20images/condomcathedrale.jpg

http://www.fources.fr/stock%20images/condombandas.jpg

Typical house in stone, renovated.

http://www.the-old-farmhouse.fsnet.co.uk/
http://www.the-old-farmhouse.fsnet.co.uk/the%20old%20farmhouse.jpg

Pic du Midi (I can see it from my house nearly (in winter only because of the trees)

http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/Instruments/fr/photometres/Cimel/traitement.htm
http://www-loa.univ-lille1.fr/Instruments/images/instruments/cimel/PIC-DU-MIDI1.jpg

http://www.sidetp.org/espace_ingenieurs/regions/midipy/index2.asp
http://www.sidetp.org/espace_ingenieurs/regions/midipy/img/pic%20du%20midi.jpg

Cap de Long

http://idd006bs.eresmas.net/Eng/Albert%20Aym%E0Cast.html
http://idd006bs.eresmas.net/Albert%20aym%E0%20Aubeyzon/mostra/Cap%20de%20Long%20copia.GIF

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pays-toy/edf.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pays-toy/images/cap_de_long.jpg

The Pic du Vignemale

http://eupt2.unizar.es/eda/monte/seleccion_fotos.html
http://eupt2.unizar.es/eda/monte/vignemale/fotos/048Raquel_Vignemale_deJorge.jpg

The Breche de Roland

http://www.henrik-ks.dk/photoshtml/BrecheDeRoland/BrecheDeRoland_01.htm (many cool pictures)
http://www.henrik-ks.dk/photoshtml/BrecheDeRoland/08_12BrecheDeRolandCopper.JPG

Cirque de Gavarnie

http://www-laog.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/~gduchene/autres.html
http://www-laog.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/~gduchene/images/cirque.jpg

http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfrwest/122798/122798cirque_de_gavarnie.htm
http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfrwest/122798/122798-the%20Cirque%20de%20Gavarnie.JPG

The Atlantic beachs of Gascony.

http://phcord.chez.tiscali.fr/Landes%202.jpg

http://www.touradour.com/towns/hossegor/hossegor.htm
http://www.touradour.com/towns/hossegor/hosfront.jpg

http://www.lelacmarin.com/autour/autour.htm
http://www.lelacmarin.com/autour/600_vuelac.jpg

The Dune du Pilat near, atlantic coast, europe tallest dune. 114m tall.

http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfrwest/112198/112198the_silver_coast.htm
http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfrwest/112198/112198-Sara%20climbing%20Dune%20due%20Pilat.JPG

http://svt.ac-bordeaux.fr/Space/passes/pasgeo.htm
http://svt.ac-bordeaux.fr/Space/passes/dune2.gif


Here is the northern part, the Limousin
http://atlasgeo.span.ch/drapeaux/LimousinHTML.gif

On French Byzantine church, Saint Front (Cathedral)in Perigueux.

http://www.quid.fr/departements.html?dep=24&mode=detail&style=photo&nbphot=3&photoid=2199&zoom=1&stp=1
http://www.quid.fr/qm/photos/perigueux_cath_bd.jpg

http://hopf.uoregon.edu/~sadofsky/quercy/arrival.html
http://hopf.uoregon.edu/~sadofsky/quercy/perigueux-cathedral.jpg

The eastern part, is the Provence, with you must all know a bit.
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/pater/flags/fr-prove.gif

Notre Dame de la Garde in Marseille, looks like it's watching the port.

http://marseillesympa.free.fr/ndgarde1024.html
http://marseillesympa.free.fr/ndgarde1024x768.jpg

http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/France%20Tour/Daily_Webpages/Day%2004/02%20Marseille/Nortre%20Dame/page_01.htm
http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/France%20Tour/Daily_Webpages/Day%2004/02%20Marseille/Nortre%20Dame/01%20Notre%20Dame%20de%20la%20Garde%20.jpg

http://www.cis.nctu.edu.tw/~whtsai/France%20Tour/Daily_Webpages/Day%2004/02%20Marseille/Nortre%20Dame/03%20The%20interior%20of%20the%20church.jpg

The Chateau d'If in Marseille, was a jail. Our Alcatraz. If you now the story of the Count of Monte Cristo, he was jailed there.

http://gilles.garros.free.fr/ville/ville.html
http://gilles.garros.free.fr/ville/Chateau_.jpg

Various pictures of Marseille

http://irachus.free.fr/photo/marseille/page_01.htm
http://irachus.free.fr/photo/marseille/eglise%20marseille.JPG

http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~kethorn/marseille/erfahrungsbericht/
http://www.mathematik.uni-bielefeld.de/~kethorn/marseille/erfahrungsbericht/Marseille%20-%20Calanque%20d'en%20Vau.jpg

http://forum.aceboard.net/p-13321-1005-16428-0.htm
http://fradd.pacac.free.fr/Images/Photos/marseille.jpg

Here is Nice

http://www-sop.inria.fr/tropics/ad2000/
http://www-sop.inria.fr/tropics/ad2000/conf2large.gif

http://www.keyboardbiologist.net/knitblog/archives/2003_06.html
http://www.keyboardbiologist.net/knitblog/images/bay.jpg

http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~dcoatta/IntroSummer/Nice/NiceThumbs.html
http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~dcoatta/IntroSummer/Nice/FullSize/Nice-Sea3.jpg

The Arc de Triomphe in Orange

http://240plan.ovh.net/~echolali/wiki/index.php?ListeProvencale
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/nationale7/histoire/photoshistoire/arcorange.jpg

Theatre d'Auguste also in Orange

http://xxi.ac-reims.fr/clg-belgrand/sitecollege/orange.htm
http://xxi.ac-reims.fr/clg-belgrand/sitecollege/images/Orange%20theatre2.jpg

Palais des Papes in Avignon

http://www.breweryarts.org/europe/provence.htm
http://www.breweryarts.org/europe/France/Provence/palais%20des%20papes.jpg

On the island on Nerins, in front of Cannes, there is a fortified monastery of Nerins.

http://www.languages.umd.edu/French...cegroup/lerins/

http://www.languages.umd.edu/FrenchItalian/faculty/JLetzter/nicegroup/lerins/lerins-Images/15.jpg

http://www.languages.umd.edu/FrenchItalian/faculty/JLetzter/nicegroup/lerins/lerins-Images/28.jpg

http://www.languages.umd.edu/FrenchItalian/faculty/JLetzter/nicegroup/lerins/lerins-Images/29.jpg

http://www.languages.umd.edu/FrenchItalian/faculty/JLetzter/nicegroup/lerins/lerins-Images/20.jpg

The landscapes of Provence

http://www.villagetravel.ca/
http://www.villagetravel.ca/imgs/provence.jpg

http://www.le-guide.com/larecampado/
http://www.le-guide.com/larecampado/photos/provence.jpg

Gorges du Verdon

http://www.verdoncanoe.midi-bip.com/etape2.html
http://www.verdoncanoe.midi-bip.com/graph/entree_des_gorges_en_pedalo.jpg

http://www.guideweb.com/provence/bb/paralou/loisirs.html
http://www.guideweb.com/provence/bb/paralou/img/gorges.jpg

http://www.famstegeman.info/jeroenopdefiets2.htm
http://www.famstegeman.info/beeldmateriaal/Jeroenopdefiets%20dia's/Large%20foto's/L_Gorges%20du%20Verdon.jpg

http://www.viney.com/gallery/FrJul02/FrJul02.html
http://www.viney.com/gallery/FrJul02/10_gorges_du_verdon.jpg

fabulous pictures!

by the way, why do so many churches have Notre Dame- front of it?

It means "our lady".


That's because the church is jealous. And want her fellows to love her.

Brittany is the last celtic part of France. At least the last one that kept a real celtic identity. Their language is the Breton and the cultural capital should be Rennes (not sure about this).

http://www.celticattic.com/contact_us/the_celts/celtic_nations/brittany/brittany_flag.gif

Fort Boyard is a fortress built in the sea to defend our coast of the English. Near La Rochelle.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/orion.charter/texte.fr/album02.htm (nice picture with a huge wave but copyrighted).

http://yamaha2.ecritel.net/actu/article.php3?id_article=188
http://yamaha2.ecritel.net/actu/IMG/jpg/fort_boyard.jpg


The Pont de Saint Nazaire is also a cable stayed one (we like those here :D ).

http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/photos/Archive/200111/photo11_2.htm
http://www.ifremer.fr/envlit/photos/Archive/200111/img/photo11_2.jpg

http://lvja.free.fr/StNaz.html
http://lvja.free.fr/85/ja-o-0.jpg

Carnac, a remain of the pre roman civilization.

http://2style.net/ff_gallery/france.htm
http://2style.net/ff_gallery/carnac.jpg

Corsica Various pictures, the whole island is crazy beautyfull. It was ruled by Genoa when France bought it to Genoa.
http://www.vdiest.nl/images/Europa/France/fr-corse.gif
There are several stories about the origin of this flag. One says it came from the muslims invasions of Europe. The Vandals who lived on the island had for tradition to behead their ennemies. And when the Moors invaded Spain and attacked France, they also attacked the islands like Corsica. And the Vandals defeated them and place their head on spikes, on the coasts to put terror in the mind of the muslims. And so, it's a story among others.


http://photos.linternaute.com/photo/9875/6777917743/1/corse/
http://photos.linternaute.com/document/image/550/plage-mer-corse-sud-france-9875.jpg

http://fabrice.terrasson.free.fr/partage/corse.html
http://fabrice.terrasson.free.fr/medias/images/partage/corse/corse-village-cotier.jpg

http://fabrice.terrasson.free.fr/medias/images/partage/corse/corse-montagne-chemin.jpg

http://www.infrance.ru/tourisme/corse/corse.html
http://www.infrance.ru/tourisme/corse/corse.jpg

http://www.france.com/gallery/gallery_item.cfm?id=387
http://img.www.france.com/gallery/archive/028-corse-routedegaliera-pverdier.jpg

http://www.llooll.biz/photo/galerie/Corse%20Montagne%202003.htm
http://www.llooll.biz/photo/images/Corse%20Montagne%202003/corse-Montagne-2003-(1).jpg

God. So great and beautiful!

I love France and I respect French culture and its people. Keep posting. :)

Alsace, in itself it's not exactly a civilization, it should be linked to the southwest Germany. It was a part of Austrasia originaly. The capital of Alsace is Strasbourg.
http://www.france-hotel.com/Images%20France%20Hotel/alsace_flag.gif



Strasbourg Minster, built in 1439 and rising 144m to 147m (depending of the source) above the ground. It was the world tallest structure for nearly 300 years and lost the title to Saint Nicolas in Hamburg.

http://termnews.st-georges.ch/summer03/Year_11_Visit_Strasbourg.htm
http://termnews.st-georges.ch/summer03/Year_19.jpg

http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/strasbourg2002/cathedral.html
http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/strasbourg2002/cathedralside.jpg

http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/strasbourg2002/cathedralfront.jpg

The European Parliament of Strasbourg.

http://www.kvadrat.dk/kvadrat/default.asp?m=21&r=18&l=2
http://www.kvadrat.dk/images/Referencer/Europaparlamentet.jpg

http://www-iep.u-strasbg.fr/spirit.htm
http://www-iep.u-strasbg.fr/images/parlement.jpg

http://meeuws.s2swebhosting.nl/France/straatsburg_ned.htm
http://meeuws.s2swebhosting.nl/France/strasbourg07.jpg

The Palais du Rhin or Kaiserpalast

http://www.photo-alsace.com/2_photo/7000-9000/z7258.html
http://www.photo-alsace.com/2_photo/7000-9000/z7258.jpg

http://lambertz.chez.tiscali.fr/strassburg.htm
http://lambertz.chez.tiscali.fr/Strasbourg17.jpg

Tour elf! i love that! (name only of course :) )

Euskal Herria, is divided between France and Spain. It's the homeland of the oldest civilization of Europe. Yet, the genetic analysis showed the western Occitania and the Euskal Herria were the same ethinicity (that's why I say I talk about civilization and not ethinicities). The origin of those two peoples are still unknown. The language of Euskal Herria is Euskara. Wich isn't an indo european language and has no connection to any other language, at least none confirmed. The cultural capital of the French side is Bayonne.

http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/elements/gif_flags/SPAN010.GIF

Bayonne

http://www.saveurs.sympatico.ca/ency-voy/france/bayonne.htm
http://www.saveurs.sympatico.ca/ency-voy/france/basque/bayonne.jpg

http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~wittram/reisen/Frankreich94/France2.html
http://www-public.tu-bs.de:8080/~wittram/reisen/Frankreich94/jpegs2/F32_1.jpg

http://www.enaquitaine.com/gallerie.htm
http://www.enaquitaine.com/gallery/bayonne.jpg

http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfrwest/112398/112398bayonne.htm
http://www.saraphina.com/moseyfrwest/112398/112398-Bayonne%20sits%20where%20the%20River%20Nive%20meets%20the%20Adour.JPG

Here is Biarritz.

http://phcord.chez.tiscali.fr/Voyages121.html
http://phcord.chez.tiscali.fr/Biarritz%202.jpg

http://www.allied-europe.fr/making.htm
http://www.allied-europe.fr/images/making/biarritz.jpg

http://www.iknowlitz.com/pics/france2002/Nov1_Nov4_Bordeaux_Basque_Arcachon_Cognac/ how many times I've been there.
http://www.iknowlitz.com/pics/france2002/Nov1_Nov4_Bordeaux_Basque_Arcachon_Cognac/Biarritz.jpg

Saint Jean de Luz

http://www.layte.fsworld.co.uk/biarritz2leon.htm
http://www.layte.co.uk/77-Saint-Jean-de-Luz.jpg

http://album.jcldb.com/ezkontza/saint-jean2.html
http://album.jcldb.com/ezkontza/photos/st-jean4.jpg

Here is Savoy. It wasn't considered as separate of France and Occitania for a long time. Their language sound like a mix between French and Occitan. It's divided into 3 countries, France, Italy and Switzerland. The cultural capital for the French side is Chamberry.

http://atlasgeo.span.ch/drapeaux/SavoieHTML.gif


Chambery

http://rey.michael.free.fr/chambery/chambery_ville.jpg

http://www.airwork.nl/airportguide/lflb-chambery.shtml (over the airport)
http://www.airwork.nl/airportguide/airportpics/airportgroot/Chambery%20%20LFLB%20ILS18%2003.JPG

Chamonix

http://www.chetwynd.info/picture_galleries/chamonix.htm
http://www.chetwynd.info/images/chamonix/chamonix.jpg

http://www.chetwynd.info/images/chamonix/aguilles-midi.jpg

http://www.alpinewild.com/gallery/chamonix/chamonix_town2
http://www.alpinewild.com/gallery/albums/chamonix/chamonix_town2.sized.jpg

Annecy

http://www.hut.fi/~hsaariko/matka.html
http://www.hut.fi/~hsaariko/annecy.JPG

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~mpryan/MyWebs/new_page_1.htm
http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~mpryan/MyWebs/Annecy.gif

http://balades.lrx.free.fr/annecy_1.htm
http://balades.lrx.free.fr/Annecy/AnnecyA_l1.jpg

Mont Blanc

http://www.webcam-montblanc.com/webcam/galerie/ (many pics)
http://www.webcam-montblanc.com/webcam/galerie/jpg/mont-blanc.jpg



The French Alps

http://photos.linternaute.com/photo/232294/912286640/340/hauteurs_de_meribel/
http://photos.linternaute.com/document/image/550/hiver-hauteurs-meribel-alpes-france-232294.jpg

http://www.agence-holiday.com/station_gb.htm
http://www.agence-holiday.com/img/station/village_gets.jpg

Projects in France
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=133412

A small part of Catalonia is in France.

http://www.informatika.bf.uni-lj.si/flag_catalunya.gif

The capital for the French side is Perpignan. The language is Catalan, a modern form of Occitan.

A small part of Flanders is in France.

http://www.droit.fundp.ac.be/etudiants/2000-2001/dekerpel/flag-flanders.gif

Flanders was a bilingual country, Flemish and French. So the two languages are represented in the history of the French flanders. The capital should be Lille for the French side. But it always been a French speaking city and is now more bound to France than Flanders even culturaly.

For the fun.

Gallic helmets under the Roman Empire.

http://members.aol.com/gijchar/roman.htm

http://members.aol.com/yellowhgwy/typea.jpg

http://members.aol.com/gijchar/brtypea.jpg

http://members.aol.com/yellowhgwy/iig1.jpg

http://members.aol.com/lonelymtn/tygone1.jpg

http://members.aol.com/gijchar/brtyi.jpg

Famous French generals, sometime heros and soldiers in pictures. Without comments. Most of those are artistic view by famous artists and aren't even close to the reality (William the Conqueror, for insistance, is wearing an armor invented centuries after his death).

Paul Brennus

http://listonart.com/Art_Of_The_Month/2004/Pages/Brennus.htm
http://listonart.com/Art_Of_The_Month/2004/Images/BrennusAndhisLoot.jpg


Vercingetorix

http://www.ha.sad22.us/BenJohnson/caesargaul.html
http://www.ha.sad22.us/BenJohnson/images/vercingetorix.jpg

Antonius Primus

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/palladia/marcus_antonius_primus.htm
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/palladia/maprimus.JPG

Theodoric II

http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/halsall/core1-15.htm
http://www.unf.edu/classes/freshmancore/core1images/theodoric.jpg

Clovis

http://planetejeanjaures.free.fr/histoire/barbares/merov2.htm
http://planetejeanjaures.free.fr/histoire/barbares/images/clovis.jpg

Charles Martel

http://www.herodote.net/histoire10251.htm
http://www.herodote.net/Images/MartelPoitiers.jpg

Roland, the paladin.

http://www.legends.dm.net/paladins/roland.html
http://www.legends.dm.net/art/roland.jpg

Charlemagne

http://www.onlipix.com/personnages/char.htm
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96apr/96aprgifs/charlemagne.gif

Comte Eudes

http://membres.lycos.fr/historel/moyenage/10e/images/eudes.jpg

William the Conqueror

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/conqueror.jpg

Joan of Arc

http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/lamarlec/f306/f306-art.html
http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/lamarlec/f306/ingres-jeanne.jpg

Napoleon Bonaparte

http://www.chateaudechantilly.com/html_en/1chateau/texte_chagalpeint.htm
http://www.chateaudechantilly.com/imgs/1chateau/napoleon.gif

Marechal Foch

http://ludovicfournier.free.fr/foch.htm
http://ludovicfournier.free.fr/gifs/foch.jpg

Artists, scientists and famous people.

Diderot

http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~koichi1/Lumiere/Lumiere.html
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~koichi1/Resources/Diderot%20par%20Michel.GIF

Jean Baptiste Lully

http://www.jadu.de/musikgeschichte/text/barock.html
http://www.jadu.de/musikgeschichte/illustration/portrait-gross/lully.jpg

Victor Hugo

http://aigremont.fetes.free.fr/victor-hugo/soiree-victorhugo.htm
http://aigremont.fetes.free.fr/victor-hugo/images/Victor%20hugo%20jeune_WEB.jpg

Renée Descartes

http://astron.berkeley.edu/~jrg/TelescopeHistory/Early_Period.html
http://astron.berkeley.edu/~jrg/TelescopeHistory/descartes.jpg

Blaise Pascal

http://www.mathe.tu-freiberg.de/~hebisch/cafe/pascal.html
http://www.mathe.tu-freiberg.de/~hebisch/cafe/pascal.jpg

George Braque

http://www.bouman102.nl/braque%20surrealisme.htm
http://www.bouman102.nl/braque.jpg

Antoine de Saint Exupery

http://www.alalettre.com/HFcenter20.htm
http://www.alalettre.com/Images/saintex1.jpg

Charles Baudelaire

http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/469.html
http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/469bg.jpg

Albert Camus (one of my prefered existensialist)

http://www.jc.edu/users/faculty/stevenso/fr202.htm
http://www.jc.edu/users/faculty/stevenso/camus.jpg

Jules Verne

http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Jules%20Verne.jpg
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/j/Jules%20Verne.jpg

too... much... pictures! but they are nice~

exarchus you come from Occitania or someplace near it do you not?

typical environment where i would LOVE to live.

(but can't say no to gold coast!)

too... much... pictures! but they are nice~

exarchus you come from Occitania or someplace near it do you not?

typical environment where i would LOVE to live.

(but can't say no to gold coast!)


Born and live in western Occitania. Born in Toulouse (Lenguadoc), and grew up in Gascony.

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/nicolas.deux/occitania.gif


But what we call the Gold Coast is in Burgundy (and there no sea or ocean there, I don't know why it's named Gold Coast BTW). Not in Occitania, I bet you want to talk about the Azure Coast (mediteranean sea) right?

Gold Coast Australia :)

but its interesting there are other Gold Coast in Burgandy and Azure Coast... i never knew any other

It means "our lady".


That's because the church is jealous. And want her fellows to love her.

Doesn't that refer to Virgin Mary?

Doesn't that refer to Virgin Mary?


Possibly, but then it should be more "Sainte Marie" (there are two minor cathedral, at least, named "Sainte Marie").

Here is Citadis the tramway of Bordeaux. The cool thing is it has no cable above it.

http://www.photoamateur.net/tramway.htm
http://www.photoamateur.net/bordeaux/images/4tram06.jpg

http://www.notreville.net/bordeaux/photo.asp?Num_photo=76
http://www.notreville.net/bordeaux/photos/tramway.jpg

The TGV in its most common versions (atlantique and some others). Top speed world record, 513km/h and it was a long time ago. But only ride at 300km/h

http://www.bahnarchiv.net/fr.htm
http://www.bahnarchiv.net/tgv-atl-02.jpg

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/europe/france/tgv.html
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ajh/trains/europe/france/TGV-2.jpg

The TGV Duplex, 2 floors

http://membres.lycos.fr/gbablon/Pages/trains.htm
http://bestscreen.free.fr/Transports/Trains800/TGV%20Duplex.jpg

And maybe the upcomming TGV NG wich could (note the could) ride at 360km/h.

http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/FLLC/journal/BDavis/LesTrains.htm
http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/FLLC/journal/BDavis/Image18.gif

The Eurostar, built with UK and Belgium.

http://pages.infinit.net/hardnyko/trains.htm
http://pages.infinit.net/hardnyko/eurostar.jpg

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ny8h-ky/db-page/ep-br.htm
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ny8h-ky/db-page/db-photo/european/br/eurostar-photo1.jpg

Pictures I've taken of France (in the pyrenees pictures you have a few, quiet not lot, that are from Spain).

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=132980

and Dijon

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=102572

This post in a complete mess, I'll clean it a bit.


Apart this, LondonTM

This link (http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutenglish/proportion?view=uk) is for you. Remember our discussion on the French and English languages. If find this report of oxford funny.

Baudelaire is indeed one genius.

But difficult to read. Even for us French.

http://www.ilch.uminho.pt/sdef/5.4.1_ficheiros/image002.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jean-claude.gallochat/ville/images/gaule.jpg

http://tu.auna.es/personal/8/8/aquarius/imagenes/album/500big.jpg

http://www.ku.edu/kansas/medieval/108/graphics/0814.gif

http://www.megaone.com/nbulgaria/images/maps/bg917.jpg

http://xenophongroup.com/montjoie/frmapm01.gif

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/shepherd/europe_mediterranean_1190.jpg

http://216.71.38.207/argentoratum/pict/1400b.jpg

http://sharon.e.werner.home.att.net/bowenfrance.jpg

http://www.euratlas.com/big/1800big.jpg

http://nersp.nerdc.ufl.edu/~malavet/comparat/notes/napoleon.gif

http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/htallant/courses/his325/WWI.gif

http://www.firstchoicepro.com/ken/images/wwii_combat_europe.gif

Where I am in this:

1st: Nowhere, it shows the celtic expensions and my land wasn't celt at the moment.

2nd: Aquitaine

3rd: Regnum Visigothorum

4th: Frankish Empire

5th: Westen Frankish Kingdom

6th: Gascony (faithfull to Charles VII part)

7th: Kingdom of France

8th: Kingdom of France

9th: Parliament of Gascony

10th: French Republic

11th: French Empire

12th: France

13th: France

I have a question: why is the region surronding Paris called Ile de France? I'm pretty sure it's not on an island..

Well, there are many explication. The one I trust is Paris was originaly made on an island by the Parisii (people of the river) on the island where you can find now the cathedral Notre Dame. And the land named ile de France, match the land one of the son of Clovis got.

As you know Clovis was of the merovigian dynasty (and only king of this one that is really famous) wich considered land and its people as a property. And divided it between sons ect.... until Charles Martel, mayor of the palace, defeated the merovigians kings (who were quiet a lot) and placed the Carolingian dynasty. One of Clovis son got Paris, wich is the one that absorbed all the others. As it was the capital chosed by Clovis for the Frankish empire.

Charles Martel wasn't a king, yet he is buried with them in Saint Denis.

no one loves maps more than me :) especially old maps!