Here is a TOUR DE FRANCE :a panorama to show the diversity of landscapes. I focused on rural Architecure, and tried to avoid the usual beaten tracks we have seen too many times (no pix of Paris or big towns). Of course it' s not complete, I had to make the best with the photos available but it can give you a fair idea of the identity of places

I'd be glad to know your comments especially for non eupean people who have never visited France.(Since thera are many photos, I could not write down the name & area but if you want to know, just ask, I'll try to answer). Hope you'll enjoy :


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http://france-for-visitors.com/images/supersize/laricio.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/15282/chamonix252.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1107/carcassonne.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/10262/darc.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrimoines-et-medias/images/beynac-1024x768.jpg
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http://www.5reicherts.com/franceap03/15-phare.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/borneA/ete/images/Alex-automne.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/villes/villages/images/monal104.jpg
http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/panorama/images/panoMtCoche.jpg
http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/Ecrins/images/LAUVITEL04.jpg

http://www.jorgetutor.com/francia/languedoc/languedoc_1/languedoc14.jpg
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the natural and architectural diversity of France is incredible considering it is approx. the size of Texas. Vive la France! hehe

these pictures are very provoking. France is just too amazing...:drool:

wow, excellent photos

oh shit ...

beau! j'aime la france. lol

So beautiful. I am speechless.

I'm glad I've got a 20mbs ADSL2+ connection ;)

:omg: Amazing pics!!!!!! That show us that France it's not only Paris! ;)
Thanks for sharing them

could not help add a few more exclennet pix I have found

the alps

http://www.naturepixel.com/gorges_de_la_bourne_panoramique.jpg

http://www.naturepixel.com/col_de_grimone_panoramique_b.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/panorama/images/pano-cham-poster.jpg

http://www.naturepixel.com/village_medieval_entrevaux_b_1.jpg


http://www.naturepixel.com/village_moustiers_sainte_marie_2.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/Bauges/ete/images/savoie03.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/Bauges/ete/images/combedeSavoie.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/mtblanc/images/chuteArgentiere.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/maurienne/images/Arves.jpg

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Montagne/Ecrins/images/CAVALES104.jpg


http://www.alpimages.net/fond/clicompt/telecharge.php?id=200107076

http://www.alpesphoto.com/Lacs/lacannecy/images/Lac-Annecy03.jpg


[IMG]http://www.alpimages.net/galeries/lacs/200111031.jpg

http://www.alpimages.net/galeries/lacs/200307385.jpg

castle of Pierrefonds (100 km north of paris)
http://www.naturepixel.com/chateau_pierrefonds_panoramique_4.jpg

castle of chantilly
http://www.naturepixel.com/chateau_chantilly_panoramique_2.jpg


the pyrennes (south of france near Spain)
proabably the largest un spoilt area in France (several natural reserves with bears, ibex , chamois, lynx and wolves)

http://www.jpf-photo.com/pyrenees/Ecrans/1280x1024/ossau_hiver.jpg


http://www.alpimages.net/fond/clicompt/telecharge.php?id=199603034

http://pyreneesphoto.com/fondecran/01070144---Moudens-2_01_0001-large.jpg


http://pyreneesphoto.com/fondecran/01070144---Moudens-1_14_0001-large.jpg

great pics

i think i'm going to have an indigestion...so many awesome images :eek2: france is truly amazing

absolutely incredible

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1566/chevaux2.jpg

Is this a volcanic plug??

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1566/chevaux2.jpg

Is this a volcanic plug??

I don't think. It's typical from the Jura region. It's a montain (or more likely a high hill) where the ground has been "eaten" by the rain during millions of years. Today you only see the rock that was under the ground at the top of the montain.

INCREDIBLE PICTURES!!
France is amazing, I like a lot the country.

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1566/chevaux2.jpg

Is this a volcanic plug??

no it's in the northen prealps a region called VERCORS ( near the town of grenoble), this famous mount is called "Mont aiguille "

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1566/chevaux.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/6443/dsc00551biste1.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/13553/allimas.jpg


As far as volcanoes are concerned, I forget to put pictures of a region called AUVERGNE (middle of france) where there are some extinct volcanoes. A very green area where the weather and landscape have scottish accent (that's the spring of the mineral water Volvic)

http://www.wired.cz/cyklo/images/Provence/puy_de_dome.jpg

http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-01-10.jpg

http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-02-21.jpg

http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-01-35.jpg

Thats why the france is the most beautiful country in the world. Extremly beautiful pics

Nice pix , i downloaded almost half of them :)

i especially like the ones of st-quentin-en-yvelines in the paris area, very urbanistic !

merci !

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great photos.Ive really enjoyed my trips to France.

Cassacone.What a cool little walled city.

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1107/carcassonne.jpg

SHIT!

Wonderful thread, thanks! :)

wow, what can i say?
i love france

MY GOD THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL PICTURES!!!

Tes images sont tres fantastique! :eek2: Je veux aller en France.
Pardon my French (no pun intended lol), It's only my second year studying French at school. :)

vive la france :)

mediterranean coast : roman temple in nimes
http://panoramiques.chez.tiscali.fr/horloge.jpg

http://panoramiques.chez.tiscali.fr/maisoncarree2.jpg


walled city of Aigues mortes
http://panoramiques.chez.tiscali.fr/aiguesmortes3.jpg


village of bormes , on the mediteranean
http://pnp.chez.tiscali.fr/BormeLesMinosas.jpg


calais on the channel
http://pnp.chez.tiscali.fr/CapBlancNez2.jpg

atlantic coast : cap ferret
http://scottographe.free.fr/photosdepaysages/logos/CapFerret_pano.jpg

atlantic coast : arcachon
http://scottographe.free.fr/photosdepaysages/arcachon/preview/horyzontales/plage%20La%20Lagune%2002.jpg

harbour of trepor
http://pnp.chez.tiscali.fr/LeTreport4.jpg

biarritz
http://pnp.chez.tiscali.fr/Biarritz.jpg

pyrennes : cirque de gavarnie
http://www.montagne-photos.net/fondecran/images/gavarnie_cirque.jpg

Alps : vercors in winter
http://www.montagne-photos.net/fondecran/images/vercors_veymont.jpg


a collection of nice villages everywhere
http://www.villagesdefrance.free.fr/images/photo_moustiers-ste-marie.jpg

http://www.villagesdefrance.free.fr/dept/dept_images/ph89_noyerssurserein1.jpg

http://www.villagesdefrance.free.fr/images/photo_angles-sur-anglin.jpg

http://www.villagesdefrance.free.fr/images/photo_ste-croix-en-jarez.jpg


auvergne region
http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-01-35.jpg

auvergne
http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-01-32.jpg

http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-01-10.jpg

http://www.actionreporter.com/001.monde/017.auvergne/IMG_3654_big.jpg
http://www.actionreporter.com/001.monde/017.auvergne/IMG_5748_big.jpg
http://www.actionreporter.com/001.monde/017.auvergne/IMG_5447_big.jpg

http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-02-21.jpg

http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-01-35.jpg
auvergne
http://www.alain-collet.com/MassifCentral/Volcans/Photo_big/2003-06-02-21.jpg

a square in the town of TROYES in the champagne region
http://home.datacomm.ch/fiulijn1/LILLE/B/Troyes4.jpg



http://lumieresdesalpes.free.fr/Images/imagespanoramas/panoargentiere.jpg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran7603.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran7595.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran2781.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran2796.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran2882.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran2764.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran11007.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran2876.jpeg

http://www.terragalleria.com/images/france/fran3606.jpeg

Photos from Queyras, in the southern Alps
http://www.actionreporter.com/001.monde/018.queyras/IMG_7798_big.jpg

http://www.actionreporter.com/001.monde/018.queyras/IMG_7585_big.jpg

http://www.actionreporter.com/001.monde/018.queyras/IMG_7365_big.jpg

island of PORQUEROLLES on the mediterranean (near toulon
http://www.photopano.com/porquerolles/p970422.jpg

http://www.photopano.com/porquerolles/p970342.jpg

http://www.photopano.com/porquerolles/p970422.jpg


square of "Arras", in the French Flanders
http://pnp.chez.tiscali.fr/ArrasGrandPlace.jpg

village of Eiguisheim in alsace
http://photos.photosig.com/photos/79/63/1046379-beb354412b211f36.jpg

colmar in alsace
http://photos.photosig.com/photos/30/79/1057930-59a4cda0d0f04c68.jpg

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/96/19/311996-7ad604db6ec1b220.jpg

http://photos.photosig.com/photos/49/36/573649-8bb9f163cef7e26f.jpg

amazing pics, France is really among the most beautiful countries I've been to
Though I don't see any pics of beautiful Annecy, I will never forget the sunburn I got by the lake. I couldn't move for 3 days :lol:

stunning pictures! simply beautiful!!! thx for sharing!!! :eek2: :eek2:

Wow... Incredible!!

France is, without question, the most beautiful country in the world for its size.

I'm stunned! What an outstanding country. Some of those pictures reminds me of Italy, of Germany, of Croatia.. and even the UK. No wonder France is Europe's heart.
Makes me want to be French really..

....


....



wow

a outstanding country,I really appreciate the circumstance preserving.

well,from my chinese eyes.
I always curious why most of European acient bulidings constructed by stone, comparative most of the chinese acient buildings constructed by wood.

why?
the differences of culture?the circumstance?

really interesting......

France is an amazing country, without a doubt!

Here is one more photo I would like to add, taken by myself. :) It's of the Cirque de Gavarnie that was posted once earlier:

http://home.comcast.net/~nick.nelson/Gavarnie_by_nickpdx.jpg

awesome pix.. France really is a must see place.. can't wait..

more from France..
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/gianavee/FXCD0029.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/gianavee/FXCD0003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v666/gianavee/ph0012.jpg

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162692

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162686

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162685

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162684

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162683

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162682

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162681

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=162680

stunning! :eek2:

amazing pics, France is really among the most beautiful countries I've been to
Though I don't see any pics of beautiful Annecy, I will never forget the sunburn I got by the lake. I couldn't move for 3 days :lol:

People in Annecy were happy that London won over Paris for olympic games, Annecy wants winter olympic games 2014 now : http://www.olympliquons-nous.com/

http://i.pbase.com/u48/coe/large/31026633.Annecy14.jpg

http://k43.pbase.com/u48/coe/large/31026635.Annecy5.jpg

http://k41.pbase.com/u48/coe/large/31026636.Annecy9.jpg

Truely amazing photo's, just a pity they were bundled so close in one post that only half came up.

Great pics :)

nothing special, just heaven on earth, nothing more

am pleased you enjoyed them, pity that a lot didnot came up, what can I do ? too many pix on the same threads?

La valee de la Loire...Chambord...Avignon! (Sigh.)

I could not see all the pics. Did you have some on Carcassonne? (For memory's sake!)

Many thanks.

here are pix that coul d not qhow up
http://france-for-visitors.com/images/supersize/1002.JPG

http://lescompagnons.ca/Image/chateau/beynac1024.jpg

http://france-for-visitors.com/images/supersize/laricio.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/15282/chamonix252.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1107/carcassonne.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/10262/darc.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/patrimoines-et-medias/images/beynac-1024x768.jpg

http://www.jbiphoto.com/ValDeLoire/Usse/photos-Usse/01-Usse.jpg

Splendid pics!!!

Such a diversity of landscapes and architectural styles in only 550,000 sq. metres! :yes:

I ain't even seen half of my country :eek2:

Merci David pour tout ça.

ps: you should add pictures of our overseas territories too!

Why did this thread sink so low? Amazing stuff!

Sooo many beautiful places I've never seen in my own country!

Superb pictures, France has incredible diversity.

wow amazing pixs tyvm for bumbing this thread back!

http://www.vacances-location-corse.com/corseete20050035.JPG

http://chavi92.free.fr/photos_Corse/DSCN2430.JPG

http://www.francecoastline.com/photos_ecran/bonifacio.jpg


http://kayak.nomade.free.fr/photos/belles/IMG_0043.JPG

http://www.am-catamaran.com/images/lo/images%20de%20gens%20sur%20bacara%20097.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/9009.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/5329.jpg

http://www.desjo-edition.com/images/ORIG_7_Girolata.jpg

Amazing pics of a wonderful country!

We continue :
Let's head to the region called Languedoc Roussillon :
The hip town of Monpellier with its neoclassical architecure (designed by the Spanish architect Ricardo Boffil) in a region where Roman architecture can still be seen in many places.

http://www.lebe.sk/francuzsko/images/058%20-%20Montpellier.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/36243/solitude.jpg
http://www.lebe.sk/francuzsko/images/052%20-%20Montpellier.jpg

http://www.lebe.sk/francuzsko/images/057%20-%20Montpellier.jpg

http://www.lebe.sk/francuzsko/images/051%20-%20Montpellier.jpg

http://www.lebe.sk/francuzsko/images/053%20-%20Montpellier.jpg


http://www.lebe.sk/francuzsko/images/048%20-%20Arles.jpg

http://www.fjt-montpellier.org/IMAGE/montpellier1.jpg

http://hpbimg.pevra.net/antigone%20copie%20a%20762%20pleine%20page.jpg

http://www.beziers.fr/montpellier/photos/esplanade_europe3_g.jpg



http://www.beziers.fr/montpellier/photos/polygone2_g.jpg

http://www.vincent-formica.com/Antigone_Place_zeus.jpg

http://www.vincent-formica.com/le_Peyrou.jpg

http://www.vincent-formica.com/Place_de_Thessalie.jpg
http://www.routard.com/images_contenu/communaute/photos/publi/004/pt3082.jpg

http://www.montpellier-photos.com/photos-antigone/photo29-gf.jpg
http://www.montpellier-photos.com/photos-antigone/photo23-gf.jpg


The Roman bridge, incredibly in good shape, Pont du Gard

http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~uhalde/353A/Aqueduct_PontDuGard_Nimes.jpg

http://www.hotelvatel.com/Photos%20Web/pont_du_gard1.JPG
Nimes

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/2020.jpg

http://www.web-provence.com/villes/nimes-24.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/22129/feria_02.jpg
Nime's theatre
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/22129/theatre.jpg
the roman temple and Foster's Carré d'Arts
http://www.ac-versailles.fr/etabliss/lyt/artplast/Provence-
http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/963/nimescarred_art1.jpg
http://nimes3d.free.fr/html/vienimes/images/MEDIATHEQUE%20CARRE%20D'ART.JPG


The walled city of Aigue Mortes apilgrimage city for Gypsies !
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/279.jpg


the nice medieval village Saint Guillhem le désert

http://www.la-france-vue-du-ciel.fr/images/lieux/saint-guilhem-le-desert_800x600.jpg

http://www.topo-thaurac.com/Acceuil/Fichiers/Stguiensemblegros.jpg
http://perso.orange.fr/pat.hernandez/saintguilhemaout06%20(3).JPG

http://www.linternaute.com/imprimer/sortir/patrimoine/villages-medievaux/saint-gilhem/diaporama/images/5.jpg

http://www.ambafrance-uk.org/page/assets/galleries/70/abbaye-du-xiy_me_640.jpg

Castle of Peyrevalde
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/15122/chateau_de_peyrelade_050707.jpg
The walled city of Carcassonne
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/70451/0706_carcassonne_01.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/1887/800_carcassonne2007.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/27430/img_0521.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/44607/carcassonne2.jpg

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/7970/4000marches.jpg

chapeau!

UH LA LA!

Some pics from the " JARDINS DE LA FONTAINE" at Nîmes ( city where I live )

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/9618/image1fg7.png
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4889/image4nk8.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/4637/image5qa6.png
http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/3842/image6ty3.png
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6901/image7db1.png
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/7195/image2vq8.png
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/7972/image9nd2.png

France is just amazing. No words can describe it.

The most fascinating and versatile country in Europe, by far!

i would LOVE to move to southern france, such an amazing looking country.

pix from the site http://chenonceau.fromparis.com (http://chenonceau.fromparis.com/index.php?language=fr)

http://chenonceau.fromparis.com/panoramas/109/pano/chateau_de_chenonceau_109_1_pano_thb.jpg

http://chenonceau.fromparis.com/panoramas/109/photos/chateau_de_chenonceau_109_3_photo_thb.jpg

http://chenonceau.fromparis.com/panoramas/103/photos/chateau_de_chenonceau_103_2_photo_thb.jpg


http://chenonceau.fromparis.com/panoramas/103/photos/chateau_de_chenonceau_103_3_photo_thb.jpg

All pix fom the site http://contrairement.blogspot.com

Côte d'azur ( island of porquerolles)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ogFaht_KlRI/SAFYI3iI8WI/AAAAAAAAF4g/LatZPi0mFvM/s1600/P1210702.JPG

Mormes les mimosas
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ogFaht_KlRI/SAFWy3iI8PI/AAAAAAAAF3o/l_XXWwWLVJw/s1600/P1210401.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ogFaht_KlRI/Rwqs50I4imI/AAAAAAAAAwE/ZrCXZey0YSg/s1600/P1220237.JPG

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ogFaht_KlRI/Ru5sI5NQ_6I/AAAAAAAAAJU/FaTd6oAyQQ8/s1600/sainte%2Bmaxime%2B2005%2B(747).jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ogFaht_KlRI/RuWoQMU6wTI/AAAAAAAAAGI/-aXo6jK06PY/s1600/P1230096a.jpg

Marseille
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ogFaht_KlRI/SKjNSIyqy-I/AAAAAAAAG-I/KwHxFi33gh4/s1600/P1350371.JPG

Awesome photos from allo those towns and cities :cheers: really good

Bordeaux : (900 000 hbts)

http://lourditax.blogdns.org/images/Bordeaux%20by%20night.jpg
http://www.gralon.net/meteo-france/bordeaux.jpg
http://www.brest.aeroport.fr/images/destination/bordeaux.jpg
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/sites/pays/img/6681_bordeaux.jpg
http://www.lafrancedunordausud.fr/photos/FRANCE/bordeaux/bordeaux0.jpg

Lyon : (1 800 000 hbts)

http://www.challenge-int.be/images/images_fr/lyon-photos.jpg
http://www.gralon.net/meteo-france/lyon.jpg
http://www2.lifl.fr/sensor/uploads/Main/lyon2.jpeg
http://www.loimalraux.info/imagesville/Lyon.jpg
http://www.photos-de-villes.com/photos/Lyon-photo-34.jpg
http://rencontresdelain.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/fete-des-lumieres-lyon.jpg
http://www.ens-lyon.fr/LBMC/gisv/images/stories/Lyon/fete_lumiere2.jpg

Marseille : (1 600 000 hbts)

http://www.g2c.fr/portail/UserFiles/Image/breves/afer-marseille.jpg
http://www.photos-de-villes.com/photos/Marseille-photo-37.jpg
http://www.mrsim.org/pub/France_-_Marseille_-_Vieux_Port_entrance.jpg[/img]
http://www.as-tu-vu.com/marseille/estaque-marseille-le-rove.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/23090.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22891.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22723.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22655.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22546.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22540.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22347.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22239.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22227.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22100.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22058.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22028.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22037.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21874.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21468.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21059.jpg

Sorry : forget too credit the photos above : all from the siite of aerial photos survol de france (http://www.survoldefrance.fr)

These are truly spectacular pictures! Thanks for posting them.

Very nice aerial photos @david chanrion like Le Havre:
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21468.jpg

btw, do you know the name of this town (below)?
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22546.jpg

^^ The photo shows Port Ariane in the city of Lattes (Lattara in the ancient times), located south of Montpellier.

^^ Thank you very much @charpentier

region of northern france (near belgian border)
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13917.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13902.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13885.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13860.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13831.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13811.jpg
http:http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/17416.jpg//
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13622.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13514.jpg

^^ This place looks really awesome :cheers: you said it is near to belgian border, its Lille suburbs? The last photo btw it is Lille from those towers :)

a outstanding country,I really appreciate the circumstance preserving.

well,from my chinese eyes.
I always curious why most of European acient bulidings constructed by stone, comparative most of the chinese acient buildings constructed by wood.

why?
the differences of culture?the circumstance?

really interesting......
In fact most of the European buildings were made of wood, but they burned over time (European cities burned several time throughout history... London's Great Fire in 1666 comes to mind). Little by little it was decided to make buildings with stones and/or bricks to resist fire.

Also, churches and cathedrals were usually made of stones because wood would have been thought of as too ordinary for God's house. Bourgeois and merchants spent a lot of money to bring stones from far away to build God's house in their city, while they built their own houses with simple wood, but most of them have now disapeared due to fires.

Finally castles were made of stones because it offered more protection than wood in case of war (castles were originally built to serve as fortresses and protective places in case of war).

photos from survol de france (http://www.survoldefrance.fr/index.php?lang=FR)

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/24589.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/24592.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/11101.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/24583.jpg



http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/4329.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/24843.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/24737.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/24153.jpg

The region of Alsace near GERMANY (source survol de france (http://www.survoldefrance.fr/index.php?lang=FR))


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/25780.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/25782.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/12324.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/9539.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/2662.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/765.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/25775.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/13213.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/9547.jpg

Region of Alsace looks really great in those photos above :)

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/23090.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22891.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22723.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22655.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22546.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22540.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22347.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22239.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22227.jpg
http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22100.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22058.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22028.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/22037.jpg


http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21874.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21468.jpg

http://www.survoldefrance.fr/photos/highdef/21059.jpg

THE GREEN & YELLOW FIELD IS MORE THAN SURREAL BEAUTY OF NATURE

I think gaudy lighting, I mean too colorful (in some pic above) is not a good lighting solution for classical urban beauty of French towns