Le Havre city and harbour
Le Havre, the 2nd largest French port after Marseille and the largest French container port, is located in Normandy on the right bank of the Seine estuary
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Pont du Gard – Aqueduct in Provence
Pont du Gard in Provence, a feat of architecture and engineering, a bridge part of a 50km long aqueduct built only in 5 years by the Romans 20 centuries ago
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Sainte Foy Feast Day – Conques – Aveyron
The celebration of Sainte Foy Feast Day in Conques in Aveyron, a tiny medieval village whose abbey church has been listed as World Heritage Site by UNESCO
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Le Puy en Velay – Auvergne – Massif Central
Notre-Dame-du-Puy Cathedral in Le Puy en Velay in Auvergne was listed as a World Heritage Site part of the French Chemins of Santiago de Compostela
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Prehistoric Dordogne – Simple Facts List
A simplified list of facts about prehistoric Dordogne in Southwest France, a region that has been inhabited continuously since the Lower Paleolithic
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Aquitaine – Southwest – Historical Facts
Aquitaine is now part of Nouvelle Aquitaine, one of the 13 regions created with the territorial reform that took effect on January 1, 2016
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Laugerie Basse – Laugerie Haute – Dordogne
Laugerie Basse and Laugerie Haute prehistoric sites in the Vézère Valley are listed as Historical Monuments, Archeological Sites and World Heritage Sites
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Lascaux Cave – Sistine Chapel Prehistory
Lascaux Cave in the Vézère Valley, the Sistine Chapel of Prehistory, a major European prehistoric site listed Historical Monument and World Heritage Site
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La Madeleine rock shelter – Vézère Valley
La Madeleine, a World Heritage Site and the only prehistoric site in the Vézère Valley to have been inhabited without interruption for 17,000 years
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Grand Roc Cave – Rock formations – Dordogne
Grotte du Grand Roc in the Vézère Valley in Dordogne, a cave boasting an impressive range of eccentric rock formations and listed as a World Heritage Site
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Font de Gaume Cave Art – Vézère – Dordogne
Font de Gaume Cave in Dordogne, one of the most beautiful Paleolithic sanctuaries in the world still open to the public and listed as a World Heritage Site
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Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil – Dordogne
Les Eyzies de Tayac Sireuil in the Vézère Valley in the Dordogne, the French Capital of Prehistory after the discovery of the skeletons of Cro Magnon men
