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Centre d’Astronomie
Its also possible to visit the nearby astronomy centre by arrangement, where youll have the chance to make both solar and stellar observations – but youll need good French to make the most of it.
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Moulin de Verzenay
The Moulin de Verzenay , on the western edge of town, was used as an observation post during WWI and by the US Army during WWII. The interior is closed but the nearby hill offers fine valley views.
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Musée Départemental Breton
Beside the Cathédrale St-Corentin, recessed behind a magnificent stone courtyard, this superb museum showcases Breton history, furniture, costumes, crafts and archaeology, in a former bishops palace.
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Villa Noailles
A cubist maze of concrete and glass, the villa was designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens in 1923 as a winter residence for devoted lover of modern art Vicomte Charles de Noailles. It hosts exhibitions.
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Les Forges de Pyrène
In Montgaillard, 4.5km south of Foix, this ‘living museum’ explores Ariège folk traditions, with live displays of ancient trades such as blacksmithing, glass-blowing, tanning, thatching and nail-making.
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Musée dArchéologie Méditerranéenne
Initially built as a charity shelter for the towns poor, the stunning arched pink-stone halls of the Centre de la Vieille Charité now house Marseilles beautiful Musée dArchéologie Méditerranéenne.
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Montagne des Singes
Kids love to feed the free-roaming Barbary macaques and their cheeky infants popcorn (special monkey popcorn, of course) at this 6-acre woodland park. Take the D35 to Kintzheim, 7km west of Sélestat.
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Chapelle de l’Immaculée Conception
Don’t miss the baroque Chapelle de l’Immaculée Conception , with its elaborately painted barrel-vaulted ceiling; it briefly served as the seat of the short-lived Anglo-Corsican parliament in 1795.
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Chapelle Notre
Its timber roof like an inverted ships hull, the Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Rocamadour is dedicated to the sailors of Camaret, who have adorned it with votive offerings of oars, lifebuoys and model ships.
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Église St Laurent
Built in the Flamboyant Gothic style, work on this church began in the 15th century. It took two centuries to complete, with the result that the nave was designed separately, in the classical style.
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Butte de Montfaucon
Commemorating the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, this 336m-high mound is topped by a 58m-high Doric column crowned by a statue symbolising liberty. Located about 10km southeast of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.
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Porcelaine Royal Limoges
One of the oldest factories, dating from 1797, offers guided tours by reservation, and has the 19.5m-high Four des Casseaux , the only surviving 18th-century brick kiln. It’s 500m southeast of the train station.
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Musée Savoisien
Housed in a Franciscan monastery linked to the cathedral by cloisters, this museum showcases the turbulent history, rich culture and diverse ethnography of Savoy. Closed for major renovations until 2017.
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Musée Le Secq des Tournelles
Home to one of the world’s premier collections of wrought iron, this riveting museum showcases the extraordinary skills of pre-industrial-age iron- and locksmiths. Housed in a desanctified 16th-century church.
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Paul Verlaines Garret
Hemingway lived on rue du Cardinal Lemoine but wrote in a top-floor garret of a hotel round the corner at 39 rue Descartes, the very hotel where the poet Paul Verlaine (1844–96) died. Ignore the incorrect plaque.
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Jardin des Cinq Sens
Slumbering in the shadow of a 14th-century castle and enclosed by walls, the Jardin des Cinq Sens appeals to the senses through touch, sound (gurgling water), scent (fragrant gardens) and taste (edible plants).
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Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil
Located at the southeastern end of the Bois de Boulogne is the Jardin des Serres d’Auteuil , a garden with impressive conservatories, which opened in 1898 and are home to a large collection of tropical plants.
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Esplanade
The formal flowerbeds of the Esplanade – and its statue of a gallant-looking Marshall Ney – are flanked by imposing buildings, including the Arsenal cultural centre and the sober, neoclassical Palais de Justice .
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Atelier Brancusi
West of the Centre Pompidou main building, this reconstruction of the studio of Romanian-born sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1876–1957) designed by Renzo Piano contains some 160 examples of the sculptor’s work.
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Tour Philippe le Bon
Adjacent to the ducal palace, this 46m-high, mid-15th-century tower affords fantastic views over the city. On a clear day you can see all the way to Mont Blanc. Dijons tourist office handles reservations.
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