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Museum of the Great War
Museum of the Great War In the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields stands Château de Péronne, a castle that now houses the Museum of the Great War, often called Historial. The exhibitions solely focus on World War I, its origins, repercussions and conclusions, from the early years to the d
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Barbizon
Barbizon Known as the “Village of Painters,” Barbizon is a little town of around 1,500 people perched on the edge of the Fountainebleau Forest just outside Paris. Famous for the Barbizon art movement of French Revolution fame, Barbizon was the place where many artists headed at the time. Inspired
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Aisne-Marne American Cemetery
Aisne-Marne American Cemetery Located at the foot of the hill where the infamously fierce Battle of Belleau Wood was fought in World War I, the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery and Memorial overlooks the Marne Valley and is dedicated to the memory of lost soldiers. It was designed by famed French-Ame
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Verdun
Verdun Northeast France isnt a regular tourist destination -- most visitors dont venture past Reims, with its gorgeous cathedral and Champagne culture. But just a bit farther east is a city worth visiting, one that is well-known among World War I buffs: Verdun.Founded by the Celtic Gauls more than
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Belleau Wood
Belleau Wood The Battle of Belleau Wood saw the U.S. forces recapture the woods on the Metz-Paris road around Chateau-Thierry, taken at the end of May by the German Seventh Army forces. The June 1918 Battle of Belleau Wood was quite significant for the American Army, which often refers to this bat
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Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery The Meuse-Argonne Offensive took place towards the end of World War I, some 240 km (150 miles) east of Paris in northern France. In late 1918, Allied troops launched a 47-day offensive against the Germans, with more than 1.2 million Americans soldiers taking part, o
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Arras
Arras Arras is a town with Paleolithic origins on the Scarpe River in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Frances northernmost region. Its vast history includes late Iron Age buildings, settlement by the Romans, attacks by Vikings and ownership by the Spanish Netherlands, all before being ceded to France in the m
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Ablain-St-Nazaire Church Ruins
Ablain-St-Nazaire Church Ruins As a farming village located 8 miles north of Arras in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Ablain-St-Nazaire was almost completely destroyed during World War I. But the horrors of the war did not spare this tranquil village; one of the most striking monuments to have fallen under gu
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Vimy
Vimy Just southwest of Lille is the historic farming town of Vimy, a popular day trip destination from Paris among history buffs and the site of aggressive fighting during World War I. The town’s definitive Battle of Vimy Ridge, fought between Canadian and German troops in 1917, resulted in a Cana
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Toulouse-Lautrec Museum
Toulouse-Lautrec Museum The Albi Cathedral, with its fortress-like Palais de la Berbie, brings architecture fans and Cathar history buffs to this small town in southwestern France. But there is another reason to visit as well: the astounding Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, which showcases over a thousand
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St Sernin Basilica
St Sernin Basilica The ancient Romanesque beauty that is the St Sernin Basilica was once an abbey church dating back to about 1190. In fact, the basilica is the most complete Romanesque building in France. Its unusual eight-sided, five-tiered tower was added in the 13th century and was topped by a
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Old Lyon (Vieux Lyon)
Old Lyon (Vieux Lyon) Draped around the ancient Roman edifices atop Fourviére Hill, this enchanting Rennaissance-era neighborhood of beautifully preserved buildings is without a doubt Lyons most charming attraction. It was the first protected historic distric in France, with good reason, an remain
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Musée de la Moutarde
Musée de la Moutarde Dijon is known for its importance to the French wine industry, but it’s also known for another culinary product – mustard. The region’s fertile land and abundant grapevines (pressing unripe grapes produces key ingredient verjuice) is prime for mustard production, By the 14th c
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Montagne Sainte Victoire
Montagne Sainte Victoire Immortalized in a number of famous paintings by local resident Cézanne, the towering peak of Montagne Sainte Victoire (Sainte-Victoire Mountain) is one of the most iconic symbols of Provence. Looming 1,011 meters on the horizon of Aix-en-Provence, Montagne Sainte Victoire
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Moët and Chandon Champagne Cellars
Moët and Chandon Champagne Cellars Moët et Chandon is a worldwide name today, but it didnt exactly come from humble beginnings. From the very start it was a favorite of King Louis XV, and soon after it was known throughout Europe as the Champagne to drink. From Napoleon to Queen Victoria, everyone
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La Canebiere
La Canebiere La Canebiere is Marseilles Champs Elysees. Modelled on the famous Parisian boulevard, it is a wide stretch leading straight up from Vieux Port (Old Port) for about 3/4 mile (1 km). it does not quite have the elegance of the Champs Elysees being a little more a hotch-potch of shops, ho
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House of Mumm
House of Mumm In 1827, three German brothers brought their experience of producing and merchandising wine to the Champagne region. Jacobus, Gottlieb and Phillip Mumm founded the House of Mumm, and set about producing some of the most well-regarded and celebrated champagnes in the world.In 1852, th
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Fronton Wine Region
Fronton Wine Region Fronton isnt simply yet another French wine region; far from being ordinary, it’s considered to be one of the oldest wine productions in the country, having started during the Roman Empire. It now covers over 20 municipalities and 5,090 acres (2,060 hectares) of dry, sandy soil
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Cluny
Cluny Northwest of Mâcon is the little town of Cluny. Dating to an abbey established in the year 910 (called Cluniacum), the town became the epicenter of a Benedictine reform movement that sought to revive monastic traditions. From this tiny hamlet grew over 2,000 Cluniac abbeys across western Eur
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Cimetiere de la Chartreuse
Cimetiere de la Chartreuse The Cimetiere de la Chartreuse, in the center of Bordeaux, often invites comparisons with Paris Pere Lachaise cemetery. They both offer a tranquil (if melancholy) time-out spot in a busy city and a vision of death and memory as seen through the grandiose lens of the 19th
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