The Vieux Lyon is the largest Renaissance district of Lyon. In 1954, Vieux-Lyon, the city's oldest district, became the first site in France…
Place Bellecour is a large square in the centre of Lyon, France, to the north of the Ainay district.
The Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière is a minor basilica in Lyon, France.
Lyon Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located on Place Saint-Jean in central Lyon, France.
The Parc de la Tête d'or is a large urban park in Lyon, France, with an area of approximately 117 hectares.
The Mer de Glace is a valley glacier located on the northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps.
Lake Annecy is a perialpine lake in Haute-Savoie in France. It is named after the city of Annecy, which marks the start of the Thiou, Lake…
Col de la Colombière is a mountain pass in the Alps in the department of Haute-Savoie in France.
The Bastille is the name of a fortress culminating at 476 m above sea level, located at the south end of the Chartreuse mountain range and…
The Temple of Augustus and Livia is a Roman peripteral sine postico hexastyle Corinthian temple built at the beginning of the 1st century,…
Find out how the large glacier Mer de Glace was formed! The center presents this natural process in a comprehensible way.
Grenoble Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Grenoble, France.
The Château de Crussol is a mostly-ruined 12th century limestone castle in the commune of Saint-Péray that dominates the valley of Rhône,…
Horace Bénédict de Saussure was a Genevan geologist, meteorologist, physicist, mountaineer and Alpine explorer, often called the founder of…
Épinouze is a commune in the Drôme department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
A fountain, from the Latin "fons", meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water.
Jaÿsinia is a botanical garden specializing in alpine flowers, located in Samoëns, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.
The Aiguille du Midi is a 3,842-metre-tall mountain in the Mont Blanc massif within the French Alps.
Valence Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Valence, Drôme, France. The cathedral is in the Romanesque architectural tradition.
The Bastille is the name of a fortress culminating at 476 m above sea level, located at the south end of the Chartreuse mountain range and…
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