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Le Château de Cadillac

Cadillac Castle is no longer a women's prison
placeCadillac - Gironde
labelCastles & Monuments
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La citadelle de Blaye

The citadel of Blaye, a majestic achievement of Vauban, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List
placeBlaye - Gironde
labelMajor sites
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Le Musée des Rois d’Araucanie et de Patagonie

The Museum of the Kings of Araucania and Patagonia

placeLa Chèze- Tourtoirac - Dordogne
labelMuseums & Collections
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La Bastide Royale de Domme

he Royal Bastide of Domme with its unique architectural heritage
placeDomme - Dordogne
labelcities and villages
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Le Musée des Amériques Auch

The Museum of the Americas - Auch, great museum of France
placeAuch - Gers
labelMuseums & Collections
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To discover

Le Château de la Baume

The Château de la Baume, Versailles in Gévaudan
placePrinsuéjols - Lozère 
label Castles & Monuments Remarkable buildings  
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Pétain, pris à sa propre prison...
placeEstaut et Borce - Pyrénées Atlantiques 
label Amazing... isn't it?  
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La cargolade - Bompas

The cargolade, fierté catalane
placeBompas – Pyrénées-orientales 
label Gastronomy [to eat]  
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La basilique inachevée

The unfinished basilica
placeLéojac - Tarn-et-Garonne 
label Religious, mystical & pagan cults Amazing... isn't it? Archaeology and old stones  
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La Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Bonté

Notre-Dame-de-Toute-Bonté Chapel
placeChateauponsac - Haute-Vienne
 
label Religious, mystical & pagan cults Saints, healers and other miracles...  
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L’église Saint-Martin, plus vieille église de France
placeMoissac – Tarn-et-Garonne 
label Records: The +'s and -'s  
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Unusual, forgotten, bizarre, mysterious, original,
curious, picturesque, unknown, wonderful ...

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