Are you aware of UNESCO's special mission to protect the heritage sites all over world that will restore our traces of our gone past? There are 27 such natural and cultural locations in France out of total 754. The mission was launched way back in 179.
Here is the list of the cities and the year in which the UNESCO recognized them as 'World Heritage Sites'
1979 - Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
1979 - Chartres Cathedral
1979 - Palace and Park of Versailles
1979 - Vézelay, Church and Hill
1979 - Decorated Grottoes of the Vézère Valley
1981 - Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
1981 - Amiens Cathedral
1981 - Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the "Triumphal Arch" of Orange
1981 - Roman and Romanesque Monuments of Arles
1981 - Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
1982 - Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
1983 - Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière, and Place d'Alliance in Nancy
1983 - Church of Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
1983 - Cape Girolata, Cape Porto, Scandola Nature Reserve and the Piana Calanches in Corsica
1985 - Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
1988 - Strasbourg-Grande île
1991 - Paris, Banks of the Seine
1991 - Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Remi and Palace of Tau, Reims
1992 - Bourges Cathedral
1995 - Historic Centre of Avignon
1996 - Canal du Midi
1997 - Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
1998 - Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
1998 - Historic Site of Lyons
1999 - Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
2000 - The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes*
2001 - Provins, Town of Medieval Fairs
These are must see attractions while you are in France. |
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