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Place Massena
06300 Nice, France
Constituting the center of Nice, this place is spacious and colorful, it represents well the heat of south-eastern France. From one end to the other there is the Rue Massena and Rue de l'Opera. Its construction started between the years 1820-1830 and was named after André Massena, Nice ...
The Promenade des Anglais
06200 Nice, France
The Promenade des Anglais is a great avenue which extends over almost the entire coast of Nice, from the Pont Napoleon III to Quai des USA. So you can take a pleasant walk of about 7 km along the Mediterranean Sea. Indeed a wide footway and cycle track are available to visitors. It is decorated in ...
Fort Saint-Jean
Marseille, France
Fort St. John is located in the northwest part of the Old Port of Marseille at the end of Quai du Port near the city hall. It is a place whose foundations date back to the twelfth century and the majority of buildings in the seventeenth century. The remains of the sixth century Av J.-C were ...
Fontaine de la Rotonde
Place du General de Gaulle, Aix-en-Provence, France
La Fontaine de la Rotonde marked the entrance of the Aix-en-Provence in the past. But the city has changed since it is now in the center, surrounded by a circular plaza linking four main avenues of the city. This is one of the most famous monuments of Aix. It consists of two circular basins: The ...
Château d'If
Marseille, France
If Castle is located on the island of the same name, in the Archipelago of Friuli near the coast of Marseille . Built in the sixteenth century there was a line of defense for the city. He was quickly used as a prison place for about 400 years. The castle and its walls use the entire surface of ...
Col de Turini
Routes M70 – D2566 – D68, France
Connecting the valley Vésubie Valley Bévéra, Col de Turini is situated in the southern French Alps. It allows you to reach the city of Lantosque to Sospel, but also the l'Escarène and Luceram that they are located in the valley of Spangle. Here at 1604m altitude, you are near a ski resort. But the ...
Traveller sculpture Bruno Catalano
Marseille, France
On the streets of Marseille can see unusual sculptures of people made by talented French sculptor Bruno Catalano.
Bruno has an unusual and original view of the world, which helped him to create such a unique sculpture. In addition, most of his life he spent in travel and love of travel is felt in ...
Marseille History Museum
2 rue Henri-Barbusse, 13001 Marseille, France
Located close to the Old Port of Marseille, in the north-east of it, the History Museum of Marseille is counted among the greatest museums of History in France and Europe. It occupies an important place in the mall Stock Exchange, which has been totally renovated with the Museum. The museum now ...
Musée Granet
Place Saint Jean de Malte, Aix-en-Provence, France
Granet Museum, named after a famous painter from Aix nineteenth century, is located in the city center of Aix-en-Provence, close to the Saint-Jean-de-Malte Parish . The museum offers hundreds of paintings dating from the fourteenth to the twentieth century from a very large number of different ...
Palace of the Popes (Avignon)
Avignon 84000, Rue Pente Rapide Ch Ansidéï 6
Papal Palace is one of the major historical and cultural monuments of the city of Avignon. He is considered one of the largest palaces in Europe and is under UNESCO protection. Construction of the palace lasted for 30 years, during the reign of three Popes: Benedict XII, Clement VI and Innocent ...
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