France - tourist attractions (page 7)

	Moulins Cathedral	Moulins Cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Moulins) is a Roman Catholic cathedral, and national monument of France, located in the town of Moulins, Allier. It is the seat of the Bishop of Moulins. The cathedral contains two distinct building phases constructed four centuries apart. The collegiate c...
	Millau Viaduct	The Millau Viaduct ( French: le Viaduc de Millau, [vjadyk də mijo] ) is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, it is the tallest bridge in the ...
	Château Villette	Château Villette is a palace located 40 minutes away from Paris in Condécourt, France. Nowadays is a manor house hotel containing 18 bedrooms. There are numerous outbuildings including a chapel and adjacent reception room, horse stable and greenhouse. More than 185 acres (0.75 km) of garden were de...
	Tanguy Tower	The Tanguy Tower (Tour Tanguy, Bastille de Quilbignon or Tour de la Motte Tanguy) is a medieval tower on a rocky motte beside the Penfeld river in Brest, France. Probably built during the Breton War of Succession, it faces the château de Brest and is now accessed by a road off the square Pierre Pér...
	Musée national de la Marine	The Musée national de la Marine (National Navy Museum) is a maritime museum located in the Palais de Chaillot, Trocadéro, in the XVIe arrondissement of Paris. The permanent collection originates in a collection that dates back to Louis XV of France. In 1748, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau offered a...
	Château de Brest	The Château de Brest is a castle in the city of Brest in France. The oldest monument in the town, it is located at the mouth of the river Penfeld at the heart of the roadstead of Brest, one of the largest roadsteads in the world. From the Roman castellum to Vauban 's citadel, the site has over 1700...
	Château de Maisons	The Château de Maisons (now Château de Maisons-Laffitte) is a palace in the city of Maisons/Laffitte, near Paris. It was designed by François Mansart from 1630 to 1651, is a prime example of French baroque architecture and a reference point in the history of French architecture. The château is loca...
	Château de Dampierre	The Château de Dampierre is the castle in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, in the Vallée de Chevreuse, France. It was built by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1675-1683 for the duc de Chevreuse, Colbert 's son-in-law, it is a French Baroque château of manageable size. Protected behind fine wrought iron double gates,...
	Château of Thoiry	The Château of Thoiry is a 150-hectare castle, zoo and botanical garden that was opened to the public in 1965 in the village of Thoiry, France, with gardens and a zoological park. Located about 48 km due west of Paris, it is best visited by automobile to take advantage of the drive-through lane. It...
	Château de Breteuil	The Château de Breteuil (previously called the Château de Bevilliers) was built in the early 17th century and decorated principally in the 18th century. It is located in the Île-de-France and the département of Yvelines, France, 35 km to the south-west of Paris in the heart of the renowned Valley o...