The ruins of one of the mightiest castles of the Middle Ages, built in the 13th century by the powerful lords of Coucy, on a spur above the Ailette valley. Its giant keep was blown up by the German army in 1917, but the walls, towers and gates still show its scale.
Walk around the ramparts of the little fortified town, which are still largely intact.
A fairytale castle with towers, battlements and a drawbridge, rebuilt from medieval ruins in the 1860s by the architect Viollet-le-Duc for Napoleon I…
The Renaissance château of François I, where in 1539 he signed the ordinance that made French the language of law and government.
The Gothic cathedral where French kings were crowned for centuries, with more than 2,300 statues on its façade, including the famous 'Smiling Angel',…
The former palace of the archbishops of Reims, beside the cathedral, where French kings stayed and feasted on the day of their coronation.
The largest Gothic cathedral in France, built in the 13th century, with a nave so vast that two Notre-Dames of Paris would fit inside.
An early 18th-century château east of Paris, once rented by Madame de Pompadour, with fine Rococo interiors including a Chinese salon painted with mo…
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