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Èze village
Èze, Alpes-Maritimes
A medieval village perched on a rocky peak 427 m above the Mediterranean, between Nice and Monaco.
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Nice: Promenade des Anglais and Old Town
Nice, Alpes-Maritimes
Nice's famous seafront promenade curves for 7 km along the Baie des Anges, lined with palm trees and grand hotels such as the Negresco.
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Palais des Papes, Avignon
Avignon, Vaucluse
The largest Gothic palace in the world, built in the 14th century when the popes lived in Avignon instead of Rome.
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Château d'If
Marseille Endoume, Bouches-du-Rhône
A fortress on a tiny island in the bay of Marseille, built by François I and later a prison, made famous by Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cris…
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Glanum
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône
The ruins of a Greek and Roman town at the foot of the Alpilles hills, with temples, baths, a forum and houses.
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Le Thoronet Abbey
Le Thoronet, Var
One of the three Cistercian sister abbeys of Provence, built in the 12th century in a wooded valley, a masterpiece of pure, unadorned Romanesque arch…
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Mont-Dauphin
Guillestre, Hautes-Alpes
A fortified town built by Vauban in 1693 on a rocky plateau where the Durance and Guil valleys meet, part of the World Heritage listing of his fortif…
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Montmajour Abbey
Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône
A great Benedictine abbey on a rocky hill outside Arles, with a Romanesque church, a cloister with carved capitals and a fortified tower.
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Pont Saint-Bénézet (Pont d'Avignon)
Avignon, Vaucluse
The bridge of the famous children's song 'Sur le pont d'Avignon'.
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Trophy of Augustus, La Turbie
La Turbie, Alpes-Maritimes
A huge Roman monument raised in 6 BC on a pass above Monaco to celebrate Emperor Augustus's conquest of the Alpine tribes, whose 45 names are carved …
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Monastère de Saorge
Breil-sur-Roya, Alpes-Maritimes
A 17th-century Franciscan monastery above the dramatic hill village of Saorge, whose tall houses cling to the cliffs of the Roya valley.