Curated Itinerary
A September Week in France: 10 Heritage Cities
Ten heritage cities in one September loop: Paris, Versailles and Rouen in the north; the coronation cathedral of Reims, royal […]
Ten heritage cities in one September loop: Paris, Versailles and Rouen in the north; the coronation cathedral of Reims, royal Nancy, Strasbourg and Vauban’s Besançon along the eastern rim; then Lyon, brick-Gothic Albi and the eighteenth-century riverfront of Bordeaux. Timed for the French Journées européennes du patrimoine of 19–20 September 2026, when ministries and private monuments open their doors. Each stop links to its full entry in the archive; download the GPX or KML for your own navigator.
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Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris – Virtual Tour 360°
Notre-Dame de Paris is a medieval Catholic cathedral standing on the Île de la Cité in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Built between 1163 and 1345…
Reggia di Versailles (1682): il palazzo del Re Sole, la Galleria degli Specchi e i giardini di Le Nôtre (Versailles, Francia) – Virtual Tour 360°
Da padiglione di caccia di Luigi XIII a centro del potere assoluto: nel 1682 Luigi XIV vi trasferì la corte e il governo di Francia. Versailles è la Galleria…
Rouen Cathedral
A masterpiece of Gothic ambition spanning eight centuries, Rouen Cathedral features three distinctive towers and once ranked as the world's tallest…
Cattedrale di Reims (1211): la chiesa dell’incoronazione dei re di Francia e l’Angelo del Sorriso (Reims, Francia) – Virtual Tour 360°
Per seicento anni, da Luigi VIII a Carlo X, i re di Francia furono incoronati qui — venticinque sacre, l’ampolla del crisma che la tradizione faceva risalire…
Place Stanislas – Virtual Tour 360°
A pedestrianised square built between 1752–1756 for Stanislaus I, Duke of Lorraine, Place Stanislas is a pioneering example of unified 18th-century urban…
Cattedrale di Strasburgo (XV sec.): la guglia di 142 metri in arenaria rosa e l’orologio astronomico (Strasburgo, Francia) – Virtual Tour 360°
Per oltre due secoli — dal 1647 al 1874 — fu l’edificio più alto del mondo, e resta il più alto interamente costruito nel Medioevo: la guglia di Strasburgo…
Citadel of Besançon
A 17th-century Vauban masterpiece dominating Besançon's strategic heights, this fortress exemplifies military genius and now anchors the region's premier…
Lione (I sec. a.C.–XIX sec.): duemila anni di città, da Lugdunum alla seta (Lyon, Francia)
Fondata dai Romani come Lugdunum, capitale delle Tre Gallie, Lione ha continuato a reinventarsi per duemila anni: il Rinascimento del Vieux Lyon con i suoi…
Cattedrale di Sainte-Cécile di Albi (1282): la più grande cattedrale in mattoni del mondo (Albi, Francia) – Virtual Tour 360°
Non sembra una chiesa ma un castello: un solo, enorme blocco di mattoni rosa alto come una rupe, costruito dai vescovi dopo la crociata contro i catari per…
Bordeaux (18th century): the “Port of the Moon” and the City of Enlightenment (Bordeaux, France) – Virtual Tour 360°
L'ansa a mezzaluna della Garonna le ha dato il nome di "Porto della Luna". Nel Settecento Bordeaux si rifece in pietra chiara, con piazze monumentali e…
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