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Villa Tony Garnier

Villa Tony Garnier is located at 7 rue de la Mignonne in Lyon’s Saint-Rambert-l’Île-Barbe district. It is a realization of elements from Tony Garnier’s imagined Cité industrielle and is recognized as a historical monument.

Palais du Roure

The Palais du Roure in Avignon is a museum and historical monument. Its collections focus on regional history and sociology, and they are open to the public. The building has a long history linked to the Baroncelli family and later cultural activity.

Center Jean Moulin

Center Jean Moulin is a museum and documentation center in Bordeaux dedicated to World War II history. It focuses on the French Resistance, deportation, and the history of the Free French Forces.

Théâtre Silvain

Théâtre Silvain is a sylvan theater in the Vallon de la Fausse-Monnaie, in Marseille’s Endoume district. Inaugurated in 1923, it was designed for 3,000 to 6,000 spectators and later underwent renovation and renewed regular programming.

Le Musée de la mer

Le Musée de la mer is a museum in Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, facing the Rocher de la Vierge. Set in an Art Déco building on the Atalaye plateau, it presents marine species and the life of the Gulf of Gascogne.

Anciennes Galeries Lafayette

Anciennes Galeries Lafayette is a former department store building in Lyon, originally built in the 1890s as Le Grands magasins des Cordeliers on Place des Cordeliers. It was later taken over and enlarged, reflecting the commercial redevelopment of the district.

Stade Pershing

Stade Pershing is a sports venue in the east of Bois de Vincennes, built in 1919 and named for American General John Pershing. It began as a stadium for football, rugby, and athletics before becoming a complex used for multiple sports.

Musée Cantini

Musée Cantini is an art museum at 19 de la rue Grignan in Marseille, housed in the former hôtel de Montgrand. Its collections focus on modern and contemporary art and complement those of the Musée d’art contemporain de Marseille.

Hôtel Aubriot

Hôtel Aubriot is a private mansion in Dijon, attached to the Maison Maillard at 40, rue des Forges. Dating from the early 14th century, it is noted for its glazed Burgundy tile roof and a vaulted cellar on octagonal pillars.

Maison du Peuple de Rennes

Maison du Peuple de Rennes is a meeting hall for unions and politics and a performance venue in Rennes, Brittany. Designed by Emmanuel Le Ray and built in 1925, it reflects the labor movement and has also served as a cinema.

Cinéma Arvor

Cinéma Arvor is a movie theater in Rennes that moved to rue de Châtillon in 2021. It is managed by a volunteer board, with programming provided by Ciné-diffusion, and it also hosts festival screenings and Breton-language films.

Gadagne

Gadagne is a museum complex in Lyon, France, located in the 5th arrondissement in the Saint-Jean neighborhood. Installed in the Hôtel de Gadagne, it houses two museums and a small theater.

Hôtel de Lestang

Hôtel de Lestang is an hôtel particulier in Toulouse, located by rue Saint-Jacques and rue Montoulieu-Saint-Jacques. Built after 1593 for Christophe de Guilhon de Lestang, bishop of Lodève, it reflects the late Renaissance style of Toulouse’s noble houses.

Opéra national du Rhin

The Opéra national du Rhin is an opera, choreography, and theater institution in Alsace, eastern France. It was created in 1972 through the merger of three centers: the Opera in Strasbourg, the Opera and Ballet in Mulhouse, and the Municipal Theater in Colmar with its Opera Studio.

Lyon-Saint-Paul station

Lyon-Saint-Paul station is a French railway terminus in the 5th arrondissement of Lyon, at the foot of Fourvière hill and facing the Saône. It marks the northern entrance to Vieux Lyon and serves two tram-train lines of the West Lyonnais.

Musée zoologique de Strasbourg

The Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg presents zoology collections belonging to the City of Strasbourg. Part of the city’s museum network, it is located on boulevard de la Victoire near the historic campus of the University of Strasbourg.

Halles Martenot

Halles Martenot is an ensemble of two market halls at Place des Lices in Rennes. Built by Jean-Baptiste Martenot and renovated in 1988, the pavilions were classified as historical monuments in 1990.

Hôtel de Bernuy

Hôtel de Bernuy is a private mansion in the historic center of Toulouse, at the corner of rue Léon-Gambetta and rue Joseph-Lakanal. Built between 1503 and 1536 for Jean de Bernuy, it is notable for its entrance courtyard and transitional Gothic-Renaissance style.

Château du Suquet

The Château du Suquet is an ancient monastery-castle on the historic mount Suquet in Cannes. It includes the Suquet tower, Sainte-Anne chapel, and Notre-Dame-de-l'Espérance church, and was classified as a historical monument in 1919.

Archiepiscopal Palace

The Archiepiscopal Palace in Rouen is the official residence of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Rouen, Primate of Normandy. It adjoins the cathedral and is the only archiepiscopal palace in France to retain its original function.

Natural History Museum of Nantes

The Natural History Museum of Nantes began as a cabinet of natural history created in 1799 by François-René Dubuisson. Its collections were later installed in the former Saint-Côme surgery school, where the museum opened with geology, mineralogy, and botany collections.

Gare de Lyon-Croix-Rousse

Gare de Lyon-Croix-Rousse was a former railway station of the Lyon-Croix-Rousse to Trévoux line, located in Lyon’s Croix-Rousse district. Opened in 1863, it was relocated twice and later closed to passenger and freight traffic.

Hôtel Saint-François

Hôtel Saint-François is a mid-18th-century private mansion in Bordeaux, at the corner of rue Saint-François and rue du Mirail. Built by entrepreneur Antoine Théodore Audubert, it combines symbolic decoration, large-scale architecture, and functional design.

Centre scolaire La Xavière

Centre scolaire La Xavière is a private school complex in Lyon under contract with the State. It covers education from kindergarten to high school and brings together several establishments, including three colleges and a lycée.

Château des Dervallières

The Château des Dervallières was a noble residence in Nantes, in the Dervallières-Zola district. It is now almost entirely disappeared. Its history is linked to the seigneurie des Dervallières and a long succession of owners.

Dalí Paris

Dalí Paris is a museum exhibition in Montmartre, Paris, devoted to Salvador Dalí. Inaugurated in 1991, it presents around 300 original works, mainly three-dimensional sculptures and engravings.

Château de Pierre Scize

The Château de Pierre Scize, also called Château de Pierre Encise, was a medieval castle in Lyon. It stood on a granitic rocky spur overlooking the Saône, marking the border between the Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire.