The Arc de Triomphe is a triumphal arch monument in Paris, located at Place de l’Étoile at the junction of the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements. It stands at the top of the avenue des Champs-Élysées and the avenue de la Grande-Armée.
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. Built to defend the eastern approach to the city, it later served as a state prison and became a symbol of the French Revolution.
The Luxor Obelisk is an obelisk from the temple of Amon in Luxor, Egypt. It was erected at Place de la Concorde in Paris in 1836, offered by Egypt, and classified as a historic monument in 1937.
The Vendôme Column is a victory column in Paris, 44 metres high and covered in bronze. Its shaft rises on a porphyry base and is decorated with spiral bas-reliefs showing trophies and battle scenes, topped by a statue of Napoléon.
The jubé of Strasbourg Cathedral was a Gothic monument built in the middle of the 13th century. It separated the nave from the choir and combined liturgical and visual functions, with sculpted apostles, evangelists, works of mercy, and Old Testament scenes.
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located in Paris under the Arc de Triomphe. It contains the body of a soldier who died during World War I and is not officially recognized as French. The monument symbolically commemorates all soldiers who died for France.
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental replica in repoussé copper plates by Auguste Bartholdi, installed at Place Denfert-Rochereau in Paris. Reduced to one-third of the original Lion de Belfort, it faces toward the Statue of Liberty in the arrondissement.
Argentoratum is the ancient name of Strasbourg and the Roman camp associated with the city in Upper Germania. Archaeological remains of its fortifications survive in the cellars of Strasbourg’s city centre.
The equestrian statue of Joan of Arc by French sculptor Emmanuel Frémiet was inaugurated in 1874 at Place des Pyramides in Paris, France. Commissioned after the defeat in the Franco-German War of 1870, it portrays Joan of Arc on a large draft horse.
The July Column is a victory column erected in Paris’s Place de la Bastille between 1835 and 1840. It commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, known as the Three Glorious Days, and is built over a necropolis containing the bodies of revolutionaries.
The Colonne Louis-XVI is a 28-metre-high monument in Nantes, France, located at the centre of Place Maréchal-Foch. It stands on a pedestal and is topped with a statue of the king of France, shown as a Roman emperor.
The Pillar of the Boatmen is a Gallo-Roman limestone monument from Lutetia, present-day Paris. It features depictions of Roman and Gaulish deities and a dedicatory inscription, and is now located in the Musée national du Moyen Âge.
The Monument to the Republic is a monumental statuary complex in Place de la République, Paris. Inaugurated in 1883, it presents an allegory of the French Republic, with Marianne atop a stone pedestal and surrounding sculptures symbolizing republican ideals.
The Communards' Wall is a memorial wall in the southeast corner of Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. It marks the place where Communards were executed by the Versailles army at the end of the Bloody Week in 1871 and later became a major site of remembrance.
Flame of Liberty is a monument in Paris overlooking the west entrance of the Pont de l'Alma tunnel. Located at Place Diana, it is a full-scale reproduction of the torch held by the Statue of Liberty in New York.
The Elephant of the Bastille was a Napoleonic project for a monumental fountain planned for Place de la Bastille in Paris. It was to be supplied by water from the Ourcq via the Canal Saint-Martin and crowned by a colossal elephant with a tower-shaped howdah.
Charlemagne et ses Leudes is a monumental bronze equestrian group on the Parvis Notre-Dame in Paris. It depicts Charlemagne in old age with Roland and Oliver, his guards, and reflects a long history of planning, exhibition, and relocation.
Maillé-Brézé is a French Navy squadron escort of the T47 Surcouf class, preserved as a museum ship. Moored at Nantes’s Quai de la Fosse since 1988, it has been listed as a historical monument since 1991.
The equestrian statue of Louis XIV is a bronze monument at the center of Place des Victoires in Paris, on the border of the 1st and 2nd arrondissements. Inaugurated in 1818, it stands on a pedestal designed by Jean-Antoine Alavoine.
Rue Saint-Denis is a street in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Paris. Among the city’s oldest streets, its axis was traced by the Romans in the 1st century and it later served as a route for royal entries.
Inaugurated in Paris in the garden Eugénie-Djendi of the parc André-Citroën, this memorial honours soldiers who died for France in external operations (OPEX). It is part of the important places of national memory.
The Column of the Goddess is a commemorative victory column inaugurated at the Grand'Place de Lille. It marks the heroism of the people of Lille during the siege of 1792 and is topped by a statue of a woman holding a boutefeu.
Porte Saint-Denis is a triumphal arch in Paris, built in 1673 by François Blondel to honor Louis XIV. It stands at the site of a former gate of Charles V’s enclosure and is a representative monument of the official art of its era.
This memorial on quai Jacques-Chirac in Paris faces the Eiffel Tower. It commemorates the Algerian War and the conflicts in Morocco and Tunisia, and honors the dead for France, including French, harkis, and civilian victims.
The Monument aux Girondins stands at Place des Quinconces in Bordeaux. Built between 1894 and 1901, it honors the Girondin deputies who were victims of the Terreur. It is classified as a historical monument and is also known locally as the colonne des Girondins.
The Statue of Liberty in Colmar is a replica of the Statue of Liberty and one of the city’s landmarks in France. Installed in 2004 at Colmar’s northern entrance, it was created to commemorate the centenary of sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi’s death.
The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 is a monumental stone bas-relief by François Rude, created between 1833 and 1836. Installed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, it shows volunteers moving left under an allegorical winged Victory.
The Triumph of the Republic is a bronze monument and fountain at Place de la Nation in Paris. Created by Jules Dalou, it shows a Republic on a chariot pulled by two lions, guided by the Genius of Liberty and surrounded by allegories of Labor, Justice, and Peace.
The Monument to Maréchal Moncey is a statue at Place de Clichy in Paris. It commemorates the defense of Paris against Russian troops in 1814 and was created by sculptor Amédée Doublemard with architect Edmond Guillaume.
Paris Gate, or Porte de Paris, is a city gate of the Lille enclosure, partly built at the end of the 17th century as a triumphal arch celebrating Louis XIV’s victories. It was completed at the end of the 18th century and classified as a historic monument in 1875.
Porte Saint-Martin is a 17th-century triumphal arch on the Grands Boulevards in Paris, in the 10th Arrondissement. Built by Pierre Bullet, it was listed as a Monument historique in 1862.
The Monument aux morts de Rauba-Capeù is a war memorial in Nice, on Quai Rauba-Capeù along the route du bord de mer. Dedicated to Niçois who died in the First World War, it includes plaques, high-reliefs by Alfred Janniot, and a large sundial.
Mémorial des Martyrs de la Déportation is a memorial in Paris, France, on Île de la Cité. Designed by Georges-Henri Pingusson and inaugurated in 1962, it commemorates the 200,000 people deported from Vichy France to Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
Porte de Mars is a Roman triumphal arch in Reims, France. Dating from the Roman period, it is the widest arch of the Roman world and was classified as a historic monument in 1840.
The Monument to Napoléon Ier is a bronze equestrian statue by Vital Gabriel Dubray, located at place du Général-de-Gaulle in Rouen. It shows Napoleon saluting on a rearing Arabian horse, set on a pedestal with marble panels and a bronze bas-relief.
The Gate of Peyrou is the Arc de Triomphe of Montpellier, erected in 1691 by Augustin-Charles d'Aviler. It stands on the Promenade du Peyrou and was designed from drawings by François II d'Orbay.
Grosse Horloge is an ancient city gate of La Rochelle, originally part of the primitive enclosure called Guillaume X. In 1478, it received a bell tower and clock, and later became the city’s belfry.
Porte d'Aix is a triumphal arch in Marseille, standing at the center of the square at the former gate in the old city walls opening toward Aix-en-Provence. It has been classified as a historic monument.
Guillaume's Gate is a city gate in Dijon built between 1786 and 1788 in place of an older wall gate. The monument has a large arched opening, sculpted reliefs, and Neoclassical architectural details linked to its changing Revolutionary-era names.
Jeanne au bûcher is a monument and sculpture by Maxime Real del Sarte. Presented at the Salon des artistes français in 1927, it later appeared in Rouen and was installed near the entrance of the Église Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc.
The Lamoricière cenotaph is a funerary monument installed in 1879 in Nantes’s Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul Cathedral. Made of white marble and black bronze, it commemorates Juchault de La Moricière and his services to the papacy.
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Angers is a memorial, not a consecrated church. It reproduces the rotunda of the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem and places the edicule, the tomb of Jesus Christ, at its center.
La colonne Médicis is a hollow Doric column in Paris, located beside the Bourse de commerce in the jardins des Halles. Erected by order of Catherine de Médicis, it is attributed to Jean Bullant and is the first isolated column constructed in Paris.
Monument to the Heroes of the Black Army is a 1924 bronze memorial group by Paul Moreau-Vauthier and Auguste Bluysen. It honors Senegalese riflemen and African troops who defended the Champagne sector during the First World War.
This temporary memorial site in Nice, France, commemorates the victims of the 14 July 2016 attack. It features a small stele topped with a fountain and a calligraphed heart in the Jardin de la Légion d'Honneur, with the names of the eighty-six victims inscribed.
The Mosquée de l’arsenal des galères is a monument in Parc Valbelle in Marseille, France. It is associated with the former mosque used by Ottoman slaves and convicts in the early 18th century, and it was later transformed into a kiosk and private chapel.
The Shoah Memorial, also called Les Rails de la Mémoire, is a memorial inaugurated at Place Carnot in Lyon. It stands near Perrache station and forms a memorial axis to the Veilleur de Pierre monument.
The Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery is a French memorial in Nantes, a major former slave-trade port. It is dedicated to the slave trade in Nantes and worldwide, as well as to slavery and its abolition.