Prison Saint-Paul was a defunct prison in Lyon, part of a pair of prisons built south of Perrache station. It was later converted into a campus for the Catholic University of Lyon and is listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage.
Sainte-Geneviève Library is an interuniversity and public library at 10, place du Panthéon in Paris. It occupies Henri Labrouste’s 1843–1850 building in the Quartier Latin and serves universities and the public.
Halles de Lyon-Paul Bocuse is a covered market in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, established in 1971. It contains about sixty merchants and restaurants and is associated with Lyonnaise cuisine and Paul Bocuse.
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 Promenade of Peyrou is a historic esplanade and square in the west of Montpellier’s Écusson district. Classified as a historical monument, it includes terraces, the Peyrou Gate, an equestrian statue of Louis XIV, an aqueduct, and later additions.
The Musée de la Vie romantique is an art and historic house museum in Paris, located at 16 rue Chaptal in the Nouvelle Athènes district. It is housed in the Hôtel Scheffer-Renan, the former home of painter Ary Scheffer.
Boulevard des Capucines is a boulevard in Paris and one of the Grands Boulevards. It was created through the former line of the Wall of Charles V and the Louis XIII Wall and was once called Rue Basse-du-Rempart.
Tour Part-Dieu is an office skyscraper in Lyon’s Part-Dieu business district. Designed by the American firm Araldo Cossutta and built from 1972 to 1977, it rises 165 metres and is known by Lyon inhabitants as “the pencil.”
Musée Masséna is an art museum in one of the last prestigious villas on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. The villa was built in 1898, later donated to the city, and opened as a local history museum in 1921.
Errancis Cemetery, also known as Cimetière de Monceau or Cimetière de Mousseaux, was an ancient cemetery of the French Revolution in Paris’s 8th arrondissement. It was one of four Revolutionary Paris cemeteries used for bodies executed by guillotine.
Place du Vieux-Marché is a square known for its link with the execution of Jeanne d’Arc. It also contains historic layers, including former church remains, memorials, reconstructed market buildings, and the Sainte-Jeanne d’Arc church.
The Musée des Arts et Métiers is a science and technology museum of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers in Paris. Founded in 1794, it is housed in the former Prieuré royal Saint-Martin-des-Champs and preserves machines, models, and drawings from across its history.
The Venus of Laussel is a Gravettian Venus figurine from the Upper Paleolithic, found in 1911 at the Laussel shelter in Marquay, Dordogne. It is a bas-relief sculpture on limestone, painted with red ochre, showing a nude female figure holding a bison horn.
Théâtre du Châtelet is a theatre building at Place du Châtelet in Paris’s 1st arrondissement. Inaugurated in 1862, it was listed as a historical monument in 1975 and continues to present a range of performances.
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.
Musée de l’Homme is a French national museum in Paris, part of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Installed since 1937 in the Palais de Chaillot, it presents the human species in its anthropological, historical, and cultural diversity.
Odéon–Théâtre de l'Europe is a French theatre in Paris, located at place de l'Odéon. Inaugurated in 1782, it is an Italian-style building with neoclassical facades and historic significance.
The Chapelle des Carmélites is a 17th-century Catholic chapel on rue du Périgord in Toulouse, France. Built for the Carmelite convent, it contains murals by Jean-Pierre Rivalz and paintings by Jean-Baptiste Despax, and it is the convent’s only surviving building.
Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie is a French institution in Paris devoted to scientific and technical culture. Located at Porte de la Villette, it was created to share science, research, and industry with a broad public.
Palais des congrès de Paris is a business, congress, and entertainment center at Porte Maillot in Paris, on the border with Bois de Boulogne and Neuilly-sur-Seine. It includes salons, shops, restaurants, meeting rooms, and exhibition spaces.
Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet is a church building in Paris, at 23 rue des Bernardins near rue Saint-Victor in the quartier Saint-Victor. Rebuilt on the site of an earlier structure, it was completed in 1937.
The Picasso Museum is installed in the Hôtel Salé, a former hôtel particulier in Paris’s Marais district. The building was completed in 1659 and later restored for museum use.
Casino de Paris is a Paris concert hall and event venue whose name refers to a performance hall rather than gambling. Its history includes spectacles, amusement uses, skating, cinema, and music hall revues.
The Church of St. Trophime is a primatial basilica in Arles, built from 1100 on late Antiquity remains. It is known for its Provençal Romanesque architecture, sculpted portal, and attached cloister.
Le Lieu unique is a contemporary culture center and scène nationale in Nantes. It occupies the former LU biscuit factory on the banks of the Saint-Félix canal, in the Champ-de-Mars district.
Théâtre Sébastopol is a theatre and performance hall located at place Sébastopol in Lille. It stages more than sixty performances each year, including concerts, plays, one-man shows, screenings, and public meetings.
Palais Rohan is a city palace in Strasbourg, built next to Strasbourg Cathedral in the 1730s and completed in 1742. It was the former residence of the prince-bishops and cardinals of the House of Rohan and now houses several museums.
Ugolino and Sons is a plaster sculpture by Auguste Rodin and part of the ensemble known as La Puerta del Infierno. It was also shown independently in Brussels, Edinburgh, Genoa, Florence, the Netherlands, and in Rodin’s retrospective.
Centre Hospitalier Saint-Joseph et Saint-Luc is a non-profit private health establishment in central Lyon, by the Rhône river. Created in 2002 from the merger of Saint-Joseph and Saint-Luc, it provides public-service care with public pricing.
The Cité des Congrès de Nantes is the congress center of the city of Nantes, France. Formerly named the Cité internationale des congrès de Nantes, it hosts professional, cultural, and societal events in the city center.
The Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille is an art museum in northern France, opened in 1809. It houses collections spanning prehistory, antiquity, and visual arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
Nantes Cathedral is a Catholic cathedral at Place Saint-Pierre in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique. It is the cathedral of the Diocese of Nantes and the seat of the bishop of Nantes, and it has been classified as a historic monument since 1862.
Église du Gésu is an ancient Catholic religious building in Toulouse, built in neo-Gothic style by the Jesuits. Desacralized in 2000, it is now used as an organ concert hall and is listed as a historical monument.
Madeleine Cemetery was an 18th-century parish cemetery in Paris, associated with Revolutionary burials and later dismantled. It was named for Saint Mary Magdalene and later replaced in part by the Chapelle Expatoire.
The Théâtre du Palais-Royal is a Parisian theatre with 750 seats, located at 38, rue de Montpensier at the northwest corner of the Palais-Royal. It stands in the Galerie de Montpensier at its intersection with the Galerie de Beaujolais.
Saint-Augustin is a large church in Paris’s 8th District, built by Victor Baltard between 1860 and 1871. It was among the first major Paris buildings with a metal structure and is known for its dome, facade sculpture, and interior artworks.
The Hôpital de la Charité de Lyon was a former hospital built in Lyon to receive orphan children and indigent people. It was destroyed in 1934 because of unsanitary conditions, and only the church bell tower was preserved.
The Thermes de Cluny are Roman baths in Paris’s Latin Quarter, now integrated into the Musée de Cluny. Dating from the Roman era, they form part of a larger complex whose remains have been preserved and studied as an archaeological site.
Saint Pierre Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Marseille, covering 63 hectares in the La Timone and Saint-Pierre neighborhoods. It is the third largest necropolis in France, after Pantin and Thiais.
The Musée d'art moderne de Paris is a French art museum at 11, avenue du Président-Wilson. It presents Paris’s municipal collection of modern and contemporary art since Fauvism.
Halle Tony Garnier is an arena and concert hall in Lyon, France. Designed by Tony Garnier in 1905, it was originally a slaughterhouse and was renovated in 1987 before reopening as a concert hall in 1988.
The Statue of David in Marseille is a Carrara marble copy of Michelangelo's David. It was offered by marble sculptor Jules Cantini in 1903 and placed in 1949 near the beaches of Prado.
The Montmartre funicular is a double inclined elevator in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. Opened in 1900 and renovated in 1991, it connects the base of Montmartre hill with the summit near the Sacré-Cœur without using the stairs.
The Abbey of St. Victor is a French abbey founded by Saint Jean-Cassien near the tombs of the martyrs of Marseille, including Saint Victor. It has been an important Catholic place in southern France for more than 1,700 years.
Académie Julian was a private painting and sculpture school founded in Paris in 1866. It had several studios at its peak and was known for its students, including many women and international artists.
Église du Val-de-Grâce is a Roman Catholic church in Paris’s 5th arrondissement. Built as part of a royal abbey begun under Anne of Austria, it was later turned into a hospital during the French Revolution. Its dome is a landmark in the Paris skyline.
One-Two-Two was a brothel at 122 rue de Provence in Paris, named after its address. Active in the 1930s and 1940s, it was among the city’s most luxurious and well-known establishments.
Place du Tertre is the main square of the former village of Montmartre, in Paris. Known for its artists and terraces, it is one of the city’s most visited places.